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In Yemen, Water, Fuel and Food Prices Rise as Political Crisis Worsens
Yemen’s political crisis seems to be worsening. On Sunday, New York Times Magazine writer Robert Worth’s recent account was simply titled “Yemen on the Brink of Hell.” Meanwhi...
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Command Post: "How Tough Is Cutting $400 Billion?"
Just how tough is it going to be for the Pentagon and other national-security agencies to cut $400 billion from their spending between now and 2023? Those are the marching ord...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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This Weekend’s News: A Softer Tone in the Asia-Pacific Region
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her trip to the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on Friday after speaking to delegates with a...
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Hizballah on the Wrong Side of History
You think the United States has played its hand poorly during the Arab Spring? Hizballah busied themselves airing claims I am some kind of spy over the weekend, but if I were...
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All Jokes Aside
A few days ago, I was accused by a German conspiracy theorist of having assassinated former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. On first glance, this is kind of funny. Yeste...
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You know you've arrived when ...
... you get accused of assassinating Rafik Hariri. تهم المحقق السابق والخبير الألماني جيرغن هانزغولبل الموساد الإسرائيلي بوقوفه وراء اغتيال رئيس الوزراء اللبناني الأسبق رفيق ا...
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If you only listen to five counter-terrorism analysts...
If you watch U.S. cable news in the aftermath of today's attacks in Norway -- and really, why are you watching U.S. cable news? -- you are likely to see various "terrorism" "e...
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Revising FM 3-24
I have just spent the past several days talking about small wars and insurgencies with the brilliant graduate students who make up this year's SWAMOS class. I lectured all day...
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Shameless Plug for New Bulletin Piece on Security Risks & Priorities
As we teed up on the blog, yesterday the UN Security Council debated the security implications of climate change. The reactions of friends, folks in my Twitterverse and tradit...
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Thoughts on the UNSC Climate & Security Debate and Next Steps
Today the UN Security Council is going to debate climate change. Between the debt crisis and lack of much movement on addressing climate change at home leading many abroad to ...
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Through Military Engagement, Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding
On Wednesday, I’ll be at the Wilson Center for a daylong symposium,Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance, where I’ll join a...
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Cornell
I am in Ithaca, New York preparing to teach a module on insurgency and counterinsurgency tomorrow as part of the Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strateg...
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Stanford Freshmen To Debate War Ethics In 2011 'Three Books' Program
When Professor Scott Sagan chose "war ethics" as the theme for this year's Three Books selections for incoming freshmen, he knew he had to offer the students some extra guidan...
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Book Review: Steve Tankel's "Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba"
Genius CNAS research assistant Mirv "Matt" Irvine, who knows more about Pakistani militant groups than most, has written a review of my friend Steve Tankel's new book on Lashk...
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This Weekend’s News: Naval Exchanges Irk China over South China Sea
Recent naval exercises between the United States and Vietnam have drawn criticism from China due to disputes between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea. “United States...
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Command Post Episode Five: "The Challenge of Pakistan"
When it comes to fingering trouble spots in the arc of crisis that springs from the Middle East and ranges west to Libya and east to India, No. 1 -- with a bullet -- is invari...
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Women and CNAS
Micah Zenko has a piece up on Foreign Policy's website about gender (im)balance in think tanks. His data (which I assume he took from our website, here) demonstrates that only...
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Command Post Episode Four: "What's Pakistan's Role in Afghanistan Going To Be?"
As the U.S. begins pulling troops out of Afghanistan, is Pakistan going to be a help or a hindrance to stability in the region? John Nagl of the Center for a New American Secu...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Energy (and Not Rare Earths) in the SASC's 2012 NDAA
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s approved its FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1253), which we’ve been anxiously awaiting. First, I’ll start with an omissio...
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Command Post Episode Three: "Counter-Insurgency versus Counter-Terrorism?"
Since President Obama announced his plan to begin pulling 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan by the end of next summer, there's been a lot of debate over whether this marks the ...