Multimedia: Video
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Command Post: "Does the U.S. Always Need an Enemy?"
Date: 09/29/2011Media: VideoWrapping up our discussion on China, we're wondering if the U.S. has some innate compulsion to find a foe. If so, is it prudence or panic? We tackle the issue with Patrick Cronin, director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, and David Finkelstein, director of China studies at the U.S.-backed Center for Naval Analyses. CNAS president John Nagl joins me in the questioning.
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Command Post: "Is China Getting Ready to Try and Kick the U.S. Out of the Western Pacific?"
Date: 09/27/2011Media: VideoContinuing this week on Command Post, our tour of the national-security challenges associated with the Middle Kingdom. John Nagl, of the Center for a New American Security, and I ask if China, beginning to flex its military muscle, is readying to tell the Pentagon: the western Pacific is ours, so scram! We're joined in the discussion by David Finkelstein, retired Army officer and director of China studies at the U.S.-funded Center for Naval Analyses, and Patrick Cronin, CNAS's director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program and former research chief at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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War Veterans' Adjustment to Civilian Life, Keynote Addresses
Date: 09/26/2011Media: VideoCNAS President John Nagl gave the keynote address at the U.S. Naval Institute and Military Officers Association Wounded Warriors Forum.
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Command Post: "Does Mutual U.S.-China Economic Dependence Rule Out War?"
Date: 09/22/2011Media: VideoContinuing our discussion this week on China, we're tackling a corollary of Tom Friedman's McDonald's Rule -- countries with McDonald's restaurants generally don't wage war on one another -- as we weigh the impact of economic ties between Beijing and Washington. Does the immense commerce between the two nations reduce the chances of war between them? We tackle the issue with Patrick Cronin, director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, and David Finkelstein, director of China studies at the U.S.-backed Center for Naval Analyses. CNAS president John Nagl joins me in the questioning.
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Command Post: "How Big a Threat Does China Pose?"
Date: 09/20/2011Media: VideoThis week on Command Post, John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I probe the threat -- or whatever it is -- posed by China. We're joined in the discussion by David Finkelstein, retired Army officer and director of China studies at the Pentagon-funded Center for Naval Analyses, and Patrick Cronin, CNAS's director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program and former research chief at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Command Post: The Human Toll Taken by a Decade of War
Date: 09/15/2011Media: VideoJust how worn out are our troops because of non-stop combat since 9/11? To what degree has that contributed to problems like PTSD, family breakups and suicide in the ranks? This week, on Command Post, we discuss the tenacity of U.S. troops, as well as the cracks that can appear after a decade of fighting. Margaret Harrell, a military manpower expert at the Center for a New American Security, and Eric Schmitt of the New York Times -- co-author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda, tackle these tough issues. Joining me is John Nagl, CNAS president and retired Army officer.
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Command Post: "How Did the U.S. Military Retool Itself Post-9/11?"
Date: 09/13/2011Media: VideoIn the decade after 9/11, just how much did the U.S. military have to recalibrate to fight the wars it found itself launching in Afghanistan and, 18 months later, in Iraq? This week, on Command Post, we discuss the retooling of the American armed forces with Eric Schmitt of the New York Times -- co-author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda -- and Margaret Harrell, a military manpower expert with the Center for a New American Security. I'm joined, as usual, by CNAS president John Nagl.
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Command Post: "Did the U.S. Overreact to 9/11?"
Date: 09/08/2011Media: VideoIt's a fair question as the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon looms. After all, it was the most shocking macro-event most Americans alive have experienced. It changed our way of life, or at least our way of living. It also triggered two costly and continuing wars. If we did overreact, how should we recalibrate? This week, on Command Post, we're looking into the post-9/11 U.S. national-security mindset with Eric Schmitt of the New York Times -- co-author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda -- and Margaret Harrell, a military manpower expert with the Center for a New American Security. I'm joined by fellow questioner John Nagl, CNAS's president.
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Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda - Video
Date: 09/08/2011Media: VideoOn September 8, 2011, CNAS held an inaugural book release party at the Willard InterContinental Hotel for Counterstrike. At the release event, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker offered the audience an insider’s look at how the U.S. government has adapted its strategy for fighting terrorism since 2001.
Watch the video of the event here.
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Command Post: "How Has U.S. National Security Changed Since 9/11?"
Date: 09/06/2011Media: VideoIt's hard to believe -- at least for some of us -- that it has been a decade since 9/11. Before then, covering the military meant going out to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, to witness future ways of war that, in hindsight, seem obsolete. For the past decade, the U.S. military -- and indeed, the U.S. itself -- has been consumed with people -- individuals -- who hate us, and are willing to kill themselves to show the depths of their anger-cum-depravity. This week, on Command Post, we're looking into the post-9/11 U.S. national-security mindset with Eric Schmitt of the New York Times -- and co-author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda -- and Margaret Harrell, a military manpower expert with the Center for a New American Security. I'm joined, comme d'habitude, by John Nagl, CNAS's president.
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