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Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day from the Natural Security blog. We're taking the day to honor all those who have served, and are giving thanks to those who continue to serve the country. ...
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Command Post: "Do Frequent Military Deployments Increase Suicide?"
The military has been seeking the causes of a spike in military suicides for the last several years so it can begin knocking it down. New evidence just coming to light makes c...
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What’s Trending in the South China Sea?
CNAS is just several weeks away from publishing a major study on the South China Sea (look for it sometime early in January 2012). But with U.S. and other East Asian leaders p...
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China's Cyber Moves Hurting Beijing
A new report by an arm of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence confirms what officials have privately lamented for several years: the United States is the target of a v...
By Richard Fontaine
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Events from Around Town: The Climate and Energy Nexus
Starting at 9 a.m. this morning, our friends at the Pew Center for Global Climate Change are hosting an event at the Newseum in Washington, “Toward Climate and Energy Solution...
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Improve Mental-Health Care for Our Troops
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earli...
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Command Post: "Iraq: Was That Lack of Immunity for U.S. Troops Simply an Excuse to Pull Out?"
The Obama Administration has said it had no choice but to pull out of Iraq by year's end after the Iraqi parliament made it clear it would not grant U.S. troops immunity from ...
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On the Agenda: Pacific Rim Nations Meet at APEC to Discuss Green Energy Technologies
The annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is underway in Honolulu. Trade representatives from the United States, China and 19 other countries will meet this w...
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This Weekend’s News: A Look at the Global Swing States, Beginning with Brazil
CNAS is ramping up a fascinating project on the global swing states. Last week, my colleagues Richard Fontaine and Dan Kliman published an op-ed in World Politics Review about...
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Three Views on the United States and Iraq
I want to highlight three op-eds on the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. The first is by Brett McGurk, an early supporter within the Bush Administration for the "Surge" who later he...
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2014 and Beyond: U.S. Policy Towards Afghanistan and Pakistan
On November 3rd, CNAS Senior Fellow David Barno testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. His testimony drew from...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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A Fairly Awful Model for Civilian-Military Relations
Peter Beinart, hailing the Israeli system: Every time I get depressed about politics in Israel, I try to remember one salient fact: their political system still sometimes func...
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Seriously?
Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to the Knesset: Members of Knesset, I have spoken, and I must admit not always successfully, about strength and responsibility. I also want to tal...
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Command Post: "Why Are There So Many Military Suicides?"
The problem of suicides continues to haunt Pentagon personnel officials. After 10 years of war, the suicide rate has climbed and remains stubbornly high despite numerous initi...
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Transcript - Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held an event, Losing the Battle, on November 1, 2011, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., to discuss the issue of suicide in the U.S. milita...
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At the G-20, Look to the Swing States
As the leaders from the 20 largest developed and emerging economies gather this week in Cannes, France, observers will catalogue the difficulties in forging consensus around d...
By Daniel Kliman & Richard Fontaine
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Chris Boucek, RIP
I was away the entire day and returned to the office this afternoon only to be met with the news that Chris Boucek had passed away. I was floored. Chris was 38. Chris was also...
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Climate Change in a World with 7 Billion People
Sometime on Monday the world population grew to 7 billion people, according to the United Nations. “Seven billion population is a challenge, and at the same time, an opportun...
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Video Highlights - Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held an event, Losing the Battle, on November 1, 2011, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., to discuss the issue of suicide in the U.S. mili...
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Video - Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide (Q&A)
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held an event, Losing the Battle, on November 1, 2011, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., to discuss the issue of suicide in the U.S. milita...