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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Egypt: The Blame Game Begins. Sigh.
Well, this is depressing, but I guess it was inevitable that in Washington, people would start asking "Who Lost Egypt?" before it was even clear what, exactly, is happening th...
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Obama’s Reorg: Keep It or Cut It?
Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama announced, "In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize ...
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Abu Muqawama at THE Ohio State University
If you are at all able, come harass me at Ohio State's Mershon Center for International Security Studies tomorrow. I will be there to eat humble pie and congratulate the Big T...
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Egypt's Revolution: Resources Edition
Mike Luckovich, perhaps the nation’s best political cartoonist, is concerned about oil prices given recent events in Egypt and Tunisia. He’s not the only one – as I’m typing t...
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From Tahrir to Tiananmen
For the first time in memory, places like Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen are starting to understand what Thomas Jefferson meant when he wrote that "when the people fear their gover...
By Abraham M. Denmark