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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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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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In Brief: Civilian Nuclear Energy and Proliferation Concerns
There are a lot of smart people in Washington and around the world evaluating the threat of nuclear proliferation against the backdrop of growing civilian nuclear energy use. ...
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Iraq Agonistes
I cannot decide whether to join in with all the hyperventilation over our withdrawal from Iraq (Ex. A, Ex. B) and ink a deal with Regnery for A Victory Lost: How Obama Defeate...
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This Weekend’s News: Bridging the Earth Monitoring Gap One Step at a Time
Early Friday morning, NASA successfully launched the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project – or NPP – from Vandenberg Air Forc...
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A Rejoinder: Unconventional Fossil Fuels Are Not a Panacea for Geopolitical and Energy Challenges
There was a large spread in The New York Times yesterday on the coming age of unconventional oil and natural gas – that is, oil and natural gas from deepwater reserves, oil sa...
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Events from Around Town: Air Force Association Breakfast with Dr. Kevin Geiss
Speaking to an audience of defense industry representatives, international officers and energy policy leaders from the Pentagon this morning, Dr. Kevin Geiss, Assistant Secret...
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Understanding China’s Energy Strategy – the Domestic Angle
Last month, I wrote a post trying to explain China’s energy strategy in order to make an observation about why China is so invested in protecting potential hydrocarbon resourc...
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Climate Change Winners and Losers: The Commercial Shipping Industry
The decline of Arctic summer sea ice and the opening of passage to commercial travel for at least one month of the year have been pointed to as the silver lining of a dark clo...
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This Weekend’s News: Iraq
Most of the above of the fold headlines this weekend reported on the Obama administration’s planned withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of the year. President O...
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Getting to Zero
Having pretty carefully considered the arguments for and against leaving troops in Iraq beyond this year, I ultimately found Doug Ollivant's argument to be the most persuasive...
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Events from Around Town: The World's Water Volume 7: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Despite the vast amount of water on Earth, demands for human consumption are reaching constraints with regard to accessibility, quality and use. This concept of “peak ecologic...
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Events from Around Town: Science During Crisis: Lessons Learned From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
On Monday, I attended an event sponsored by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Gary Machlis, the Science Advisor to the Director of the National ...
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The Future of Nuclear Power…and Proliferation
Dr. Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists, has a terrific piece in this current issue of Foreign Policy that explores the future of nuclear ener...
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This Weekend’s News: In Japan, a Struggle to Understand Radioactive Fallout
On Saturday, The New York Times reported that Japan continues to reel from the radioactive fallout from the March Fukushima nuclear disaster. According to the Times, Japanese ...
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Looking to Trim the Defense Budget? Start with the QDR.
Yesterday's announcement that the Department of Defense will form a "Strategic Choices Group" to identify priorities and risks ahead of $450 billion in potential cuts to the b...
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Read This Now: GAO Report on Climate Engineering: Technical Status, Future Directions, and Potential Responses
Last week we revisited the geoengineering debate in light of the recent Bipartisan Policy Center’s report recommending that the U.S. government be prepared to counter the effe...
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This Long Weekend’s News: In Texas, Drought-Driven Cattle Find Grazing Grounds in the North
Without the right context it is sometimes difficult to understand what abstract concepts like “climate impacts” mean. But with the right context the consequences become quite ...
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Columbus Day Holiday
The Natural Security bloggers are on holiday today, so there won't be a new post this morning. Have a great Monday everyone!...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Bryan Denton
The photojournalist Bryan Denton has been a friend for several years, and this past year has been a career year for him. Those who followed the reporting of C. J. "Chris" Chiv...