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This War Can Still Be Won
Returning home after 14 months in Afghanistan, I’ve sensed a growing gloom over the American war effort there. Many of the policy wonks, politicos and academics I encounter he...
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Time to Boost US Alliance, Not Weaken It
As Australia and the US reflect on the 60th anniversary of their alliance, the two governments have announced steps to strengthen their security ties. Enhancing joint exercise...
By Richard Fontaine
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A power shift in Asia
Washington is obsessed with decline: the upshot of the worst economy since the Great Depression, the prospect of massive defense cuts that could signal the end of the American...
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What We Still Don't Know About the Kabul Attacks
Tuesday, Sept. 13's dramatic attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO compounds in Kabul is sure to garner many headlines and will sow doubts about the ability of the Afghan nation...
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Pentagon Must Reshape Future Role of Private Contractors
The recent report by the U.S. Commission on Wartime Contracting, which examined contracting abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, understandably focused on the loss of up to $60 bil...
By Richard Fontaine
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The 9/11 Decade
In the CNAS Commentary The 9/11 Decade, Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan states that when 9/11 occurred, the world had already become multiploar in a diplomatic and economic sense....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Libya, Obama and the Triumph of Realism
Realism is dead, clamour the cheerleaders of the Arab spring. The collapse of dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, and now Libya heralds a new birth of freedom that supposedly con...
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Count GI Bill Benefits As Federal Financial Aid
After a decade of war, a generation of veterans is preparing not only to return home, but to school. Yet they face being cheated out of an educational opportunity that they ri...
By Sarah Reinheimer
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India's Arab Spring Opportunity
The fall of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi stands as the latest, most dramatic episode in the explosive changes roiling today’s Middle East. As Libyans—and their counterparts in Egyp...
By Richard Fontaine
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Did Pakistan Sell Out America?
The strategic partnership between the United States and Pakistan appears once again to be careening toward the brink of self-destruction. Reports that Pakistan may have given ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Stanford Freshmen To Debate War Ethics In 2011 'Three Books' Program
When Professor Scott Sagan chose "war ethics" as the theme for this year's Three Books selections for incoming freshmen, he knew he had to offer the students some extra guidan...
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A New Vision For The Guard, Reserves
It is time for fundamental change in the post-9/11 National Guard and reserves. It is also time to embrace the lessons of the past nine years and start thinking about a reserv...
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The Humanist In The Foxhole
PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR, who died last week at age 96 at his home in England, was one of the great minor men of the 20th century. A hero for helping undermine the German occupati...
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When Social Networks Become Tools of Oppression: Jillian C. York
When Syria’s government unblocked Facebook, YouTube and Blogspot in February, many activists saw the move as an overture to protesters, possibly one offering a semblance of th...
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How China, U.S. See Each Other at Sea
Maritime security, especially in the East and South China Sea, remains high on the agenda of China, the United States, Japan and other regional actors. Incidents over the past...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China's Port in Pakistan?
Pakistani officials have announced that the Chinese look favorably on taking over the operation of the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar close to the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz...
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Getting the CIA and DOD in Sync
President Barack Obama’s reshuffling of his national security team signals that the White House is likely to continue focusing heavily on its counterterrorism efforts in the M...
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A New Kind Of Defense
The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant U.S. victory to date in the war on terrorism. Its full consequences may not be known for months or even years, but the ...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Stop Trying to Renegotiate the SOFA
Over the past few weeks, top U.S. officials have started to publicly press the Iraqi government to decide whether it will allow thousands of American troops to stay in the cou...
By Brian Burton
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Challenges for Obama's New National Security Team are Huge
President Barack Obama's national security shake-up will pit some of America's most able practitioners against some of the nation's most intractable challenges. The forceful, ...
By Patrick M. Cronin