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Command Post: "Is It Smart to Pull All U.S. Troops Out of Iraq by Year's End?"
It's one of the biggest – and potentially, most consequential – decisions President Obama has made (not that he had much choice, according to some). He has announced that the ...
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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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Video - Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide (Panel Discussion)
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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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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The Battle of Military Suicides
The Pentagon's efforts to acknowledge and address the problem of military suicides have been successful, by most accounts. Outreach, prevention programs, and increased mental-...
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Command Post: "What Will Afghanistan Be Like in 10 Years?"
We know what the past decade has been like in Afghanistan -- 1,822 American troops killed, at a financial cost of a half-trillion dollars. Was it worth it? What will this coun...
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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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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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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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America's Not-So-Strategic Trade Policy in Asia
After years of delay, the United States last week approved three free trade agreements, including a landmark accord with South Korea. Behind the fanfare that accompanied their...
By Richard Fontaine
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Command Post: "Is All the Money the U.S. is Pouring into Afghanistan Doing More Harm Than Good?"
Some 90% of the money in and around Afghanistan is coming from the United States and its allies. Yet this tidal wave of cash is distorting the Afghan economy, breeding corrupt...
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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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Command Post: "Is the U.S. Readying to Strike More Often Inside Pakistan?"
Relations between Washington and Islamabad may be at an all-time low. Was the daring SEAL raid into Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden nearly six months ago a one-off event? O...
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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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Command Post: "Are U.S. Troops Leaving Afghanistan Prematurely?"
Or is it about time? That all depends, of course, on what you think the U.S. mission in Afghanistan -- now a decade old -- actually is. We have booted the Taliban from power, ...
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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...