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Global Warming in Art
Ever heard of Alexis Rockman? No, he’s not a flag officer, DoD civilian, politician, think tank policy wonk, or your everyday environmentalist. He’s an artist, and his work is...
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DOD Assets Deserve Their Own Energy Management
Yesterday, everyone's favorite CNASer and uber-colleague Tom Ricks forwarded us an Air Force news story on the interest in alternative energy use for upcoming Space Fence proj...
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Military-to-Military Exchanges with China Resume
Admiral Mullen paid a visit to the Center for American Progress last week to talk about U.S.-Chinese military-to-military exchanges. The Chinese suspended such exchanges earl...
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In Mexico, Looking for a Leader on Climate Change
Strong leadership on climate change is hard to come by, especially at UN climate negotiations. The United States is too often undermined by the lack of domestic legislation on...
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Impact on Release of Sensitive Documents on WikiLeaks
Patrick Cronin, senior director at the Center For A New American Security and formerly a top official at the U.S. Agency For International Development, joined MyFox DC to t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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On Geoengineering, More Research Needed to Answer Looming Policy Questions
With international climate negotiations underway in Cancun, I wanted to address an aspect of the climate debate that is not as likely to make headlines this week (except of co...
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So you're deploying to Afghanistan...
The researchers here at CNAS are often asked by company-grade and field-grade officers about to deploy to Afghanistan for tips on what they should read prior to deploying. I a...
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Four Days Later
On Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 2nd Lt. Robert Kelly, USMC, was killed in Afghanistan. Four days later, his father, Lt. Gen. John Kelly, USMC, gave the following speech. He did n...
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Voices from the Field: Afghanistan's Willing Entrepreneurs
An exclusive interview with authors Jake Cusack and Erik Malmstrom on their CNAS policy brief Afghanistan's Willing Entrepreneurs: Supporting Private-Sector Growth in the Afgh...
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This Weekend’s News: Pretty Much Everything Natural Security, Including Comics
I spent this weekend catching up on last week’s news – a busy week, with obviously nothing bigger than the pending British royal weeding (although, we regular Us Weekly reader...
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Read This Now: the Current FP
As you are purchasing reading material for the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I recommend you all pick up the current Foreign Policy and give its natural security-esque artic...
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Northward Bound: Security Review Continues with Canada
Continuing our review of our English-speaking allies’ security reviews, today we feature an excerpt from Canada’s January 2009 report The Future Security Environment 2008-2030...
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UK vs. US: Energy in Defense Strategy
I know, I know… as soon as you heard about the release of the UK Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in October, you started checking here for a quick comparison to t...
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This Weekend’s News: On the Sidelines in Asia
The New York Times reported on Saturday that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan held their first formal talks since China and Tokyo clashed over...
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Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power
An important new book titled Difficult Transitions by Kurt M. Campbell and James B. Steinberg. Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Po...
By James B. Steinberg & Kurt Campbell
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
On November 9, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a book launch event for Monsoon featuring best-selling author Robert Kaplan and NPR’s award-winning cor...
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"A Mujahid's Wish From His Mother"
And here we have a poem written by a young Talib, translated and provided by our friends Alex Strick Van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, who will publish a book of Taliban poetry ...
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Here's to the Vets
If you can today, thank a veteran for her/his service, or at very least keep America's vets in your thoughts today. Notably, the VA has also launched a new blog - VAntage Poin...
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For U.S.-India Cooperation, Space is the Next Frontier
As President Obama continues his tour through Asia this week, including Monday’s remarks in India, foreign policy-watchers have suggested a number of ways to improve and revit...
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"Shiloh: A Requiem"
Skimming lightly, wheeling still,The swallows fly lowOver the field in clouded days,The forest-field of Shiloh--Over the field where April rainSolaced the parched ones stretch...