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This Weekend’s News: Changing Attitudes about Water
Water scarcity is a global challenge, one that affects nations of all stripes, regardless of economic or political vitality. From water scarcity in Yemen and Iraq, to skirmish...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Speech by Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy PlanningCNAS hosted Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, for an address on "American Foreign Policy Priorities in an Age of Uncertainty," at the...
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It's War!
I'm no lawyer, I'll admit, but I do know thing or two about shooting wars, having been in a few and having studied others, and the conflict in which we have intervened in Liby...
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Read this Now: “Energy for the Warfighter: Operational Energy Strategy”
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense released its operational energy strategy. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs Sharon Burke, former v...
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Traveling
I will be traveling for the next few weeks, attending weddings, climbing, and generally not spending much time working. Here's a question to keep you busy while I'm gone: Assu...
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5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Jennifer Sciubba
Christine recently spoke with Jennifer Sciubba, a professor at Rhodes College and author of The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security. Here’s what the two disc...
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The Humanist In The Foxhole
PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR, who died last week at age 96 at his home in England, was one of the great minor men of the 20th century. A hero for helping undermine the German occupati...
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One Poem = One Year in Jail
I understand the nuances of the Obama Administration's position on Bahrain. I really do. But would you place bets on the stability of a regime so insecure it jails a woman one...
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New Blog on Our Radar: Resources and the Changing Middle East
It’s not often that new blogs come online that so directly focus on what we at CNAS call “natural security” issues. But it’s happened. We bloggers here suddenly feel a little ...
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This Weekend's News: South China Sea Resources and Beyond
The first thing you need to see if you missed this weekend's news is this Mike Luckovich cartoon. Amazing. You all know by now that tensions between China and Vietnam began r...
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Reconciliation and Transition in Afghanistan
One down, one to go. The event this morning (.pdf) with Dave, Rangina, Wazhma and Elizabeth was great -- many thanks to the Institute for Inclusive Security for the invitation...
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Sunday
1. I will be participating in two events tomorrow on reconciliation in Afghanistan. I am not really a specialist on the subject as it pertains to Afghanistan when compared wit...
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After Gates' Blunt Warning, What's Next for NATO?
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour. MARGARET WARNER: A three-month-long military effort in Libya is highlighting tensions in the NATO alliance. NATO continued its b...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Nation Building In Afghanistan
Nora Bensahel talked about a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on the successes and failures of U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan. Topics included the goals o...
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DOD Energy Legislation Galore!
Upon catching up on my email and RSS now that I’m back in D.C., I realize that I missed quite a lot of activity in the DOD energy realm. True (sad?) story: while abroad I hear...
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Travel Blog: Vietnam
A few days back I returned from a great research trip to Vietnam as part of our South China Sea project here at CNAS. My interviews and conversations were fabulous and extreme...
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When Social Networks Become Tools of Oppression: Jillian C. York
When Syria’s government unblocked Facebook, YouTube and Blogspot in February, many activists saw the move as an overture to protesters, possibly one offering a semblance of th...
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China's Droughts and Floods
Two weeks back I was in Beijing and Shanghai to nerd out on maritime security issues with some great thinkers from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and, obviously, China...
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6 June 1944 and all that
Today is the 67th anniversary of "Goddammit, Rangers, Lead the Way." If you are able, and especially if you are a youngish man thinking of trying your hand at Rangering, watch...
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This Weekend’s News: The Spoiling in a Warming World
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a lengthy story on how climate change is affecting global food production, with consequences that cut across the full spectrum of society, fr...