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Video: Election 2012: The U.S. and the Greater Middle East
On Tuesday, July 17, the Center for a New American Security, the New America Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute hosted an in-depth discussion on the opportunit...
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Guest Post: Insha’Allah they learn something useful
Tim Mathews is a former Army Officer and newly-minted attorney who studies and occassionally lectures on the Afghan legal system. He's usually found on Twitter, and I'm glad t...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Below the Radar: Rising Tensions in the East China SeaWhile there has been a lot of attention given to China’s territorial contests with its Asian neighbors in the South China Sea, just as important is the dispute between Japan a...
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5 big questions for U.S. strategy
Although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of U.S. national securi...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Why U.S. should be all in with Myanmar
Myanmar’s nascent liberalization is at a critical juncture. In the next few months we will know whether or not President Thein Sein’s attempt to transform his country from par...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Insha’Allah they learn something useful
A recent article in Armed Forces Journal (AFJ) (How to teach about Islam, Armed Forces Journal, July 2012) discusses the issue of how to teach our personnel about Islam. When ...
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My Mind on My Money, My Money On My Mind
A couple weeks ago, the United Arab Emirates made a most unusual acquisition: 842 Colombian soldiers. They're looking for at least a couple thousand more. What's going on is f...
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Moving to Cooler Temperatures
As we in the United States are struggling with massive heat waves, others are moving to cooler temperatures – including the Chinese. Last week, the Chinese icebreaker, Xue Lo...
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Guest Post: Drones and Disruptive Innovation
Jonathan Jeckell, a plans and operations officer at the Army Sustainment Command at Rock Arsenal, is one of my favorite Twitter interluctors. You see, Jonathan and I both love...
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On "George F. Kennan: An American Life"
I am catching up this summer with some of those big books that have been silently taunting me from my bookshelf this year. The first book I tackled was George F. Kennan: An Am...
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Let’s Draft Our Kids
In late June, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan, called for reinstating the draft. “I think if a nation goes to war, ever...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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An American Commitment in Afghanistan
The U.S. government took several steps over the weekend to reassure Afghans that America will not abandon their country once the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. Although the...
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When to declare victory?
Peter Bergen recently put out an interesting piece recommending the United States declare victory against al Qaeda. He starts off by making the comparison, as many do, with th...
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U.S. Lawmakers Must Fix Pentagon’s China Report
Calibrating a long-range China policy may be the greatest challenge for the U.S. administration’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. And that challenge has become even more dif...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Matt Zeller
A few months ago, I read the memoir of a lieutenant who served in Afghanistan in 2008, which I argue had to have been the most frustrating year to fight in Afghanistan because...
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A Belated Birthday Present from our Turkish Friends
Yesterday, I caught up with some friends at IFRI* over lunch and scored an invitation to come hear the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, speak later in the afternoon ...
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Paul Van Riper on Strategic Thinking and Operational Art
There's two things I eagerly await every summer: a new Batman movie and a new edition of Infinity Journal. There is much discussion of strategy scattered across the blogospher...
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Happy Fourth of July! (And even happier civil-military relations!)
First off, let me wish everyone out there a Happy Fourth of July. As a veteran of the conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, let me take this opportunity to clear up a miscon...
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Happy Independence Day!
Happy 4th of July everyone! Enjoy fireworks, family, friends and good food today as you celebrate America's Independence Day. We'll be taking the rest of the week of and will ...
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Iranian Oil and the Politics of Economic Sanctions
There is a good debate underway at the National Journal’s Energy Experts blog this week on economic sanctions against Iranian oil. In particular, there’s an ongoing discussion...