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Airpower, Special Operations, and Paramilitary Support
Wondering how the Afghanistan-Libya-Syria? template of air power, special operations forces, and native forces got going? Simon Anglim, author of a wonderful new book on Orde ...
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Help wanted: Geek squads for US cybersecurity
Finding enough qualified men and women to protect America’s cyber networks stands as one of the central challenges to America’s cybersecurity. Even in the computer age, people...
By Jacob Stokes & Kristin M. Lord
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Abu Muqawama in World Politics Review
Over the past several weeks, a series of articles have noted the absence of any discussion of the Afghanistan War in the U.S. presidential campaign. President Barack Obama mig...
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DOD-Interior Renewable Energy Projects Could Help Mitigate Grid Vulnerability
On Monday, the Departments of Defense and Interior formalized a partnership to develop renewable energy at or near DOD facilities aimed in part at strengthening the military’s...
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CNOOC a Key Element in Beijing’s South China Sea Energy Strategy
The state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is becoming an increasingly important element in Beijing’s South China Sea energy strategy. According to The Time...
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Back in the USSA (Links)
I have been abroad for the past five weeks and just got back two nights ago. I have currently worked my way through two weeks of emails and have another three to go, so if you...
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Guest Post: The Last Argument of Tyrants
Captain Brett Friedman is an active duty field artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently attending Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virgini...
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Escalation and Land Warfare in Offshore Concepts
When it comes to issues of irregular warfare and Middle Eastern conflict, there is an understandable focus on the terrestrial domain and the problems of insurgency and terrori...
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Limits to War?
I greatly enjoyed Steven Metz's article on the rise of "invisible wars" in World Politics Review. Why? Well, Metz is way ahead of the giant pack of writers looking to capture ...
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Extreme Weather Takes Toll on U.S. Infrastructure
From food production to electricity generation, the recent spate of extreme weather is taking a toll on U.S. infrastructure, affecting communities on the home front and countr...
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Urbanization, Security and Resiliency
Note: This post originally appeared on the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 blog on July 19, 2012. In 2008, for the first time, the world’s urban population ...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Transcript: A Conversation on U.K.-U.S. Defense Cooperation with U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Philip HammondOn Wednesday, July 18, CNAS hosted The Right Honourable Philip Hammond MP, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defense, for a conversation on U.K.-U.S. Defense Coopera...
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The Coast Guard’s Arctic Mission
On Sunday, The New York Times published a report that outlines some of the key issues that the U.S. Coast Guard must grapple with as it assumes greater responsibility in the A...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Rocking the Boat in the Potentially Energy Rich South China SeaNote: This post originally appeared on the Choke Points blog at ConsumerEnergyReport.com on July 2, 2012. Beijing is flexing some more muscle to protect its energy interests i...
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The City as System
Over at Global Trends 2030 blog, David Kilcullen has a very fascinating entry on urbanization and conflict, a theme near and dear to my heart: The city is a system which, in ...
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Urbanization and the Global Climate Dilemma
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) recently launched a new blog in advance of Global Trends 2030, which will be published after the presidential election this fall. The N...
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5 big questions for U.S. strategy
Although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of U.S. national securi...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Election 2012: The U.S. and the Greater Middle East
On Tuesday, July 17, the Center for a New American Security, the New America Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute hosted an in-depth discussion on the opportunit...
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Guest Post: Insha’Allah they learn something useful
Tim Mathews is a former Army Officer and newly-minted attorney who studies and occassionally lectures on the Afghan legal system. He's usually found on Twitter, and I'm glad t...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Below the Radar: Rising Tensions in the East China SeaWhile there has been a lot of attention given to China’s territorial contests with its Asian neighbors in the South China Sea, just as important is the dispute between Japan a...