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To Rethink the State Department, Look to Business
Demands on the State Department may be growing but, if last week’s congressional hearings are any indication, the State Department’s coffers will not be. Even longtime champio...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Election 2012 - The Global Challenge for the Next President
The American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation are pleased to introduce Election 2012: Informing the National Securit...
By Election 2012 Series
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The Risks of Sea level Rise: What Security Planners Should be Tracking
Global climate change has doubled the risk of coastal flooding for many American communities. “Global warming has raised sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of r...
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China and Rare Earths
Yesterday, the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging China’s export restrictions on rare ear...
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Actualizing Climate Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: Lessons from New Orleans
As the United States rebalances in the Asia Pacific, cooperation around climate adaptation could be a tremendous opportunity to strengthen our relationships with existing and ...
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This Weekend’s News: In Afghanistan, an Uphill Battle for Aid and Development Groups
The disturbing report of a U.S. Army sergeant slaying at least 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday in southern Afghanistan is the most recent in a series of incidents exacerbating t...
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
FPI Video: Time to Attack Iran? U.S. Policy & Iran's Nuclear ProgramForeign Policy Initiative (FPI) hosted the debate over the use of the military option against Iran's nuclear program with Elbridge A. Colby (research analyst at CNA), Jamie ...
By Elbridge Colby
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On Giving
I am not going to say anything about #KONY2012. Go here, here, or here for that. (Actually, I will say one thing: leave Carl Weathers out of this.) But if you are looking to g...
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Read This Now: A Marshall Plan to Combat Climate Change in the Asia Pacific
As the United States continues to draw down from its current conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia and rebalance in the Asia Pacific, U.S. policymakers must think creati...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video - Vital Venture: Economic Engagement of North Korea and the Kaesong Industrial ComplexKorea Economic Institute partnered with the Center for a New American Security to present and release a report by Dr. Patrick Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director...
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LYONS: Forcing Our Military’s Submission
The recent contrived uproar over the inadvertent burning of the Koran led by corrupt Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his controlling mullahs should be seen for what it is: a...
By Major Fernando Lujan & USA
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Notable Mentions: Secretary Panetta on Climate Change and National Security
While on a visit last week to the University of Louisville in Kentucky, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was asked by a reporter about his thoughts on the national security i...
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Perspectives on the FY 2013 Budget Request for Department of Defense
On March 6th, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) testified before the Senate Budget Committee in an open hearing on President Obama's FY 2013 bu...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deepwater Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
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This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deep Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
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How to Get Afghans to Trust Us Once Again
“Ooooh, Major Far-nan-do, we’re gonna sell you to the Taliban for a million dollars . . . laa-di-laaa . . . we’re gonna trade you for a new truck . . . for a new house!” It wa...
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Before Attacking Iran, Israel Should Learn from Its 1981 Strike on Iraq
On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets, protected by six F-15 escorts, dropped 16 2,000-pound bombs on the nearly completed Osirak nuclear reactor at the Tuwaitha co...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Foreign Affairs Live: Time to Attack Iran? A Debate
This video is part of a Foreign Affairs package: The Iran Debate -- To Strike or Not to Strike? On March 1 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Foreign Affairs Ma...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Patrick Cronin: The South China SeaThe South China Sea is the future hot-point of conflict in the world, says CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Patrick Cronin, ...
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A Plan Revisited: Fueling the Future Force
Worsening tensions with Iran in recent weeks are in part to blame for higher oil and gas prices. In response to these higher prices, there has been a lot of discussion about h...