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Finding a Big Data "Safe Space" for the Energy Sector
The oil industry was one of the original "smart" industries, but its tradition of leadership in using data to improve operations, enhance security and serve markets has been d...
By Peter Gardett
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What to Listen for in Obama's Warsaw speech
President Barack Obama’s speech Wednesday in Warsaw will have three distinct audiences: the people of Poland and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe who have been se...
By Julianne Smith
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Moneyballing Obama's Foreign PolicyPresident Obama is feeling defensive about his foreign policy. And he is keen to use every metaphor in his toolbox to explain it. In his commencement address last week at West...
By Michael Horowitz
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How to Fix the VA
President Barack Obama had no choice but to accept Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation. The VA inspector general’s interim report issued this week contained ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Citizen-Soldiers in a Time of Transition: The Future of the U.S. Army National GuardBy Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital Program
When 9,800 Doesn't Equal 9,800News coverage of President Obama's speech at West Point Wednesday focused on one seemingly hard and fast statement: The United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan nex...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's West Point Commencement Address on CNNBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital Program
Brimley: Slow But Steady in Afghanistan and BeyondPresident Obama made the right call in deciding to maintain 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan – a number close to that recommended by U.S. military commanders. Augmented by coa...
By Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital Program
Barno: President's Announcement is mixed news at bestThe President’s announcement of a residual force in Afghanistan of 9, 800 U.S. troops after the end of this year is mixed news at best. While the number is just adequate to s...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Bensahel: A Slower Zero OptionPresident Obama’s decision to keep U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan through the end of 2016 is good news for U.S. military commanders and others who argued against the...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital Program
Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for AfghanistanThe President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital Program
Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps BackThe President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's Plan for Afghanistan on PBS NewsHourBy Michèle Flournoy
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The Crisis-Prevention Directorate
Three years after the Tunisian street toppled President Ben Ali, Maidan protestors in Ukraine, with dizzying speed, triggered a major great-power confrontation between the Uni...
By Dafna Rand & Michael Horowitz
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National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Video: Ben FitzGerald on VOA News Discussing Spying Charges Against ChinaWASHINGTON — The U.S. indictment of Chinese army officers on charges that they spied on American industries reveals a basic disagreement about what the two nations consider as...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Video: Ben FitzGerald on C-SPAN Discussing Chinese Hacking Charges by DOJBy Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Has Russia Over a BarrelChinese officials are notoriously tough negotiators, especially when they know you're in a pinch. Just ask Gazprom, Russia's natural gas giant, which is on the brink of capitu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner
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Video: Elizabeth Rosenberg on the Changing Energy Landscape (audio only)
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Challenges in U.S. National Security Policy (Chapter 10 by Elbridge Colby)
Robert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby authors a chapter in Challenges in U.S. National Security Policy, a festschrift by the RAND Corporation honoring Edward L. (Ted) Warner....
By Elbridge Colby
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Video: Colin Kahl on Nuclear Iran Deal Talks
By Colin H. Kahl