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Renewing America's Strategic Solvency
Foreign policy experts are likely to feel spurned when President Obama gives his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Some may interpret the President’s focus on jobs and the...
By Jacob Stokes & Shawn Brimley
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Redemptive Violence and the Los Angeles Manhunt
Renegade former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Christopher Dorner believes himself wronged by his superiors. In his manifesto, he repeatedly emphasizes that he e...
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Time to Change the Rules of the Cyber-Security Game
Cyber criminals and spies are breaking into companies and government agencies on a daily basis. The last few days have highlighted yet another series of such cyber-crimes, thi...
By Irving Lachow
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Much Ado about Nothing: Allaying Concerns about China's Potential Control of Greenland's Rare Earths
On Monday, Quartz published a story about China’s growing foothold in Greenland and the mounting concerns about its quest to produce the semi-autonomous island’s rare earth me...
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Hill Happenings: Assessing North America's Energy Potential
Congress is continuing to give increasing attention to the changing energy landscape. This morning at 10 a.m., the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on “...
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The Right Way to Cut Pentagon Spending
Whether or not Congress avoids sequestration by March 1, defense spending will likely be cut by at least 10% over the next decade. As 20% of the federal budget and 50% of disc...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Mexican oil, Chinese drilling, Japanese nuclear: Energy trends to watch in 2013
Energy issues ranked among the top international headlines in 2012 – from reports that the United States is on track to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer o...
By Will Rogers
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Legislation would expand U.S. LNG Exports to Strategic Partners
There was quite a bit of attention on the Hill yesterday as Senator Chuck Hagel, the president’s nominee to succeed Leon Panetta as defense secretary, met with the Senate Arme...
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Rescind North Korea's license to provoke
"Even if you know the way," an ancient Korean proverb advises, "ask one more time." If North Korea's latest cycle of misdeeds, followed by international censure, followed by m...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Serval, Burden-Sharing, and Limited Intervention
Thus far, the intervention in Mali seems, at least initially, a banner standard for the practice, insofar as Washington is concerned. A coalition of African and European force...
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Final Draft
Forty years ago Sunday -- on January 27, 1973, the same day the United States signed the Paris Accords ending its involvement in the Vietnam War -- then-Secretary of Defense M...
By Phillip Carter
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North America will continue to Lead Shale Production – for Now
North America’s monopoly over shale gas and tight oil production won’t last forever. But there’s good reason to believe that the rest of the world will be laggards for awhile....
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The French Connection
French forces launched a military offensive last week in Mali to push back Islamic militants and help the nascent government assert control in the northern part of that former...
By Phillip Carter
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Read These Now: Energy & Climate Recommendations for the Second Term
As President Obama begins his second term, there is no shortage of recommendations for how he should prioritize and shape his agenda moving forward. Two new publications from ...
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Great Raids and Great Disasters
One of the most useful aspects of Zero Dark Thirty is its dogged focus on the mundane and numerous things that underpin great raids. There are the countless hours of intellige...
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Inauguration Day 2013
President Barack Obama officially began his second term yesterday when he took the oath of office in the White House Blue Room. This morning, shortly before noon, he will take...
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Global Swing States Interview with Richard Fontaine
Richard Fontaine, CNAS President, answers questions on the Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and the Future of International Order report co-authored with ...
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The Arctic Age that Wasn’t?
In a World Politics Review article published last Friday, I wrote that despite record low ice melt last year, the Arctic’s harsh environment is not giving way to commercial gr...
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Third National Climate Assessment Unequivocal about Climate Change
“Evidence for climate change abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans,” reads a draft of the Third National Climate Assessment, published for public...
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Old Hundred and the American Way of Wartime Law
Thanks to a coincidence of film release debates, Lincoln and Django Unchained have prompted no small outpouring of commentary on the relationship between law, race, and violen...