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Counterterrorism's Center of Gravity Problem
Reading John Arquilla's latest Foreign Policy piece makes, me, as I am wont to, think about dead Prussians. Arquilla takes a look at the battle for Obama's "strategic soul" an...
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A Rocky Road to Reaping the Benefits of Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Afghanistan’s mineral wealth could be contributing to instability in some parts of the country, particularly areas beyond Kabul’s co...
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Assessing U.S. Interests in Syria: Video Interview with Melissa Dalton
As the brutal conflict in Syria continues on, CNAS Visiting Fellow Melissa Dalton discusses U.S. interests in Syria and the tensions that exist within those interests....
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sec. Clinton Urges Countries to "Literally Calm the Water" in South China SeaAll eyes are on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her visit to the Asia Pacific this week. On Tuesday, Secretary Clinton met with officials of the Association of S...
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US should designate Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization
Early this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will submit her decision to Congress on whether or not to designate the Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization. The d...
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Averting Conflict in the South China Sea
Despite rising tensions in the South China Sea, conflict can and should be averted. A good first step would be to acknowledge that the South China Sea is part global good, pa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Twilight of the Carriers?
Robert Haddick has a provocative post atForeign Policy suggesting that the rise of strategic air power and anti-ship weaponry might render carriers obsolete, and cause major i...
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Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day everyone! We are taking a brief holiday at the Natural Security blog and wish you all a restful day before the beginning of a busy fall. ...
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Social Media and the Policy Researcher
This will be my last post on this blog for at least a year. I am about to start a fellowship program with the Council on Foreign Relations that will place me in the U.S. gover...
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Setting the Record Straight on Obama and Iraq
A few months ago, it was still fashionable on the American Right to blame President Obama for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq and thus squandering any residual U.S. leve...
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The Odds of a Secret Iranian Nuke
The debate over whether or not the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks nuclear weapons has been raging for years. In fact, this past Tuesday marked a full decade from the day that ...
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Monopoly in Farce: Militias and State-Building
State formation and regime consolidation, as any astute reader of Charles Tilly could tell you, is an ugly business. Just as ugly, though, can be what its absence brings. Sinc...
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In Memoriam: Astronaut Neil Armstrong
“By the yardstick of history, Neil Armstrong was among the most accomplished men ever to walk on the planet that he looked upon from afar one magical week in July 1969.” The A...
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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...