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An Indian Summer of SOF
Thanks to Mark Safranski, I read Indian LTG Prakosh Katosh's essay "Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces." It is, Mark implies, a tour-de-horizon of a defense policy tha...
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Hard Choices for the New Middle East
The Obama administration may want to “pivot” away from the Middle East toward Asia, but events are not cooperating. Millions take to the streets in Egypt, leading to a militar...
By Colin H. Kahl
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The Smart-Shopping Way to Cut Defense Spending
With more than a decade of war coming to a close and the U.S. government facing daunting fiscal challenges, the defense budget is on the chopping block. Without a budget deal ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Has Foggy Bottom Forgotten Asia?
For an illustration of Secretary of State John Kerry's commitment to Asia -- or lack thereof -- look no further than his travel schedule. On July 1, he arrived in the tiny nat...
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If Skills Sold: Failed States Edition
A new Guardian op-ed declares that failed states are a "myth" that was "invented" in order to support Western interventions in the global South. While it is plausible that som...
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The Willie Suttons of the Cyberage
Criminal mastermind Willie Sutton famously quipped that he robbed banks because “that’s where the money is.” Modern-day cyber-Suttons follow the same basic logic; the problem ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Before Piling on New Sanctions, Give Rouhani a Chance
There is widespread agreement in Washington that Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and that all options should remain on the table to prevent this outcome...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Reboot
On Tuesday, the Army announced its plans to hit the reset button on its force structure, cutting its headcount by 80,000 soldiers from 570,000 to 490,000, effectively taking t...
By Nora Bensahel & Phillip Carter
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The Road to Nowhere Good
The decision by the Obama administration to arm select Syrian rebel groups marks a tipping point in the U.S. involvement in the country's 27-month long civil war. Partly in re...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Some thoughts on blowback
In the aftermath of two men brutally slaughtering Lee Rigby in Woolwih, Jonathan Freedland wrote this column on responding to the motives of murderers: ... It seems we're read...
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The Next QDR Is the Last Chance for Sanity
The next nine months will be the most important period for United States defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. The highly anticiapted Quadrennial Defense Review and,...
By Shawn Brimley
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An Asian Power Web Emerges
When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Defense Priorities in an Era of Constrained Budgets
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter spoke at the CNAS annual conference on June 12, 2013. Review the official Defense Department transcript here....
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Defense Strategy Dialogue
CNAS Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley moderated a discussion at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12 with the Honorable Michèle Flournoy, co-chair of...
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - The Big Shift: The Geopolitics of the U.S. Energy Revolution
McKinsey Principal Andrew Erdmann explored the ongoing boom in the production of unconventional fossil fuels in the U.S. and the way that the boom in transforming global energ...
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Bugs, Bytes & Bots
Incoming Foreign Policy editor Noah Shachtman moderated a discussion at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12 with Dr. Irving Lachow, Senior Fellow and Director of the Te...
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Silicon, Iron & Shadow: Three Wars That Will Define America's Future
In a brief presentation at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12, CNAS Senior Advisor & Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) outlined the ways in which warfare h...
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - LT1 Andrew Bacevich Jr., USA Fellowship Presentation
CNAS Non-resident Senior Fellow John Nagl presented the annual Lt1 Andrew Bacevich Jr., USA Fellowship to Zachary Hosford at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12....
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Assessing the Dangers of a Nuclear-Armed Iran
In a brief presentation at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12, CNAS Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl outlined a comprehensive framework to manage and mitigate the conseque...
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Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - The Future Rebalance to Asia
David Sanger of the New York Times moderated a discussion at the 2013 CNAS Annual Conference on June 12 among Ambassador Jeff Bader of Brookings, The Hon. Kurt Campbell of CNA...