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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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An Uncertain Future for Iraq As U.S. Leaves
Transcript: The United States marks the end of the war in Iraq. As U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends the final flag ceremony, he did not speak of victory in Iraq and...
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As U.S. Troops Leave, Iraq Remains Beset by Resource Challenges
The U.S. military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq today. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, speaking in Baghdad, said that Iraq has shown remarkable progress...
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Commentary: Americans can agree that the Iraq war was a mistake
This was a preventive war designed to prevent Iraq from using or proliferating its presumed weapons of mass destruction to terrorists or terrorist states, but those weapons di...
By John A. Nagl
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Could Climate Change Affect Efforts to Become More Energy Secure?
The question of whether climate change could affect a country’s efforts to become more energy secure is thought provoking, and, as I suspect, less abstract than not. Many of t...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
'Angaetsok Election' Next Administration Korea Policy?As former Massachusetts governor, a Democratic presidential candidate, former Governor of dyukakiseu ago in a recent interview with Channel A Republican presidential candidate...