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On the Cost of DOD Energy in Afghanistan
This morning, The Wall Street Journal rightly reported that the United States faces considerable costs with fueling its forces in Afghanistan, both in blood and treasure. The ...
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The Next Fight: Time for a Mission Change in Afghanistan
LTG Dave Barno, Matt Irvine and I have a new policy paper out at CNAS, which you can read here. This paper is in a lot of ways the logical follow-on to our Responsible Transit...
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This Weekend’s News: Up, Up and Away?
As international delegates kickoff the second week of annual climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, The New York Times reported on Sunday that global carbon emis...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Understanding and Preventing Veteran SuicideOn December 2nd, Dr. Margaret C. Harrell, CNAS Senior Fellow and Director of the Joining Forces Initiative, testified before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommit...
By Margaret C. Harrell
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House Hearing to Evaluate U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Capabilities
Tomorrow, the House Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hold a hearing on “Protecting U.S. Sovereignty: Coast Guard Operati...
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The US Navy Fostered Globalisation: We Still Need It
The financial world is obsessed with stock market gyrations and bond yields. But the numbers that matter in the long run are those of US warships. Asia has been at the centre ...
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A Note About Resources and Conflict in the South China Sea and Beyond
In January, CNAS will release its study on the South China Sea, including a chapter on how natural resources affect the behavior of states in the region. There has been a lot ...
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This Weekend’s News: Russia’s Energy Agenda
Special Programming Note: The UN climate negotiations begin today in Durban, South Africa. The Natural Security blog will highlight the main takeaways from this week’s confere...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Nick Blanford
One of the biggest compliments I have received as a researcher came in the summer of 2010, when Nick Blanford, who was finishing a military history of Hezbollah, asked me to r...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Pivot Toward the PacificAs the Obama administration winds down wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is asserting US power in the Asia – Pacific region, in part as a counterweight to China’s growing inf...
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John Stuart Mill, Dead Thinker of the Year
Fundamentally, the past year has been about grappling with the most profound question in political philosophy: how to create legitimate central authority. In one Arab country ...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital Program
Command Post: "What Can The Rest of Us Do to Help Prevent Military Suicides?"Families and communities -- the rest of us, in other words -- can play a role in helping to cut down on the epidemic of military suicides. Dr. Elspeth "Cam" Ritchie, a Battlel...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Natural Security blog! Keep in mind all of those who can't be with their friends and family today. We’ll be taking the rest of the week off, but if...
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Syria and Other Wars Without End
Syria is in the early stages of what every indication suggests could become a long, cruel, and bloody civil war. In the early hours last Wednesday morning, the Free Syrian Arm...
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Read This Now - Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs To Know
For those of you traveling this holiday weekend and looking for a good book to pass your time with, I recommend Dr. Charles Ferguson’s Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to K...
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Command Post: "Is the Change the U.S. Brought to Iraq Likely to Last?"
U.S. forces will be out of Iraq by the end of next month, after a nearly nine-year stay. Just how permanent are the changes the U.S. military and diplomatic corps have tried t...
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Christmas Comes Early for the Obama Administration in Afghanistan
Reading through the 76-point resolution produced by Afghanistan's Loya Jerga, I was struck by how welcome so many of these points will be inside the White House. Afghan leader...
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What Should U.S. Arctic Capabilities Look Like?
Last Monday, Businessweekpublished an excerpt from a new book by David Fairhall, Cold Front: Conflict Ahead in Arctic Waters. Besides the provocative title (which, by focusing...
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Cuts to Defense Budget Might Be Inevitable, but Pentagon Knows Best
Cuts to the defense budget are necessary because today's elected leaders and their constituents seek policies that are not mutually sustainable. Lawmakers feel broad pressure ...
By Nora Bensahel
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This Weekend’s News: Recapping the East Asia Summit
President Obama returned stateside on Sunday after a nine-day trip across the Asia Pacific, ending with a stop at the East Asia Summit in Bali over the weekend. The president’...