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Earth Observation Satellites and the Crises in Japan
We’ve discussed earth observation satellites a number of times on this blog in the past few weeks. Much of our focus thus far has been on the utility of these satellites in he...
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Two Administrative Notes
1. Man, is this overdue: Please join me in welcoming defense journalist and Iraq veteran Carl Prine to the blogosphere. Carl was long one of this blog's most incisive (if pseu...
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Two Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan That May Not Apply to Libya (But Probably Do)
We all learned different lessons from our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. One lesson I learned was that you should always robustly plan for stabilization and reconstructi...
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From the Dept. of Unfortunate Headlines
The cover of this week's Weekly Standard: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH Considering this past weekend's operations were jointly led by the French, Kristol & Co. probably coul...
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A Message on World Water Day 2011
Today marks the eighteenth annual World Water Day, an annual UN-sponsored day to recognize the importance of water management and the role that it plays in civil society – and...
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Nuclear Energy after Fukushima: Same as it ever was?
As Christine discussed in the new CNAS policy brief on Japan, the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear facilities may have ramifications for the future of nuclear energy worldwide....
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How Libya Finally Puts to Rest a Tired, Sexist Canard
When I was growing up, my mother would tell me that "if women ran the world, there would never be any war."* Well, explain this, Mom: The shift in the administration’s posit...
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This Weekend’s News: Japan's Recovery
The death toll in Japan reached more than 8,000 on Sunday, with another 12,000 still missing since the devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation’s northe...
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Yes, Virginia, it's war.
Sen. John Kerry: "The goal of this mission is not to get rid of [Moammar] Gadhafi. That's not what the United Nations licensed and I would not call it going to war. This is ...
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For the purposes of clarity, I propose we rename it "H.R. 1092: Let's Throw Americans Under 35 Further Under The Bus Act"
The Washington Post had a very good lead editorial this morning in support of very modest increases in health care premiums for veterans. As the Center for American Progress ...
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Bystanders to Genocide
In trying to understand why the Obama Administration has intervened in Libya, it may be helpful to re-read Samantha Power's 2001 essay in the Atlantic on Rwanda. Susan Rice, ...
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Does the World Belong in Libya's War?
President Barack Obama's decision to militarily intervene in Libya is already off to a good start. I say this as someone who has been deeply skeptical of intervention. I feare...
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Fun Fact of the Day: Your Tax Dollars At Work
A Tomahawk Missile cost $569,000 in FY99, so if my calculations are correct, they cost a little over $736,000 today assuming they are the same make and model. The United State...
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New CNAS Japan Policy Briefs
Happy Saturday, readers. I wanted to quickly flag for everyone that yesterday CNAS released 2 policy briefs on Japan. In the first, Disaster in Japan: Nuclear Energy, the Econ...
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On Libya, the American Media and Public Discourse
Over the past few days, I have received a lot of requests from the media to participate in radio or television programs in which I would take one side on military intervention...
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A New Arab Cold War?
With so much going on today in Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt and Yemen, it's worth taking a step back and asking some preliminary questions about what it all means in terms of ...
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Food Security in Post-Quake Japan
The world’s focus since last Friday has rightly been on the post-earthquake efforts in Japan. For the past few days, most attention has been directed to the troubling situatio...
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Good News / Bad News
I just heard that four NYT journalists have gone missing in Libya, but I can also report that Ghaith Abdul Ahad, a friend of mine who reports for the Guardian, has been releas...
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Q: Why Is Lebanon Drafting the U.N. No-Fly Resolution on Libya?
A: I suspect most of this blog's readers already know this, but charismatic Lebanese leader Musa Sadr disappeared while traveling to Libya in 1978. Musa Sadr, an Iranian-born ...
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The Hard Work of Combat
Someone once said -- I think it was Bernard Fall -- that the French were not so much outfought at Dien Bien Phu as they were out-engineered. I thought of that while reading t...