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Signing Off
After four years, it is bittersweet for me to close this chapter of my professional life. Today is my last day at CNAS and at the helm of the Natural Security program. Startin...
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Video: Arms Control 2.0 in Obama 2.0
Robert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby discussed the future of arms control in President Obama’s second term in a conversation moderated by Jessica Mathews....
By Elbridge Colby
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The State of Play in East Africa’s Energy Sector
Move over, America. East Africa has emerged as the newest potential player in the future geopolitics of energy. From oil in Kenya to natural gas in Mozambique, a region long t...
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The Limits of Proxy Warfare in Syria
With the drumbeat for directly joining Syria’s civil war growing, it probably should not surprise us that the U.S. governments quiet efforts to aid the Syrian rebels are now c...
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In Mali, a Star Singer Calls for War
BAMAKO, Mali — American musicians who write songs about war almost always call for it to be avoided. Here in Mali, one of the most popular songs in the country does the exact ...
By Yochi Dreazen
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Are US Navy's Super Carriers a Relic of Wars Past?
WASHINGTON — Budget pressures at the Pentagon have renewed a debate about the value of the US Navy's giant aircraft carriers, with critics arguing the warships are fast becomi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Biofuel Inches toward Commercial-Scale Production
Last week, the San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc. announced a commercial partnership with the San Antonio-based Tesoro to refine the company’s algae-based “green” crude oil...
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America Committed to Gulf Security Despite Changing Relationship with Region's Oil, says Gen. Dempsey
America’s relationship with the Middle East’s energy resources is changing as U.S. domestic oil production continues to grow. A combination of hydraulic fracturing, horizontal...
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What America Learned in Iraq
THE costs of the second Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, are staggering: nearly 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, many grievously; tens of thou...
By John A. Nagl
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Reforming Mexico’s Moribund Oil Industry
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the nationalization of Mexico’s oil industry. In a January post on EnergyTrendsInsider.com, I wrote that one of the top energy trends to wa...
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Raw Power
Dan Drezner, in light of Moises Naim eloping with a book title he came up with last year (NB: Undead Power is still available if he wants to change his narrative tack, and thi...
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Voices from the Field: What the Frack?
I recently set out to learn more about the process of fracking, with an interest in the risks and the mitigation of risks, as well as the national security implications of Ame...
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Want to Export an F-16 Fighter Jet?
The United States rarely conducts military operations alone, so it is in America's interests to ensure that its allies and partners are well-equipped, well-trained and able to...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Climate Change Tops List of Security Threats in Pacific, says ADM Locklear
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, likely surprised many when he said that the biggest long-term security challenge in the Pacific is climate c...
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A Rack City on a Hill: Unsolicited Advice to Landpower and Seapower
One of the most thoroughly annoying things about American strategic debate is its thoroughly theological character. Landpower advocates will whip out their T.H. Fehrenbach quo...
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Beyond Disruption
America’s war in Iraq came at a strange moment in technological history. The 21st century saw mass proliferation of affordable cellular telephony, altering not simply the way ...
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The American Oil Boom and African Security
National security and energy policy experts have long called on the United States to diversify its sources of oil imports. These experts correctly asserted that in a time of l...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dr. David Asher Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee on North KoreaCNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. David Asher testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the implications of North Korea's expanding nuclear program. ...
By David Asher
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State Department Issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL
On Friday, the State Department published a draft of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone XL, which will inform the president’s decision l...
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Malthus > Muburak
Thomas Friedman is often the target of intense criticism for overly simplistic takes on international relations, the Middle East, business, and society. But he also should be ...