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The Debate Over COIN ... and the Future of the U.S. Army
I apologize for not writing on the blog this week. I have a lot of posts in my head but have been busy with other activities -- and writing for other websites. Judah Grunstein...
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Time for a National Dialogue on the Arctic
Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released its report, “A New Security Architecture for the Arctic: An American Perspective." The report pr...
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Supremely Irrelevant
One year ago today, Egyptians took to the streets to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade-old dictatorship. As they waved flags and chanted for the fall of the r...
By Colin H. Kahl
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On the State of the Union Address
President Obama will deliver his third State of the Union Address tonight. With the focus on the economy and jobs creation, we’re not likely to hear much from the president on...
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This Weekend’s News: Eyes on Nigeria
As I wrote in last weekend’s roundup, there is a lot of uncertainty looming in Nigeria that could impact the global oil market. A weeklong row between the government and labor...
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For China, Economic Leverage in the Arctic May Be Part of the Long Game
A new post by Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins in The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report blog paints a great picture of how economic opportunities in the Arctic may ...
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Read This Now: USAID Climate Change and Development Strategy
Last week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released its new climate change and development strategy. The document, according to USAID Administrator Rajiv...
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On Military Language
One of the delights of studying defense policy is watching the U.S. military's heroic but losing battle with the English language.* The new chairman of the joint chiefs of sta...
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This Weekend’s News: Uncertainty Looms in Nigeria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced over the weekend that the government would partially reinstate fuel subsidies, prompting Nigerian labor unions to suspend a stri...
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Colin Kahl: Ending the Iraq War
Georgetown professor and Pentagon advisor Colin Kahl on the logistics of ending the Iraq War....
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War
The video of U.S. Marines urinating on dead Afghan fighters is horrific. The images reflect a breakdown in discipline and an appalling absence of supervision from the noncommi...
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Climate Change Cooperation in the South China Sea Region
Building on yesterday’s blog post with recommendations for how U.S. policymakers can encourage cooperation around energy in the South China Sea, here are some quick thoughts o...
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On Defense Policy Analysts and Conflicts of Interest
Gulliver at Ink Spots called my attention to some excellent commentary on TIME Magazine’s blog that deserves a wider readership. In it, a collection of defense analysts demoli...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Panel Discussion - Cooperation from Strength: The U.S., China and the South China SeaAt an event on January 10, 2012, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report by CNAS experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Robert D. Kaplan titled "Cooperation fr...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Keynote Address - Cooperation from Strength: The U.S., China and the South China SeaAt an event on January 10, 2012, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report by CNAS experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Robert D. Kaplan titled "Cooperation fr...
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Changing the Tide in the South China Sea: Opportunities for Energy Cooperation
One of the challenges with writing a paper like “The Role of Natural Resources in the South China Sea,” one of six chapters that appears in our new report, Cooperation from St...
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In Praise of ... John Nagl
It has been a bittersweet month here at CNAS. We discovered just before Christmas that our president, John Nagl, had accepted a position at the U.S. Naval Academy (.pdf) effec...
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Live Webcast at 9 AM: U.S., China and the South China Sea
Yesterday, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released its new report, Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, a six-chapter vo...
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This Weekend’s News: In China, Streamlining Energy Policy
This weekend, Reuters reported that China may reshuffle its cabinet in 2013 to create an energy “super-ministry” that would take control of China’s now-scattered energy polici...
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You Can't Have It All
On Thursday, President Barack Obama and his top defense advisers unveiled new strategic guidance to direct the U.S. military as it transitions from a decade of grueling ground...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)