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Your Weekend Reading: Paintball with Hizballah
There are three kinds of potential employers in Washington, DC: Those who would never hire me because I play paintball with terrorists. Those who would hire me in spite of the...
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2012 World Water Day
Today is World Water Day, a day to promote awareness of the acute water and food shortages plaguing the estimated 1 out of 8 persons that lack reliable access to clean drinkin...
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Primer: The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit
On March 25-26, 2012, the second Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), an international conference on global nuclear issues, will take place in Seoul, South Korea. The guest list has...
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Halting the Descent: U.S. Policy Toward a Deteriorating Situation in Iraq
On March 21st, Dr. Colin H. Kahl, CNAS Senior Fellow, testified before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. He discussed the security and political environm...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Iran, Hezbollah and the Threat to the Homeland
On March 21st, Dr. Colin H. Kahl, CNAS Senior Fellow, testified before the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee. He discussed the Iranian threat to the United ...
By Colin H. Kahl
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On NATO
My column in the World Politics Review this week is full of depressing observations on NATO: [The] Libya intervention demonstrated that the militaries of non-U.S. NATO nations...
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President's Executive Order Elevates Importance of Natural Resources
Last Tuesday, President Obama announced that the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for its export r...
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Abu Muqawama ... Now in the World Politics Review
I spent all last week in Poland, where I delivered lectures here, here and here. (I want to thank the wonderful folks at both the Polish Institute for International Affairs as...
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How are the Combatant Commanders thinking about Climate Change?
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has been holding hearings with the U.S. combatant commanders over the last several weeks. The combatant commanders have been briefing ...
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Falling In and Out of War
When you’ve been wrong about something as important as war, as I have, you owe yourself some hard thinking about how to avoid repeating the mistake. And if that’s true for a m...
By John A. Nagl
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This Weekend’s News: Gas Prices, Politics and the Global Security Environment
The rise in gasoline prices topped the headlines this weekend. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that gas prices rose an average of 6 percent in February and a...
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Much Ado About Foreign Policy
The price of gasoline is a hot-button issue on the campaign trail as Americans across the country face more pain at the pump. Whether or not gasoline prices influence presiden...
By Will Rogers
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To Rethink the State Department, Look to Business
Demands on the State Department may be growing but, if last week’s congressional hearings are any indication, the State Department’s coffers will not be. Even longtime champio...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Election 2012 - The Global Challenge for the Next President
The American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation are pleased to introduce Election 2012: Informing the National Securit...
By Election 2012 Series
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The Risks of Sea level Rise: What Security Planners Should be Tracking
Global climate change has doubled the risk of coastal flooding for many American communities. “Global warming has raised sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of r...
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China and Rare Earths
Yesterday, the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging China’s export restrictions on rare ear...
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Actualizing Climate Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: Lessons from New Orleans
As the United States rebalances in the Asia Pacific, cooperation around climate adaptation could be a tremendous opportunity to strengthen our relationships with existing and ...
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This Weekend’s News: In Afghanistan, an Uphill Battle for Aid and Development Groups
The disturbing report of a U.S. Army sergeant slaying at least 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday in southern Afghanistan is the most recent in a series of incidents exacerbating t...
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
FPI Video: Time to Attack Iran? U.S. Policy & Iran's Nuclear ProgramForeign Policy Initiative (FPI) hosted the debate over the use of the military option against Iran's nuclear program with Elbridge A. Colby (research analyst at CNA), Jamie M....
By Elbridge Colby
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On Giving
I am not going to say anything about #KONY2012. Go here, here, or here for that. (Actually, I will say one thing: leave Carl Weathers out of this.) But if you are looking to g...