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Events from Around Town: New Research on Climate and Conflict Links
Yesterday, I took in an event hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program on “New Research on Climate and Conflict Links.” There was a lot ...
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This Weekend’s News: What’s Next for North Korea?
News broke late last night that longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on Saturday, leaving his son, Kim Jong-un, as the chosen successor. This is a significant event a...
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The Leverage Problem
For the past several months, I've been working on a big project related to U.S. policy toward the Middle East at the Center for a New American Security. (My research partner i...
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As U.S. Troops Leave, Iraq Remains Beset by Resource Challenges
The U.S. military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq today. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, speaking in Baghdad, said that Iraq has shown remarkable progress...
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Could Climate Change Affect Efforts to Become More Energy Secure?
The question of whether climate change could affect a country’s efforts to become more energy secure is thought provoking, and, as I suspect, less abstract than not. Many of t...
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Your Dumb Government at Work
Distinguished scholar and strategist Steve Metzcomplained earlier today on his Twitter account that he had cancelled a presentation he was scheduled to give at the British Int...
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What Affect is the Navy Having on the Cost of Alternative Fuels?
The Navy’s investment in algae biofuel is having a significant impact on the cost of alternative fuels. Earlier this year, the Navy announced a request for 450,000 gallons of ...
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This Weekend’s News: Durban Climate Talks End with Promise for Future Progress
The New York Times reported late yesterday that the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa ended o...
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Can China and the United States Develop Stronger Military Ties Through Environmental Cooperation?
Yesterday, U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing for their annual military review, known as the Defense Consultative Talks. The meeting between the countries’ senior defen...
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Read This Now: Coast Guard - Observations on Arctic Requirements, Icebreakers, and Coordination with Stakeholders
On December 1, 2011, the Government Accountability Office released a new report on the Coast Guard’s Arctic capability that is worth reading in full. The report cautions that ...
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In Remembering Pearl Harbor, Brief Thoughts about Energy and War Fighting Capability
At a briefing yesterday before the Defense Energy Security Caucus, Admiral Philip Cullom, director of the Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, spoke to the Navy...
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Just to be clear, COIN isn't going away. (Because IN isn't going away.)
According to the Correlates of War dataset, roughly 83% of the conflicts fought since the end of the Napoleonic Era have been civil wars or insurgencies. And while scholarship...
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On the Cost of DOD Energy in Afghanistan
This morning, The Wall Street Journal rightly reported that the United States faces considerable costs with fueling its forces in Afghanistan, both in blood and treasure. The ...
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The Next Fight: Time for a Mission Change in Afghanistan
LTG Dave Barno, Matt Irvine and I have a new policy paper out at CNAS, which you can read here. This paper is in a lot of ways the logical follow-on to our Responsible Transit...
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This Weekend’s News: Up, Up and Away?
As international delegates kickoff the second week of annual climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, The New York Times reported on Sunday that global carbon emis...
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House Hearing to Evaluate U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Capabilities
Tomorrow, the House Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hold a hearing on “Protecting U.S. Sovereignty: Coast Guard Operati...
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A Note About Resources and Conflict in the South China Sea and Beyond
In January, CNAS will release its study on the South China Sea, including a chapter on how natural resources affect the behavior of states in the region. There has been a lot ...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Nick Blanford
One of the biggest compliments I have received as a researcher came in the summer of 2010, when Nick Blanford, who was finishing a military history of Hezbollah, asked me to r...
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This Weekend’s News: Russia’s Energy Agenda
Special Programming Note: The UN climate negotiations begin today in Durban, South Africa. The Natural Security blog will highlight the main takeaways from this week’s confere...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Natural Security blog! Keep in mind all of those who can't be with their friends and family today. We’ll be taking the rest of the week off, but if...