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A Rejoinder: Unconventional Fossil Fuels Are Not a Panacea for Geopolitical and Energy Challenges
There was a large spread in The New York Times yesterday on the coming age of unconventional oil and natural gas – that is, oil and natural gas from deepwater reserves, oil sa...
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Command Post: "What Will Afghanistan Be Like in 10 Years?"
We know what the past decade has been like in Afghanistan -- 1,822 American troops killed, at a financial cost of a half-trillion dollars. Was it worth it? What will this coun...
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America's Not-So-Strategic Trade Policy in Asia
After years of delay, the United States last week approved three free trade agreements, including a landmark accord with South Korea. Behind the fanfare that accompanied their...
By Richard Fontaine
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Events from Around Town: Air Force Association Breakfast with Dr. Kevin Geiss
Speaking to an audience of defense industry representatives, international officers and energy policy leaders from the Pentagon this morning, Dr. Kevin Geiss, Assistant Secret...
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Understanding China’s Energy Strategy – the Domestic Angle
Last month, I wrote a post trying to explain China’s energy strategy in order to make an observation about why China is so invested in protecting potential hydrocarbon resourc...
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Command Post: "Is All the Money the U.S. is Pouring into Afghanistan Doing More Harm Than Good?"
Some 90% of the money in and around Afghanistan is coming from the United States and its allies. Yet this tidal wave of cash is distorting the Afghan economy, breeding corrupt...
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Climate Change Winners and Losers: The Commercial Shipping Industry
The decline of Arctic summer sea ice and the opening of passage to commercial travel for at least one month of the year have been pointed to as the silver lining of a dark clo...
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This Weekend’s News: Iraq
Most of the above of the fold headlines this weekend reported on the Obama administration’s planned withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of the year. President O...
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Getting to Zero
Having pretty carefully considered the arguments for and against leaving troops in Iraq beyond this year, I ultimately found Doug Ollivant's argument to be the most persuasive...
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Events from Around Town: The World's Water Volume 7: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Despite the vast amount of water on Earth, demands for human consumption are reaching constraints with regard to accessibility, quality and use. This concept of “peak ecologic...
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Command Post: "Is the U.S. Readying to Strike More Often Inside Pakistan?"
Relations between Washington and Islamabad may be at an all-time low. Was the daring SEAL raid into Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden nearly six months ago a one-off event? O...
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Events from Around Town: Science During Crisis: Lessons Learned From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
On Monday, I attended an event sponsored by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Gary Machlis, the Science Advisor to the Director of the National ...
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Command Post: "Are U.S. Troops Leaving Afghanistan Prematurely?"
Or is it about time? That all depends, of course, on what you think the U.S. mission in Afghanistan -- now a decade old -- actually is. We have booted the Taliban from power, ...
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The Future of Nuclear Power…and Proliferation
Dr. Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists, has a terrific piece in this current issue of Foreign Policy that explores the future of nuclear ener...
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Hard Choices for Ground Forces
Given today's fiscal constraints, together with a shift of emphasis to the Indo-Pacific Rim, the United States should make plans to reduce the Army and Marine Corps to roughly...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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This Weekend’s News: In Japan, a Struggle to Understand Radioactive Fallout
On Saturday, The New York Times reported that Japan continues to reel from the radioactive fallout from the March Fukushima nuclear disaster. According to the Times, Japanese ...
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Command Post: "How Can We Avoid a 'Hollow Military' This Time Around?"
Old-timers recall with dread the so-called "hollow Army" the U.S. had following the Vietnam War, which crystallized in 1980's failed rescue mission of the U.S. hostages held b...
By Nora Bensahel
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Afghanistan: A look back at a decade of war
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Looking to Trim the Defense Budget? Start with the QDR.
Yesterday's announcement that the Department of Defense will form a "Strategic Choices Group" to identify priorities and risks ahead of $450 billion in potential cuts to the b...
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Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity - Video
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a conference on its newly released report, Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, on October 7, 2011. H...
By Nora Bensahel