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Command Post: "Is U.S. National Security Gun-Heavy And Butter-Light?"
One of the intriguing things about recently-departed defense secretary Robert Gates -- pretty much a lifetime spy -- was his concern that the U.S. toolkit was out of whack whe...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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The Peak of Absurdity?
Tripoli and other Qadhdhafi-held areas of Libya are now suffering from crippling shortages of both food and fuel. I want to prepare you all for the very real possibility that ...
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Book Review: China's Energy Strategy
I did most of my reading of China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing's Maritime Policies in airports and on planes to and around Asia earlier this year. I can honestly c...
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CNAS Senior Fellow David Barno Testifies on Afghanistan Before House Armed Services Committee
CNAS Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor Lieutenant General David W. Barno USA (ret.) testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in an open hearing on Wednesday, July 27...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Command Post: "Does The U.S. Military Have Too Many Air Forces?"As the Defense Department looks to the future, how many of its pieces -- redundant air forces and duplicate armies among them -- are really needed for the nation's security? H...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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From the Dept. of Silly Things Written About Good Journalists
I do not know Sharmine Narwani, but she has written one of the more bizarre pieces on Hizballah and Lebanon I have read in quite some time -- and took some unfair shots at a f...
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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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National Security Human Capital Program
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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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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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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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...