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Events from Around Town: Biodiversity and Security in Afghanistan
Yesterday at the Rayburn House Office Building, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) hosted a discussion, “Biodiversity Conservation in Afghanistan Advances U.S. Security I...
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Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
In Counterstrike, a Henry Holt and Company book, former CNAS Writers in Residence, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times, tell the story of how a group of analys...
By Eric Schmitt & Thom Shanker
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Ramadan Mubarak
Each year, around this time in the (lunar) calendar, Western newspapers are usually filled with stories about the latest exciting Ramadan soap opera everyone is watching. Noth...
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To Close Earth Monitoring Capabilities Gap, First Stop Turning a Blind Eye
Today is part two of our two-day blog launch of our new report, Blinded: The Decline of U.S. Earth Monitoring Capabilities and Its Consequences for National Security. We frame...
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Are Tea Partiers Terrorists?
Uh, no. In his column today, Joe Nocera writes: You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. These last few months, much of th...
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New Natural Security Report: “Blinded”
Do you ever find yourself asking: how is environmental change affecting stability in the Horn of Africa? Or wondering just how many billions of dollars in damage sea level ris...
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The Burden on Defense Hawks
As I said yesterday, the deal that passed through the House of Representatives last night stinks. Both parties continued to embrace this fiction arguing discretionary spending...
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Monday Morning Reading
Two things to start your week: 1. Nick Blanford and Bilal Saab have a great article in Foreign Policy about the next war between Israel and Lebanon. I have read the paper from...
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This Weekend’s News: Ironing Out Corruption in Afghanistan’s Mining Sector
Resource challenges continue to play a role in shaping the security environment in Afghanistan. Yesterday, Reuters reported that Afghan warlords could exacerbate violence near...
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Defense and the Budget
Because Republicans refuse to raise taxes (ever) and Democrats refuse to cut entitlements (ever), the big loser in yesterday's deficit reduction deal is defense spending. As E...
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Command Post: "Should The U.S. Military Be the World's Cop?"
Following World War II, perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. military would be consigned to walking beats around the world like a neighborhood cop -- from Europe to Asia --...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part ThreeOn July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part TwoOn July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
By Richard Danzig
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Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part One
On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
By Nathaniel C. Fick & Richard Danzig
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National Security Human Capital Program
Command Post: "Is U.S. Military Personnel Policy Ready For The 21st Century?"Many experts say the industrial-era personnel system still in use by the Pentagon -- with its up-or-out promotions, its non-vesting pension system for the first 20 years, and ...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Do the right thing, Rolling Stone
I'm with Carl. Like Carl, I did not criticize the piece of reporting that got GEN Stan McChrystal, a man I very much admire, fired.* But the Michael Hastings hit piece on LTG ...
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Events Around Town: Aum Shinrikyo and DOD Energy
We are over at the Willard InterContinental Hotel this morning for the report launch of Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons. Th...
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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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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 ...