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This Weekend's News:
This weekend's natural security news consisted of just a few pieces barely worth mentioning. The big news is obvious, I'm sure most of you were up much of the night watching t...
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Stop Trying to Renegotiate the SOFA
Over the past few weeks, top U.S. officials have started to publicly press the Iraqi government to decide whether it will allow thousands of American troops to stay in the cou...
By Brian Burton
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"Night Dragon" Example of Cyber Attacks
For my final note to Smart Grid Cyber Security Week, I wanted to draw your attention to "Night Dragon," a cyber attack on energy companies which a pal brought to my attention ...
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What Books on Foreign Affairs Should a U.S. Senator Read?
Daniel Drezner, chuckling along with the rest of us at a passage in Ryan Lizza's profile of the president's foreign policy, has a great challenge: what books should a junior s...
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A Prayer for the South
I had grown used to spending my days digesting casualty reports from the Arabic-speaking world -- 14 killed in Homs, 36 killed in and around Damascus, etc. Today, by contrast,...
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The DOD-DOE MOU & the Grid
At a White House Energy Security Summit on Tuesday the Departments of Defense and Energy reaffirmed their commitment to the joint memorandum of understanding they signed in Ju...
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Challenges for Obama's New National Security Team are Huge
President Barack Obama's national security shake-up will pit some of America's most able practitioners against some of the nation's most intractable challenges. The forceful, ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Will the Sun Take Down the Electric Grid?
Building on our Smart Grid Cyber Security Week, I'd like to take you back in time a few months. For our "Final Frontier Week" on space issues & natural security, I posed t...
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Speaking of rebellion and authority...
...consider this a continuation of our discussion of the economics of counterinsurgency....
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How to Be Smart About Our Energy and Cyber Security Goals
America’s critical civilian infrastructure – including its power, oil, and gas systems – is vulnerable. Today’s threat environment is vastly different from nearly a century ag...
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On Starship Troopers
The New Yorker asked Harold Bloom about military reading lists: “It’s a very mixed bag,” Bloom said. “The two surprising entries, really quite wonderful, are E. M. Forster’s ‘...
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Smart Grid Cyber Security Week
We’re making this smart grid cyber security week on the blog – a topic we’ve been dabbling in for the past year or so. Our own exploration has primarily taken the form of rese...
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Lebanon, Syria, Libya & Hizballah
Hey, Amal and Hizballah! Having that Lebanese seat on the U.N. Security Council sure was fun when it allowed you to get Moammar Gadhafi back for what happened to Musa Sadr all...
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Want to work at CNAS?
I'm here to tell you that working as a fellow at CNAS is perhaps the best job in Washington, DC. In large part due to our tiny office, though, opportunities to hire more staff...
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From the Dept. of Bad Ideas
On the one hand, while reading this op-ed by LTG (Ret.) Jim Dubik, a man I very much admire, I found myself understanding the logic of the author's argument: fighting half-ass...
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This Weekend’s News: Get Thinking about Global Trends
Many families gathered around the dinner table this weekend to celebrate the holidays. And as they did, those preparing the food may have noticed a higher grocery bill (and th...
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Quote for the Morning
From Ryan Lizza's article on the foreign policy of the Obama Administration: The activists [Sec. Clinton] did meet with were not as organized as she had hoped. “As incredibly ...
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Monday Morning Questions
1. Do drones make it too easy for U.S. policy makers to go to war? 2. Why do some of the strongest U.S. supporters of Israel pair their animosity toward Iran with a soft spot ...
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After Gates: Asymmetric Threats
When Robert Gates began his service as U.S. secretary of defense, his priorities were clear: "Iraq, Iraq and Iraq," as he said at his Senate confirmation hearing. The priority...
By John A. Nagl
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Sunrise Service Doubleheader: Easter and ANZAC Day
Happy Easter, everyone. I want to share a quick Easter message as well as a reminder that tomorrow is ANZAC Day. First, ANZAC Day: Since I moved back to Washington, DC in Janu...