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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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. ...
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The Future of Power
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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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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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Know Hope
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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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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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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...