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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

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

  • Blog
  • February 9, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 9, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 8, 2011
• 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...

  • Blog
  • February 8, 2011
• 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 ...

  • Blog
  • February 8, 2011

• Defense / Indo-Pacific Security

  Discussion on U.S.-Japan Relations

  Patrick 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

  • Video
  • February 7, 2011