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You Can't Win Anything With Kids
As some of you may know, I am planning on taking a leave of absence at the end of the summer from CNAS in order to participate in the Council on Foreign Relations' Internation...
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Video: Election 2012: The National Security Budget
On May 15, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation hosted a discussion on the U.S. national security budget as...
By Election 2012 Series
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Quote of the Day
My grandfather returned from Japan in 1946 and then worked for the next 30 years to ensure his three daughters could be the first members of the family to attend college. I ha...
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Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports Taking Hold Ahead of Baghdad Meeting
There is some evidence that western sanctions on Iranian oil exports are taking a toll on the Islamic republic, even months before the sanctions go completely into effect in J...
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Monday Afternoon Wisdom
Richard Betts on the difference between policing and war: Some attempts to use force in this multilateral and limited manner – such as in the second phase of the Somalia inte...
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Dick Betts is a Genius
I am going to write a blog post. Some attempts to use force in this multilateral and limited manner – such as in the second phase of the Somalia intervention in 1993, “pinpri...
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This Weekend’s News: A Row over Fish Heightens Tensions in the South China Sea
The Philippines announced on Sunday (Monday in Manila) that it will ignore China’s fishing ban near the disputed Scarborough Shoal that is set to begin on May 16 and run throu...
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Egypt & Israel
I apologize for the light blogging. I returned from a few days at Ft. Leavenworth -- education, not incarceration -- this morning and am in the middle of the final edits on a ...
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High School Days
Focusing on a candidate's high school years strikes me as silly. As silly as focusing on a candidate's old girlfriends. But reading through this slideshow on Mitt Romney's yea...
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Technology & National Security
Video: Global Internet Freedom: A Foreign Policy Imperative in a Digital AgeOn May 10, the Center for a New American Security hosted an event featuring the Senate and House Caucuses on Global Internet Freedom, which provide bipartisan leadership and s...
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Internet Freedom Is a Human Right
Sometimes it's called "information security." Other times, it's called "Internet management," or a "hate-free Internet." Whatever the code-name for it, too many foreign govern...
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China’s Foray into Deep-Water Drilling Could Raise Stakes in South China Sea
On Monday, Chinese media reported that China’s first deep-water drilling rig (developed domestically by the state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation) will begin opera...
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Read This Now: The New American Oil Boom – Implications for Energy Security
A new report from Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) debunks the myth about America’s oil boom leading to energy independence. The SAFE study, The New American Oil Boom: ...
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This Weekend’s News: A Nuclear-Free Japan
Japanese officials shutdown the last of 50 nuclear reactors late Saturday evening, taking the country off of nuclear power for the first time in more than four decades. Most o...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Knowing North Korea: Negotiating North KoreaWhat is the current trajectory of U.S.-DPRK relations? Should denuclearization continue to be the central focus of U.S. approach? Joining us for this next installment of The K...
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Syria: Interests, Options, Futures
My column for World Politics Review this week is on the conflict in Syria. I first explore the concerns of the Obama Administration before discussing the difficulty we analyst...
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An Introduction to Climate and Security
It is always good to be reminded from time to time about why the U.S. national security establishment has a stake in how climate change manifests itself today and in the futur...
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Guns vs. Scholarships
Tom Friedman, today: [The United States] gave Egypt’s military $1.3 billion worth of tanks and fighter jets, and it gave Lebanese public-school students a $13.5 million merit-...
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Transfer of U.S. Okinawa troops a doubly good move
The long-term strategy behind America's military repositioning in Asia is gradually revealing itself. A series of moves over the past six months will set the stage for rebalan...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Richard Fontaine: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...