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It’s Budget Week Part 1: Minerals Get a Boost
Of all the things receiving a newly important role in the administration’s 2012 Budget, I honestly didn’t expect to see minerals make the list. Over the past few years we’ve b...
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Monday Grab Bag: Traveling, Some Reading, and A Conservative Take on USAID
I will be traveling for the next two weeks in Europe and the Middle East. I suspect I will be able to post material to the blog during that time, but have patience if a few da...
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This Weekend’s News: Energy in President Obama’s FY 2012 Budget
President Obama will propose his fiscal year 2012 budget today with a number of proposed budget cuts to domestic spending programs, including, as The New York Times reported y...
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Know Hope
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Two Questions on Egypt
The first is silly, but in my paper edition of the Washington Post this morning, David Ignatius says Hosni Mubarak's nickname is "the smiling cow" while Jim Hoagland, on the s...
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DNI's Threat Assessment: Natural Security-Style
Okay folks, it's time to evaluate how natural resources play a role in this year's Annual Threat Assessment from the intelligence community. I'm a bit slow to read through tod...
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Well, I think we can all agree that speech will calm everyone down.
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"If you're going to kill the king, kill the king"*
A friend just walked into my office and said that. He worries that if this is a half-revolution and the regime reasserts itself after the departure of Hosni Mubarak, the regim...
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The Most Interesting Six Months in Egypt
I was in Beirut when Rafik Hariri was assassinated and lived in Lebanon for the next 12 months as well. The March 8th and 14th demonstrations, and the popular movement that le...
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Obama’s Reorg: Keep It or Cut It? Part II
Last Thursday we inaugurated this new feature in which we ponder: if President Obama is considering federal government reorganization, what should he keep or cut with regard t...
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The Dangers of Korean Unification
While the popular uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East are unlikely to infect North Korea, they are still a reminder that sudden change is always possible. With this in mind...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Read this Now: GOOD
Will gave you a rundown of the National Military Strategy late yesterday afternoon, so for this morning I’ll be brief: if you’re in a book store or airport scouting for good r...
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Two Views on Obama and Egypt
I give the Washington Post a hard time, but today I'll give them some credit where it is due: on the op-ed page today, Jackson Diehl makes the argument that the Obama Administ...
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Natural Security in the New National Military Strategy
The Department of Defense released the 2011 National Military Strategy (NMS) this morning. For those not familiar, the strategy is largely intended to outline how the U.S. mil...
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U.S. Policy in Mubarak's Egypt: Harder Than It Looks
Veteran Washington Post intelligence reporter Walter Pincus goes wading through the Wikileaks cables and discovers something that lends support to a post I wrote last week: Am...
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The Freshman Class of the 112th Congress: Energy Independence the Hottest Topic
Not only do many of the new members of Congress share a background in the energy industry, as I outlined in a previous post, but their proposed energy policies are strikingly ...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Discussion on U.S.-Japan RelationsPatrick Cronin appeared on C-SPAN3 while speaking about the future of U.S.-Japan relations and security in the East Asian region at an event hosted by the U.S.-Japan Research ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Does Egypt give us all an excuse to beat up on political scientists?
I have been greatly entertained by the debate between Daniel Drezner and Arpoova Shah over the question of whether the situation in Egypt says anything about the strength of p...
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This Weekend’s News: A Review of Hot, and the Challenge of Climate Gridlock
Mark Hertsgaard’s new climate change book, Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth, is at the top of my reading list. So I was happy to see it was well received by T...
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United States, Arab Leaders Walk Fine Line as Egypt's Power Center Remains Uncertain
CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch talks to PBS NewsHour about the future of diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt. JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now t...