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Command Post: "How Did the U.S. Military Retool Itself Post-9/11?"
In the decade after 9/11, just how much did the U.S. military have to recalibrate to fight the wars it found itself launching in Afghanistan and, 18 months later, in Iraq? Thi...
By Eric Schmitt
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On Platoon Leadership
George MacDonald Fraser, in his memoir Quartered Safe Out Here, already has one of my favorite quotes (.pdf) about platoon leadership in combat: If you want to know how scare...
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Today's Worst Use of the Passive Voice
From a Washington Post staff editorial: An incident in which five Egyptian guards were killed when Israeli forces pursued terrorists crossing the border helped to trigger the ...
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Navy Sheds Light on Arctic Exercises
Ever wonder what the U.S. Navy does during its annual ICEX training in the Arctic? All Hands Television has the scoop in this video of the 2011 exercises that runs less than 1...
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What We Still Don't Know About the Kabul Attacks
Tuesday, Sept. 13's dramatic attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO compounds in Kabul is sure to garner many headlines and will sow doubts about the ability of the Afghan nation...
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Pentagon Must Reshape Future Role of Private Contractors
The recent report by the U.S. Commission on Wartime Contracting, which examined contracting abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, understandably focused on the loss of up to $60 bil...
By Richard Fontaine
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Special Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Q&A with Thomas Hegghammer
If you are like me, you mostly avoided the television and the op-ed pages today. I am not sure it is entirely healthy that we force ourselves, as a society, to grieve anew ten...
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Finland and Norway Trip Report
A few weeks back, I was asked by the U.S. embassies in Helsinki and Oslo to visit each city to lead a series of informal roundtable discussions and particpate in formal think ...
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Two Great Pieces of Long-Form Journalism
1. Jeremy Scahill in the Nation. 2. Elizabeth Rubin in Tablet. Have a great weekend digesting those two challenging pieces....
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Command Post: "Did the U.S. Overreact to 9/11?"
It's a fair question as the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon looms. After all, it was the most shocking macro-event most Ame...
By Eric Schmitt
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Read This Now: Crunch Time for U.S. Science
Our friend and colleague Dr. Jay Gulledge has a terrific piece in the latest issue of Nature arguing that researchers must make a stronger case for funding climate science res...
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Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda - Video
In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. It soon became clear, however, that this...
By Eric Schmitt
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The Future…It’s Not.
I have to admit that I was disappointed with this Foreign Policy “The Future is Now” report predicting a global oil production shift back to the Americas. The author, Amy Myer...
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Command Post: "How Has U.S. National Security Changed Since 9/11?"
It's hard to believe -- at least for some of us -- that it has been a decade since 9/11. Before then, covering the military meant going out to the National Training Center at ...
By Eric Schmitt
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This Weekend’s News: Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
On Monday, The New York Times reported that Iran began successfully operating its first nuclear power plant. “The $1 billion, 1,000-megawatt Bushehr plant will be formally ina...
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The 9/11 Decade
In the CNAS Commentary The 9/11 Decade, Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan states that when 9/11 occurred, the world had already become multiploar in a diplomatic and economic sense....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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On Allies
I have been away from the blog this week because I am in Finland at the invitation of our embassy here and will next be traveling to Norway. Over the past few days, I have bee...
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Recapping the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0
This week, leaders from industry, government and research institutions gathered in Las Vegas for the National Clean Energy Summit. The day-long event featured addresses from V...
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Surprise! Exxon Mobile Strikes Deal with Russia for Arctic Energy
Yesterday’s announced deal between Exxon Mobile and Russia’s state-owned Rosneft came as a bit of a surprise. My initial reaction, to borrow Homer Simpson’s catchphrase: “D’oh...
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Read This Now: Military and Security Developments Involving China
Last week, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its annual report to Congress on Chinese military and security developments. While the report largely mimics last year’s su...