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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A: Counterstrike!
I spent part of my vacation reading the new book by Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt, Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda. Thom and Eric...
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Count GI Bill Benefits As Federal Financial Aid
After a decade of war, a generation of veterans is preparing not only to return home, but to school. Yet they face being cheated out of an educational opportunity that they ri...
By Sarah Reinheimer
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Command Post: "Cyber War: Fact or Fiction?"
Defending against the invisible menace of online cyber-attacks has become one of the Pentagon's biggest growth areas. But should it be? Kristin Lord of the Center for a New Am...
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The Alternative U.S. Army Professional Reading List
I have a tremendous amount of admiration for Gen. Marty Dempsey, but his professional reading list for the U.S. Army (.pdf) leaves a lot to be desired. As a service to the rea...
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Read This Now: U.S. Navy Arctic Environmental Assessment
The U.S. Navy’s Task Force Climate Change recently released its latest assessment in support of the Navy’s Arctic Roadmap. What I found particular interesting given our work ...
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India's Arab Spring Opportunity
The fall of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi stands as the latest, most dramatic episode in the explosive changes roiling today’s Middle East. As Libyans—and their counterparts in Egyp...
By Richard Fontaine
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Command Post: "How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?"
The folks who get paid to stay up at night worrying about cyber-security are always telling us that our basic infrastructure -- the online computer networks that run our water...
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Libya, 24 August 2011
I have been on vacation for the past week, largely away from both the internet and television in rural Tennessee, and I missed most coverage of the rebel advance into Tripoli....
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In the Arctic, Difficult Choices Loom about U.S. Military Capability
Military activity is on the rise in the Arctic. The Canadian military, for example, is bolstering its presence in the region, in part to offset Russian influence and to prepar...
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Command Post: "How Tough Is It to Tell Who Launched a Cyber Attack?"
The word attribution always crops up when experts debate the challenges of deterring a cyber attack. It simply means determining just who is responsible for nefarious acts onl...
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In Northeast Asia, Energy May Alter the Geopolitical Balance
A potential energy deal between Russia and North Korea may alter the geopolitical balance in Northeast Asia. Over the weekend, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visited the Russ...
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Patrick Cronin on Voice of America's The Platform
CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin talks to VOA’s The Platform about potential cooperation between China and Pakistan and how this affect...
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Command Post: "Is a Cyber Pearl Harbor on the Horizon?"
This week on Command Post, John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I discuss the potential horror -- and the potential hype -- of cyber war with James Lewis of...
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This Weekend's News: Promoting Nuclear Energy Requires Navigating Proliferation Challenge
The New York Times reported yesterday that General Electric has successfully tested a new process for enriching uranium – with a laser. The process could make enriching uraniu...
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Q&A
Iraq has the potential to become a pivotal strategic partner for the United States and its allies in the region. But Iraq is also undergoing its democratic transition and its ...
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Remarks
In light of the impending end of the United States Forces–Iraq mission this December, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, USA, Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forc...
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In the Arctic and South China Sea, U.S. Policymakers to Grapple with Similar Challenges
As my short time here at CNAS is just about over – having focused primarily on South China Sea research – it seems as though I will be leaving as the oil and gas rich Arctic r...
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Summer Reading
I am off for a week's vacation on the family farm in East Tennessee and will be away from the blog during that time, so I wanted to highlight a few reading suggestions while I...
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Budget Cuts Part III: Pre-funding Climate Catastrophe
In December 2010, the Obama administration released a bipartisan report from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that, among other things, recommended ...
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War of the Camps, Revisted
The following is the unedited, full text of Hizballah's statement condemning the Syrian Navy's shelling of the Palestinian refugee camp at ar-Ramel: ...