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Satellites and Security Series: Enhancing Tsunami Detection and Response
One of the research areas that we at CNAS have been exploring for the last several years is how the United States can make better use of satellites to enhance its understandin...
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This Weekend’s News: The South China Sea Dispute
The South China Sea dispute is once again in the headlines, with notable developments that are raising some concerns about increased tensions in the region. On Saturday, Reute...
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Hope Springs Eternal
The Arab spring has, inevitably, spawned a gaggle of instant books. But it was much easier to make sense of the region’s upheavals a year ago, in the first flush of excitement...
By Marc Lynch
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Combat and Camera Phones
I have an op-ed on Bloomberg View on the way in which the profusion of camera phones and other new-ish technology has caught the U.S. military off-guard. The proliferation of...
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Soldiers’ Photostream Must Follow Chain of Command
The most recent scandal to rock U.S. military forces in Afghanistan concerns photos published in the Los Angeles Times depicting U.S. soldiers goofing around with the body of ...
By Andrew M. Exum
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Toss Out the All-Volunteer Military
Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past decade, this all-volunte...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Read This Now: CRS Report on Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization
A new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) outlines for Congress the key issues around modernizing the Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet. According to the author Ro...
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On Capability vs. Intent, Part II
I have written about the difference between capability and intent before, but in my World Politics Review column this week, I tackle the intelligence problems related to inten...
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Video: Election 2012: The Pacific Century
The second installment of the Election 2012: The National Security Agenda series hosted by CNAS, the American Enterprise Institute and the New America Foundation, "The Pacific...
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10 Big Questions for Obama, Romney on Asia
Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a risin...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Open Thread: Medals
If it were up to me, I would get rid of all medals not related to valor or campaign-specific service. Most medals awarded for "service" -- from the Army Achievement Medal to t...
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Climate-Energy Nexus and the Benefits of Natural Gas
A new study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers an important reminder about the climate-energy nexus that has been largely missing from the energy ...
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Plugging U.S. Missile Defense Gaps
It would be a mistake to assume that we dodged a bullet with the fiery end to North Korea’s Unha-3 missile launch at the Dongchang-ri facility one minute into its fight. In fa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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This Weekend’s News: Territorial Disputes Across the Indo-Pacific
This weekend’s news highlighted several ongoing territorial disputes across the Indo-Pacific region, from resource-rich Kashmir to the potentially hydrocarbon-rich South China...
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Random Friday Thoughts
1. I do not know why we continue to be surprised that initial reporting and statements on the raid to kill Osama bin Laden were innacurate. It will be a long time -- maybe eve...
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The U.S. Army: Bruised but Unbroken
I am a strong critic of the U.S. Army and the way in which it has struggled to explain how it best serves the security needs of the nation beyond the wars in Iraq and Afghanis...
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Indian Ocean Earthquake and the Importance of Tsunami Early Warning Systems
A magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island today prompting the governments of India, Indonesia and Thailand to issue tsunami warnings for th...
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Environmental Peacebuilding on the World’s Highest Battlefield: A Pragmatic Approach to Security
Saleem Ali of the University of Vermont and author of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future had a terrific piece in National Geographic Magazine on Apri...
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This Weekend’s News: China’s Caribbean Interests
The New York Times reported yesterday that China is increasing its economic ties with the Caribbean, raising concerns among some U.S. diplomats and others that Beijing may be ...