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This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deep Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
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A Plan Revisited: Fueling the Future Force
Worsening tensions with Iran in recent weeks are in part to blame for higher oil and gas prices. In response to these higher prices, there has been a lot of discussion about h...
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Three’s Company: China, the Philippines, the United States and the South China Sea
The Philippines is pushing for private, foreign investment as opposed to joint development of the Spratly Islands. On Monday, the Philippines rejected a suggestion from China ...
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This Weekend’s News: Is Iran Intentionally Breeding Uncertainty in the Global Oil Market?
Iran may be attempting to breed uncertainty in the global oil market in an effort to drive up prices and insulate itself from tightening economic sanctions, including those ag...
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U.S.-Mexico Offshore Oil Agreement May Help Mexico Rejuvenate Oil Production
The United States and Mexico have come to an agreement that would allow both countries to drill for oil and natural gas along their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico. Acco...
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Pressure Not War
I have been busy teaching and writing of late, and the blog has been neglected. But when I have written on the blog, it has usually been to ask that we get serious about think...
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Cyber Security, Non-State Threats and the Electric Grid
U.S. security officials have expressed concern about the vulnerability of the electric grid to cyber attacks by non-state actors. Most experts agree that today the greatest cy...
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This Weekend’s News: The Geopolitical Story Behind Higher Oil Prices
There is a lot of chatter this morning about the potential for gas prices to hit $4 or $5 a gallon by Memorial Day, which could undermine stronger U.S. economic growth. Here a...
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Energy Programs in the FY 2013 Budget
Funding requests for energy and energy-related programs are prominent in President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget. Here’s a quick breakdown of the requests that jumped o...
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Earth Monitoring Systems in the FY 2013 Budget
The U.S. government’s fleet of Earth monitoring satellite systems is something that is near and dear to our hearts here in the natural security program. President Obama’s Fisc...
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Cyber Security and the Electric Grid in the FY 2013 Budget
Yesterday President Obama delivered his Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget request to Congress. We’ll spend the next few days digging through the relevant agencies to highlight some...
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This Weekend’s News: For the United States, a Balancing Act in the Asia Pacific
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III sees stronger U.S. –Philippine ties as an opportunity to amicably settle ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, according...
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The Order of Battle Problem
As some of you may know, I have been shocked by the ease with which some in U.S. policy circles have begun to consider armed intervention in Syria. Many of these same people s...
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Beijing’s South China Sea Bet
In January, CNAS published a study on the South China Sea with a chapter examining the geopolitical role of natural resources and how those resources affect state behavior acr...
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Read This Now: Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr. on the Arctic Frontier
For those of you who have not been following the national security or defense journals recently, the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings published in its February 2012 edition ...
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The Strait and Narrow
Chatham House published a new study last week examining the implications of maritime choke points for the global energy market. The study, Maritime Choke Points and the Global...
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This Weekend’s News: Watching the Price of Oil
There are several trends that are worth watching as they develop because they could affect the price of oil. Friday’s U.S. jobs report contributed to higher oil prices, in pa...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Military Intervention
Steven Cook, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Shadi Hamid and Dan Byman -- smart analysts whose work I always read and admire -- have all now argued we need to consider military interven...
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Natural Security News
The New York Times reports that severe winter weather could stymie a protest movement in Russia. A Malaysia, rare earths metal refinery is close to obtaining permission to ope...
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Hail to the Chief, Hail to Twitter
Last night's CNAS 5th anniversary celebration was a tremendous amount of fun. Although the precedings were off-the-record, I don't think I'm breaking any rules by confirming n...