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Les Enfants Plaza: On the WHCD
It's Sunday evening, and I need to get something off my chest that has been bothering me all weekend. The annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner is my least fav...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video Highlights - Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought ThemOn April 26, 2012, the Center for a New American Security hosted the book launch for Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them by ...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video - Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought ThemOn April 26, 2012, the Center for a New American Security hosted the book launch for Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them by ...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dr. Marc Lynch Testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on SyriaIn his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch emphasizes the impor...
By Marc Lynch
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On Bahrain
This week's column in World Politics Review focuses on Bahrain. I am no specialist on the tiny island kingdom, but Bahrain is interesting to me as a regional specialist becaus...
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Security at Sea: The Case for Ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention
Later this morning CNAS will release a new policy brief that explores the national security and foreign policy benefits of ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention. Download S...
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Muddy Waters
This month’s maritime standoff between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea isn’t the first time the region’s navies have gone toe-to-toe. But while past tensions ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Satellites and Security Series: Enhancing Tsunami Detection and Response
One of the research areas that we at CNAS have been exploring for the last several years is how the United States can make better use of satellites to enhance its understandin...
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This Weekend’s News: The South China Sea Dispute
The South China Sea dispute is once again in the headlines, with notable developments that are raising some concerns about increased tensions in the region. On Saturday, Reute...
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Hope Springs Eternal
The Arab spring has, inevitably, spawned a gaggle of instant books. But it was much easier to make sense of the region’s upheavals a year ago, in the first flush of excitement...
By Marc Lynch
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Combat and Camera Phones
I have an op-ed on Bloomberg View on the way in which the profusion of camera phones and other new-ish technology has caught the U.S. military off-guard. The proliferation of...
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Soldiers’ Photostream Must Follow Chain of Command
The most recent scandal to rock U.S. military forces in Afghanistan concerns photos published in the Los Angeles Times depicting U.S. soldiers goofing around with the body of ...
By Andrew M. Exum
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Toss Out the All-Volunteer Military
Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past decade, this all-volunte...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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10 Big Questions for Obama, Romney on Asia
Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a risin...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: Election 2012: The Pacific Century
The second installment of the Election 2012: The National Security Agenda series hosted by CNAS, the American Enterprise Institute and the New America Foundation, "The Pacific...
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On Capability vs. Intent, Part II
I have written about the difference between capability and intent before, but in my World Politics Review column this week, I tackle the intelligence problems related to inten...
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Read This Now: CRS Report on Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization
A new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) outlines for Congress the key issues around modernizing the Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet. According to the author Ro...
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Open Thread: Medals
If it were up to me, I would get rid of all medals not related to valor or campaign-specific service. Most medals awarded for "service" -- from the Army Achievement Medal to t...
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Climate-Energy Nexus and the Benefits of Natural Gas
A new study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers an important reminder about the climate-energy nexus that has been largely missing from the energy ...