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New CNAS Report - Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity
Tomorrow, CNAS will formally launch Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, at an event at the Newseum beginning at 8:30 AM. If you’re in downtown Washington...
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A Humble Question
I have nothing against Mitt Romney. He seems like a good and serious guy, even if I thought he pandered to primary voters on torture in the last election. (And got slapped dow...
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The Best Defense Policy Paper You Will Read in 2011
My hat is off to my colleagues Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp as well as my Ranger Buddy Dave Barno for their latest report. I reviewed earlier drafts of this report and was i...
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Revisiting the Geoengineering Debate
The geoengineering debate is front and center in Washington again. Yesterday, the Bipartisan Policy Center released a report recommending that the U.S. government be prepared ...
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Why the QDR Should Not Mention Cost
Spencer Ackerman is one of the brightest and most provocative defense policy journalists working today, but he is wrong to be so upset that the Department of Defense executes ...
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This Weekend’s News: Dam’s Suspension May Signal New Developments in Burma-China Relationship
On Friday, the Burmese government announced that it would halt the construction of a Chinese-backed dam on the Irrawaddy River, marking a significant setback for China that ha...
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CNAS Wants to Hear From You
As the security and information environment changes daily, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) seeks to innovate and adapt. We value your ideas and opinions and want...
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Johnsen and Stuster on Yemen
Yesterday, friend-of-the-blog Gregory Johnsen released his new report on Yemen for the Council on Foreign Relations. I am no Yemen specialist, but knowing something about both...
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Hasta Luego
What a long, strange trip it’s been. I first began speaking with Kurt Campbell and Michele Flournoy about going to work for them before this thing called “The Center for a New...
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“Back to School” Reading List
We have a lot going on this week, so here is a short post this morning on some suggested reading for the “Back to School” season. Enjoy! The Quest: Energy, Security, and the ...
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Climate Change, Fisheries and the South China Sea
A short editorial in this morning’s New York Times caught my attention, particularly because it’s relevant to a project on the South China Sea that we are close to wrapping up...
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This Weekend’s News: Land Grabs Spark Protests in China
Last week someone remarked to me that one research area that we really haven’t dug into – excuse my pun – is on land and security. And this person is right. That’s probably wh...
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PSA: Stop-Loss Payments -- ACT NOW
The very first time I got worked up about a defense policy issue and made a stink about it in public concerned the misguided stop-loss policy. The U.S. government, though, has...
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CNASers on the Hill: Hearing on Rare Earths & Foreign/Security Policy
Yesterday I had the honor of testifying to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on rare earth elements. Other than the Chairman misstating that I att...
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Pres. Obama's Speech to the General Assembly
Here we go! Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: I would like to talk to you about a subject that is at the heart of the United Nation...
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Understanding India’s South China Sea Gambit
Last week, The Times of India reported that India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Videsh would, with Vietnam’s support, continue its exploration for oil and natural g...
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Rick Perry on Israel and the Palestinians
I hate digging deep into issues related to Israel and the Palestinians, but since this is the hardest statement on foreign policy yet issued by the Perry campaign, here we go:...
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Prediction Time, U.S. Army Edition
The end of the ban on gays serving openly in our armed services has arrived and will get plenty of media attention in the next few days. But I predict that the U.S. Army's int...
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On the Hill: Christine to Testify Before House Foreign Affairs Committee About Rare Earths
Tomorrow, Christine will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific about China’s monopoly on rare earths where she’ll speak t...
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This Weekend’s News: For the Philippines, Growing Anxieties in the South China Sea
Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that some in the Philippines have expressed increased concern with China’s growing energy exploration in the waters off the coast of th...