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Watch This Space
I will be live-tweeting the speeches by the President and Secretary of Defense today, starting around 1050. I will then offer comment on the blog on matters that relate to my ...
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Iranian Saber-rattling and the Price of Oil
Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday due to increased tensions between the United States and Iran. The price of oil jumped more than $4 a barrel after the Iranian military wa...
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On the Defense Strategic Guidance
As promised, I live-tweeted the press conference with the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. A few quick comments, which are based on t...
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Stupid Things in the NDAA You Probably Missed
This is so incredibly dumb. The National Guard Bureau’s top officer is now a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, s...
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The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
If you are in Washington, DC today and have already given up on your New Years resolution to go to the gym after work each day, swing by the W Hotel around 6:00 tonight for an...
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Join Us Today for the Launch of Philip Taubman’s “The Partnership”
CNAS is kicking off the 2012 event season with the launch of Philip Taubman’s The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb. Join us today at 6 PM at the...
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On the Casualties of War (Updated)
John Tirman has an important if flawed op-ed in today's New York Times. He urges U.S. military and political leaders -- as well as the general public -- to be honest about civ...
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More Thoughts on the 2012 Natural Security Wish List: Why the Arctic is a Priority
Building off my 2012 policy wish list, here is a post I wrote for the National Journal’s Energy and Environment blog on why the Arctic should be a policy priority for the pres...
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Third Annual Natural Security Wish List: Our Policy Hopes for 2012
It’s time again to reflect on our Natural Security policy hopes for the New Year. Some items on this list are more realistic than others, of course – especially considering th...
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About those F-15s...
National security analysts will immediately note the ways in which the massive U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia is part of the administration's strategy to reassure Gulf allies ...
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Memorandum to the Congress on Egypt
Today's news from Egypt, where the offices of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute were raided along with several other civil society o...
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The War Over Iran
Matthew Kroenig, Steven Walt and others have given us a real Christmas treat in the form of the debate over Matt's recent article in Foreign Affairs. Walt responded to Matt's ...
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Bad Call, Mr. President
A favorite Republican pastime is comparing Democratic presidents and presidential wannabes with Jimmy Carter, who, fairly or not, is remembered by many as having been both hap...
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Help Us Launch Our New South China Sea Report on January 10, 2012!
On January 10, 2012, CNAS will formally release its new report Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea at an event featuring Chief of Naval...
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Allegiance in Civil Wars
Small Wars Journal has a thought-provoking post by Michael Cummings that takes issue with something I have often argued: [W]hen it comes to counter-insurgency, military theor...
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Top Five Blog Posts of 2011
As we approach the end of the year, it is interesting to reflect on what issues and topics have been the most popular on the blog. Here are the top 5 blog posts of 2011 that o...
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John Redwine, RIP (updated)
I woke up this morning to the terrible news that John Redwine had died while climbing in Lebanon. Missing since the weekend, his body was found this morning. I first met John ...
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Events from Around Town: New Research on Climate and Conflict Links
Yesterday, I took in an event hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program on “New Research on Climate and Conflict Links.” There was a lot ...
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This Weekend’s News: What’s Next for North Korea?
News broke late last night that longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on Saturday, leaving his son, Kim Jong-un, as the chosen successor. This is a significant event a...
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The Leverage Problem
For the past several months, I've been working on a big project related to U.S. policy toward the Middle East at the Center for a New American Security. (My research partner i...