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Offshoring CT: Towards a Dissection
As is wont to happen, the current forms of warfare the United States in engaging in and preparing for lend themselves easily to misrepresentation and simplification. As the U....
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The Role of Clean Energy in Powering the U.S. Military
There is a good discussion going on at the National Journal this week on the role of clean energy in powering the U.S. military. The discussion comes on the heels of an effort...
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It is all about Mission Effectiveness
Recent hearings on Capitol Hill suggest that there is a bit of confusion about the military’s efforts to research, develop and test renewable fuels. Critics charge the Navy an...
By Will Rogers
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An Introduction to Choke Points
I am pleased and excited to join the team at Consumer Energy Report. I have been an avid reader of the analysis here and I am looking forward to contributing to the important ...
By Will Rogers
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Symbolic Military, Operational Civilian?
Thomas Rid criticizes Jennifer Rubin and Max Boot for proposing what he views as an misunderstanding of the basic norms of civil-military relations: Boot and Rubin take issue...
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Evaluating the Fungibility of Information Power
Over the weekend, I had a Twitter conversation with the always stimulating infosec blogger Krypt3ia on the subject of hard and soft power. Krypt3ia has a new post on his site ...
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On Police States and Political Language
Yesterday, I watched some folks describe the United States as a "police state" because of some allegations of police brutality in Chicago. Without either defending the Chicago...
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This Weekend’s News: Afghan Poppy Production Could Be a Harbinger of Security Challenges
Afghan poppy production is on the rise in some areas and may indicate backsliding in crucial provinces that have seen security gains in recent years. According to a report fro...
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Dissecting the Offshoring of Counterterrorism draft
As is wont to happen, the current forms of warfare the United States in engaging in and preparing for lend themselves easily to misrepresentation and simplification. As the U....
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The Political Economy of Operational Art
In the Principles of War, the Principle of Mass calls for the commander to concentrate combat power at the decisive time and place. Sounds simple enough. Those who allowed th...
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Spillover from Syria
There has been much understandable worry about the civil war in Syria re-igniting dormant conflicts in Lebanon and Iraq. Despite the ongoing violence in northern Lebanon, I us...
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Limiting Terminological Escalation
There's a lot of (correct) criticism about military buzzwords and calling things war which plainly are not. So credit should be given when credit is due when someone gets it ...
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What We Are Reading: Climate Change, Rising Temperatures and Energy Use at U.S. Military Installations.
Apologies for the abbreviated post, but some of the CNAS team (myself included) are on a field trip this morning exploring a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. It is part of my personal...
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You Can't Win Anything With Kids
As some of you may know, I am planning on taking a leave of absence at the end of the summer from CNAS in order to participate in the Council on Foreign Relations' Internation...
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Video: Election 2012: The National Security Budget
On May 15, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation hosted a discussion on the U.S. national security budget as...
By Election 2012 Series
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Quote of the Day
My grandfather returned from Japan in 1946 and then worked for the next 30 years to ensure his three daughters could be the first members of the family to attend college. I ha...
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Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports Taking Hold Ahead of Baghdad Meeting
There is some evidence that western sanctions on Iranian oil exports are taking a toll on the Islamic republic, even months before the sanctions go completely into effect in J...
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Monday Afternoon Wisdom
Richard Betts on the difference between policing and war: Some attempts to use force in this multilateral and limited manner – such as in the second phase of the Somalia inte...
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Dick Betts is a Genius
I am going to write a blog post. Some attempts to use force in this multilateral and limited manner – such as in the second phase of the Somalia intervention in 1993, “pinpri...
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This Weekend’s News: A Row over Fish Heightens Tensions in the South China Sea
The Philippines announced on Sunday (Monday in Manila) that it will ignore China’s fishing ban near the disputed Scarborough Shoal that is set to begin on May 16 and run throu...