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• Egypt Trip Report: Part III

  The third part of my trip report to Egypt concerns a few of the worries I expressed in the first part of my trip report. Specifically, I worry about how the Egyptian Military ...

  • Blog
  • February 21, 2011
• Happy President's Day

  Happy President's Day from the Natural Security Blog. We will be taking today off, but we look forward to returning to our regular Natural Security business tomorrow! Photo: M...

  • Blog
  • February 21, 2011
• The ‘Long War’ May Be Getting Shorter

  It is hard to tell when momentum shifts in a counterinsurgency campaign, but there is increasing evidence that Afghanistan is moving in a more positive direction than many ana...

  • Commentary
  • The New York Times
  • February 21, 2011
• Egypt Trip Report: Part II

  I am rather busy today, traveling around looking for answers to some of the security-related questions I posed in Part I of my Egypt Trip Report (see below). I want to briefly...

  • Blog
  • February 20, 2011
• Egypt Trip Report: Part I

  If you've been following my Twitter feed, you'll know I arrived in Cairo a few days ago and will be here for another few days doing some research. I tacked this short visit on...

  • Blog
  • February 19, 2011
• Go Inside The $56 Billion ‘Black’ Budget

  The Pentagon dropped its $533 billion budget this week. Some line items get a thorough public debate — like stealth jet engines and soldier health care. Others have opaque nam...

  By Travis Sharp

  • Commentary
  • Wired: The Danger Room
  • February 18, 2011
• Robert Kaplan on The Future of Egypt

  This is an exclusive interview with CNAS Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan on the future of Egypt.  Here are a few recent articles Robert has written. Democracy good for U.S? The Ne...

  By Robert D. Kaplan

  • Video
  • February 17, 2011
• It’s Budget Week Part 2: Cyber Security for the Evolving Grid

  We’ve kept this mostly under wraps so far, but our team has been digging lately into cyber security issues related to the expanding smart grid infrastructure in this country. ...

  • Blog
  • February 16, 2011
• The Future of Power
  • Video
  • February 15, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 15, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 14, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 14, 2011
• Know Hope

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  • Blog
  • February 11, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 11, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 10, 2011
• Well, I think we can all agree that speech will calm everyone down.
  • Blog
  • February 10, 2011
• "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...

  • Blog
  • February 10, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 10, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 10, 2011
• 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

  • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • February 9, 2011