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Perspectives on the FY 2013 Budget Request for Department of Defense
On March 6th, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) testified before the Senate Budget Committee in an open hearing on President Obama's FY 2013 bu...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deepwater Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
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This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deep Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
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How to Get Afghans to Trust Us Once Again
“Ooooh, Major Far-nan-do, we’re gonna sell you to the Taliban for a million dollars . . . laa-di-laaa . . . we’re gonna trade you for a new truck . . . for a new house!” It wa...
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Before Attacking Iran, Israel Should Learn from Its 1981 Strike on Iraq
On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets, protected by six F-15 escorts, dropped 16 2,000-pound bombs on the nearly completed Osirak nuclear reactor at the Tuwaitha co...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Foreign Affairs Live: Time to Attack Iran? A Debate
This video is part of a Foreign Affairs package: The Iran Debate -- To Strike or Not to Strike? On March 1 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Foreign Affairs Ma...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Patrick Cronin: The South China SeaThe South China Sea is the future hot-point of conflict in the world, says CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Patrick Cronin, ...
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A Plan Revisited: Fueling the Future Force
Worsening tensions with Iran in recent weeks are in part to blame for higher oil and gas prices. In response to these higher prices, there has been a lot of discussion about h...
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Three’s Company: China, the Philippines, the United States and the South China Sea
The Philippines is pushing for private, foreign investment as opposed to joint development of the Spratly Islands. On Monday, the Philippines rejected a suggestion from China ...
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This Weekend’s News: Is Iran Intentionally Breeding Uncertainty in the Global Oil Market?
Iran may be attempting to breed uncertainty in the global oil market in an effort to drive up prices and insulate itself from tightening economic sanctions, including those ag...
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The Economist Debate: Syria
The escalating bloodbath in Syria has long since reached the point at which the international community must act to protect Syrian civilians and to push for a political transi...
By Marc Lynch
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Military Options Likely Wouldn't Quell the Crisis in Syria
How should the United States, and the international community, respond to the escalating bloodbath in Syria? Over the last two months, the overwhelming weight of editorial and...
By Marc Lynch
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U.S.-Mexico Offshore Oil Agreement May Help Mexico Rejuvenate Oil Production
The United States and Mexico have come to an agreement that would allow both countries to drill for oil and natural gas along their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico. Acco...
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The Iran Containment Fallacy
It has become increasingly fashionable in Jerusalem and Washington to advocate a military strike on Iran. Central to the case for war is the argument that a nuclear-armed Iran...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Pressure Not War
I have been busy teaching and writing of late, and the blog has been neglected. But when I have written on the blog, it has usually been to ask that we get serious about think...
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Cyber Security, Non-State Threats and the Electric Grid
U.S. security officials have expressed concern about the vulnerability of the electric grid to cyber attacks by non-state actors. Most experts agree that today the greatest cy...
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Will Iran Make Preemptive Strike?
Watch the latest video at <a href="/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://video.foxnews.com">http://video.foxnews.com">video.foxnews.com&...
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This Weekend’s News: The Geopolitical Story Behind Higher Oil Prices
There is a lot of chatter this morning about the potential for gas prices to hit $4 or $5 a gallon by Memorial Day, which could undermine stronger U.S. economic growth. Here a...
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Video - Counterinsurgency and Afghanistan: Experiences, Strategies and Perspectives
The future of European security policy is rapidly becoming a critical issue in the world. Facing transition in the NATO-led war in Afghanistan and rising budget pressures, the...
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Energy Programs in the FY 2013 Budget
Funding requests for energy and energy-related programs are prominent in President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget. Here’s a quick breakdown of the requests that jumped o...