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Monday Morning Mini-Rants
If I wrote a blog post each time something I read annoyed me, I would obviously blog more frequently. Two things that I have noticed over the past few days, though, deserve es...
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Reforming outmoded government
Michèle A. Flournoy, a senior adviser at Boston Consulting Group, was undersecretary of defense for policy from February 2009 to February 2012. As the United States peers into...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Green-on-Blue
Not to be confused with the Miles Davis song or dearly departed Philly eatery, green-on-blue violence is confounding U.S. commanders in Afghanistan and -- together with the 2,...
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In East China Sea, Tensions Run Deep
The New York Times published a report this morning differentiating between the underlying issues driving competition in the East and South China Seas. As readers of this blog ...
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The Price of Great Journalism
I just subscribed to the New York Times. Just now. My actions were entirely prompted by this article and video by C.J. "Chris" Chivers and the accompanying photographs by Brya...
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U.S. Officials Put Pressure on Iraqi Bank with Illicit Ties to Iran
In July, the Obama administration barred Iraq’s Elaf Islamic Bank from doing business with the U.S. banking system due to alleged ties to illegal financial transactions with I...
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Firepower and Dispersal
Andrew Davies at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute recently highlighted a fascinating work taking the long view of weapons technology development. The argument essenti...
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What We Owe A Professional Army
I temporarily lose my ability to speak and write freely in about two weeks, so I am using what time I have left to stir up as much controversy as possible. Over Twitter two da...
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Warming Trend Takes Toll on Energy Production
Higher average temperatures in the United States continue to take a toll on U.S. energy infrastructure, raising concerns about the impact of long-term climate trends and U.S. ...
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Those Other West Bank Terrorists
Dan Byman and Natan Sachs have a great article in the new Foreign Affairs on the rise of settler terrorism in the West Bank. I suspect that some will argue Byman and Sachs are...
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Can U.S. help Gulf shield itself against Iran?
Advancements in Iranian missile capabilities are driving Gulf Arab countries to cooperate on a theater-wide missile defense system. The fear is that Iran could launch missiles...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Clash of Cultures or Concept Failure?
I've followed Rosa Brooks' excellent articles on the civil-military planning gap with great interest. In her follow-up, Brooks speculates whether or not civilian education in ...
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Betting Against a Drone Arms Race
Bold predictions of a coming drones arms race are all the rage since the uptake in their deployment under the Obama Administration. Noel Sharkey, for example, argues in an Aug...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Politics in Play in the South China SeaWhile the potential reserves of oil and natural gas are important drivers of Beijing’s assertive behavior in the South China Sea, access to the sea's energy resources is not t...
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On Accusations of Orientalism
Is there a lazier way to dismiss analysis of the contemporary Middle East than by leveling a blanket accusation of Orientalism? Rami Khouri: [The] discussion of how events wil...
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Red Dawn Remake
Most people are already snarking the hell out of this on Twitter, but want to foreground the irony. What does it mean if one of the 80s' most rabidly nationalistic action flic...
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Airpower, Special Operations, and Paramilitary Support
Wondering how the Afghanistan-Libya-Syria? template of air power, special operations forces, and native forces got going? Simon Anglim, author of a wonderful new book on Orde ...
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Help wanted: Geek squads for US cybersecurity
Finding enough qualified men and women to protect America’s cyber networks stands as one of the central challenges to America’s cybersecurity. Even in the computer age, people...
By Jacob Stokes & Kristin M. Lord
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Abu Muqawama in World Politics Review
Over the past several weeks, a series of articles have noted the absence of any discussion of the Afghanistan War in the U.S. presidential campaign. President Barack Obama mig...
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DOD-Interior Renewable Energy Projects Could Help Mitigate Grid Vulnerability
On Monday, the Departments of Defense and Interior formalized a partnership to develop renewable energy at or near DOD facilities aimed in part at strengthening the military’s...