Features
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Natural Security Blog
The CNAS Natural Security Blog explores national security issues related to energy, climate change, minerals, water, land use and biodiversity. Launched in 2009, it is the public face of CNAS’s Natural Security program, which offers research and pragmatic policy solutions for addressing these issues. Frequent bloggers include CNAS Fellow Christine Parthemore and Research Assistant Will Rogers.
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Abu Muqawama
Abu Muqawama, edited by CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum, is a blog that follows issues related to small wars and insurgencies; the conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq; the politics, societies and cultures of the Arabic-speaking world; Scottish rugby (and other lost causes); U.S. defense policy; and whatever else catches the imagination of the blog’s contributors.
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The Best Defense
Tom Ricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and is the author of the Foreign Policy Online’s blog The Best Defense. He blogs frequently on the most pertinents issues of national security, including current operations in Iraq and Afghnistan, the health and wellness of U.S. armed forces, and the future of American hardpower. In 2009, The Best Defense received the National Magazine Award for "best blog of the year."
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Marc Lynch
Marc Lynch is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and is the author of Foreign Policy Online’s blog Abu Aardvark. He is also an Associate Professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies. He blogs frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab media and information technology, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Islamist movements.
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Flashpoints
CNAS Flashpoints provides comprehensive information on security in the South and East China Seas. This map and its associated timeline show major events of record that have occurred since the mid-1950s, the majority of which have occurred in the past decade.
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