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Moms, Dads, and Washington
Anne-Marie Slaughter has decisively demonstrated why she is one of America's most valuable public intellectuals with this thought-provoking cover story in the Atlantic. I reco...
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Addendum: Some Thoughts On Existential Risk
To expand on the previous entry, I would like to talk a little bit more about the concept of existential risk as a bit of a thought experiment. Existential risk is, by definit...
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Thursday Tweets of the Week
From The Washington Post @washingtonpost: “Japan approves bringing first nuclear reactors back online since last year's tsunami: wapo.st/KIkt3v.” The Washington Post reports t...
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Nukes and Credit Default Swaps
While re-reading John M. Collins' text on grand strategy (written in 1973), I'm struck to the degree to which US strategic thinking has not adapted to the systemic shift broug...
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The Special Operationalization of U.S. Foreign Policy
In case you missed it, I wrote a series of columns for World Politics Review on what I see to be a disturbing trend in U.S. foreign policy: the increasing belief that special ...
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Whither the Carter Doctrine? Reassessing U.S. Energy Interests in the Middle East
This post originally appeared on the Choke Points blog at ConsumerEnergyReport.com. America’s relationship with Middle East energy resources is changing. Technological breakth...
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The Arab Spring's Second Bloom
When did the Arab Spring end? Some analysts place it in March 2011—the start of the “Arab Winter” or the week when “the empire struck back,” in the words of Marc Lynch. And it...
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A Huge Congratulations to ...
... U.S. Army LTC and CNAS Military Fellow Tony DeMartino, who was awarded the French Order of Merit for his service in Afghanistan. I got through about eight lines of La Mars...
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Price Tags
And now, some really disturbing news out of the West Bank: JERUSALEM — A West Bank mosque was burned and vandalized early on Tuesday, with graffiti warning in Hebrew of a “war...
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A Burmese Solution to Beijing's South China Sea Behavior?
Burma’s Shwe Pipeline project could begin delivering oil and natural gas to China as early as 2013, providing China some relief from its so-called Malacca Dilemma and potentia...
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At G20 summit, West must partner with rising democracies in new global order
The G20 summit that begins today in Los Cabos, Mexico, brings together a disparate collection of nations. There are the United States and its longtime democratic allies in Eur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Universities Are Not Businesses, and Neither Is the Military
Last week, the president of the University of Virginia was fired. Although the reasons for Teresa Sullivan's dismissal are still unclear, there is evidence to suggest that the...
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Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Resume in Moscow
Iran has renewed negotiations with other world powers in Moscow over its nuclear ambitions after recent talks in Baghdad failed to produce any significant progress. The negoti...
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Let Women Go to Ranger School Already, Part II
The comments people have left regarding my post yesterday are fascinating and worth checking out. Many are open to women attending Ranger School and other infantry training in...
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Let Women Go to Ranger School Already
Uncle Jimbo of Blackfive highlighted an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago arguing that women should not be allowed to attend U.S. Army Ranger School. There might...
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Transcript: 2012 Annual Conference Closing Remarks
CNAS President Richard Fontaine delivered closing remarks at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference. Read the transcript here....
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Transcript: U.S. Strategy in the Middle East After the Arab Spring
Read the transcript of the "U.S. Strategy in the Middle East After the Arab Spring" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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National Security Human Capital
Transcript: Responsible Defense in a Changing WorldRead the transcript of the "Responsible Defense in a Changing World" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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Transcript: Reintegrating Veterans into Their Communities
Read the transcript of the "Reintegrating Veterans into Their Communities" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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Transcript: Getting Afghans into the Lead
Read the transcript of the "Getting Afghans into the Lead" session at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....