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The Israeli Spring and the Tea Party
I rarely if ever comment on Israeli domestic politics, and I would not be so bold to offer comment on something like this had I not been testing this hypothesis out on people ...
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Tel Aviv
I landed in Tel Aviv today and spent tonight checking out the popular protests that have been in the news. It was interesting, after having seen Tahrir Square in February, how...
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Ph.D.s for Dummies
I should have noted, when I first posted this, that Erin/Charlie and I first wrote this after getting a lot of requests of Twitter for advice on Ph.D. programs. After you read...
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Congratulations to...
...Mark Milley, who will be taking over command of the famous 10th Mountain Division. Always nice to see an Ivy Leaguer (Princeton, Columbia) in the general officer corps, if ...
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Events from Around Town: Biodiversity and Security in Afghanistan
Yesterday at the Rayburn House Office Building, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) hosted a discussion, “Biodiversity Conservation in Afghanistan Advances U.S. Security I...
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Ramadan Mubarak
Each year, around this time in the (lunar) calendar, Western newspapers are usually filled with stories about the latest exciting Ramadan soap opera everyone is watching. Noth...
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To Close Earth Monitoring Capabilities Gap, First Stop Turning a Blind Eye
Today is part two of our two-day blog launch of our new report, Blinded: The Decline of U.S. Earth Monitoring Capabilities and Its Consequences for National Security. We frame...
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Are Tea Partiers Terrorists?
Uh, no. In his column today, Joe Nocera writes: You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. These last few months, much of th...
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New Natural Security Report: “Blinded”
Do you ever find yourself asking: how is environmental change affecting stability in the Horn of Africa? Or wondering just how many billions of dollars in damage sea level ris...
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The Burden on Defense Hawks
As I said yesterday, the deal that passed through the House of Representatives last night stinks. Both parties continued to embrace this fiction arguing discretionary spending...
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Monday Morning Reading
Two things to start your week: 1. Nick Blanford and Bilal Saab have a great article in Foreign Policy about the next war between Israel and Lebanon. I have read the paper from...
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Defense and the Budget
Because Republicans refuse to raise taxes (ever) and Democrats refuse to cut entitlements (ever), the big loser in yesterday's deficit reduction deal is defense spending. As E...
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This Weekend’s News: Ironing Out Corruption in Afghanistan’s Mining Sector
Resource challenges continue to play a role in shaping the security environment in Afghanistan. Yesterday, Reuters reported that Afghan warlords could exacerbate violence near...
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Do the right thing, Rolling Stone
I'm with Carl. Like Carl, I did not criticize the piece of reporting that got GEN Stan McChrystal, a man I very much admire, fired.* But the Michael Hastings hit piece on LTG ...
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Events Around Town: Aum Shinrikyo and DOD Energy
We are over at the Willard InterContinental Hotel this morning for the report launch of Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons. Th...
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The Peak of Absurdity?
Tripoli and other Qadhdhafi-held areas of Libya are now suffering from crippling shortages of both food and fuel. I want to prepare you all for the very real possibility that ...
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Book Review: China's Energy Strategy
I did most of my reading of China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing's Maritime Policies in airports and on planes to and around Asia earlier this year. I can honestly c...
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From the Dept. of Silly Things Written About Good Journalists
I do not know Sharmine Narwani, but she has written one of the more bizarre pieces on Hizballah and Lebanon I have read in quite some time -- and took some unfair shots at a f...
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In Yemen, Water, Fuel and Food Prices Rise as Political Crisis Worsens
Yemen’s political crisis seems to be worsening. On Sunday, New York Times Magazine writer Robert Worth’s recent account was simply titled “Yemen on the Brink of Hell.” Meanwhi...
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This Weekend’s News: A Softer Tone in the Asia-Pacific Region
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her trip to the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on Friday after speaking to delegates with a...