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Read This Now: Joint Investigation Report on BP Oil Spill
Yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released two reports based on the findings from the joint...
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Dakota Meyer
Bing West, of course, described it the most eloquently: For a man to charge into fire once requires grit that is instinctive in few men; to do so a second time, now knowing wh...
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NATO-Taliban Twitter Fight! (Or, The Enduring Wisdom of Ecclesiastes 1:9)
The media is fascinated by the Twitter fight between the Taliban and the NATO forces in Afghanistan. Really, though, aside from the medium itself, this is nothing new in warfa...
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Implementing DOD Energy Programs Requires Navigating the Red Tape
Successfully implementing new energy programs at DOD installations often requires a sophisticated understanding of state regulatory bodies and coordination with public utility...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
This week in Washington, a conference at the National Defense University has gathered some of the world's leading experts on terrorism. A few nights ago, I joined some of them...
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On Platoon Leadership
George MacDonald Fraser, in his memoir Quartered Safe Out Here, already has one of my favorite quotes (.pdf) about platoon leadership in combat: If you want to know how scare...
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Today's Worst Use of the Passive Voice
From a Washington Post staff editorial: An incident in which five Egyptian guards were killed when Israeli forces pursued terrorists crossing the border helped to trigger the ...
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Navy Sheds Light on Arctic Exercises
Ever wonder what the U.S. Navy does during its annual ICEX training in the Arctic? All Hands Television has the scoop in this video of the 2011 exercises that runs less than 1...
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Special Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Q&A with Thomas Hegghammer
If you are like me, you mostly avoided the television and the op-ed pages today. I am not sure it is entirely healthy that we force ourselves, as a society, to grieve anew ten...
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Two Great Pieces of Long-Form Journalism
1. Jeremy Scahill in the Nation. 2. Elizabeth Rubin in Tablet. Have a great weekend digesting those two challenging pieces....
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Finland and Norway Trip Report
A few weeks back, I was asked by the U.S. embassies in Helsinki and Oslo to visit each city to lead a series of informal roundtable discussions and particpate in formal think ...
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Read This Now: Crunch Time for U.S. Science
Our friend and colleague Dr. Jay Gulledge has a terrific piece in the latest issue of Nature arguing that researchers must make a stronger case for funding climate science res...
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The Future…It’s Not.
I have to admit that I was disappointed with this Foreign Policy “The Future is Now” report predicting a global oil production shift back to the Americas. The author, Amy Myer...
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This Weekend’s News: Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
On Monday, The New York Times reported that Iran began successfully operating its first nuclear power plant. “The $1 billion, 1,000-megawatt Bushehr plant will be formally ina...
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On Allies
I have been away from the blog this week because I am in Finland at the invitation of our embassy here and will next be traveling to Norway. Over the past few days, I have bee...
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Recapping the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0
This week, leaders from industry, government and research institutions gathered in Las Vegas for the National Clean Energy Summit. The day-long event featured addresses from V...
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Surprise! Exxon Mobile Strikes Deal with Russia for Arctic Energy
Yesterday’s announced deal between Exxon Mobile and Russia’s state-owned Rosneft came as a bit of a surprise. My initial reaction, to borrow Homer Simpson’s catchphrase: “D’oh...
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Read This Now: Military and Security Developments Involving China
Last week, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its annual report to Congress on Chinese military and security developments. While the report largely mimics last year’s su...
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This Weekend’s News: In Libya, A Chinese Foreign Policy Dilemma
Many are still digging out from the aftermath of Hurricane Irene today. For those east coasters stranded inside this weekend and without power as Irene rolled through, you may...
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Special Abu Muqawama Q&A: Counterstrike!
I spent part of my vacation reading the new book by Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt, Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda. Thom and Eric...