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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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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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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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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...
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Your Dumb Government at Work
Distinguished scholar and strategist Steve Metzcomplained earlier today on his Twitter account that he had cancelled a presentation he was scheduled to give at the British Int...
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What Affect is the Navy Having on the Cost of Alternative Fuels?
The Navy’s investment in algae biofuel is having a significant impact on the cost of alternative fuels. Earlier this year, the Navy announced a request for 450,000 gallons of ...
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The danger of military success
Most American military specialists know about Stonewall Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant, but not many study the Duke of Wellington and his campaigns on the Spanish Peninsula. The...
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew
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Cutbacks and crises
The subject of the hour in defense circles is guessing how deeply the defense budget is going to be cut as the U.S. economy retrenches, and which services will be winners and ...
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew
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This Weekend’s News: Durban Climate Talks End with Promise for Future Progress
The New York Times reported late yesterday that the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa ended o...
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Can China and the United States Develop Stronger Military Ties Through Environmental Cooperation?
Yesterday, U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing for their annual military review, known as the Defense Consultative Talks. The meeting between the countries’ senior defen...