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Sunrise Service Doubleheader: Easter and ANZAC Day
Happy Easter, everyone. I want to share a quick Easter message as well as a reminder that tomorrow is ANZAC Day. First, ANZAC Day: Since I moved back to Washington, DC in Janu...
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After Gates: Asymmetric Threats
When Robert Gates began his service as U.S. secretary of defense, his priorities were clear: "Iraq, Iraq and Iraq," as he said at his Senate confirmation hearing. The priority...
By John A. Nagl
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Insurgents, Counterinsurgents, and the Provision of Social Services
This week's revelations about Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute have ignited a lively debate over the influence Mortenson did or did not have over U.S. counterinsu...
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After Bashar al-Assad, the Deluge
The late Princeton scholar Philip K. Hitti called Greater Syria -- the historical antecedent of the modern republic -- "the largest small country on the map, microscopic in si...
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Heirs of Nasser, Tawreet, and Shades of Gray
A few things need to be said about Michael Doran's essay in Foreign Affairs: 1. The idea that the Bush Administration was entirely populated with people who knew nothing about...
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Indian Space Program Could Offer Opportunity for Cooperation around Climate and Environmental Data Sharing
The India Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched three satellites into orbit on Wednesday: ResourceSat-2 and two nano-satellites, YouthSat and X-Sat. The pay...
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Thanks
I was halfway through a post responding to Michael Doran's essay in Foreign Affairs when I read the news that Chris Hondros had passed away after being wounded in the same fir...
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In Defense of Cluster Munitions, Part II
Richard K. Betts, writing in the National Interest: Ikenberry faults Bush for rejecting the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the “Germ Weapons Ban” (Ikenberry must mean...
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Army Rolls Out Names of Installations to Participate in Net Zero Contest
Yesterday, the Army rolled out the names of 17 Army/Joint installations that will participate in its Net Zero Energy, Water and Waste contest. The contest is part of the Army’...
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Guest Post: Rules for Using Statistics Outside of Baseball
Longtime contributor to the blog Erin "Charlie" Simpson is back with a guest post for the ages... Instead of going line by line through MAJ Thiel’s SWJ paper (which I characte...
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What I'm Reading Instead of Doing My Work
1. Francs-tireurs et Centurions. Les ambiguïtés de l'héritage contre-insurrectionnel français by Etienne de Durand. I will read anything Etienne publishes, but this survey of ...
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Read This Now: DOE's Critical Materials Strategy
I’m winding down work on a new minerals report that we’re set to release in a few months. In my frantic dash to meet some writing deadlines and much else on the work front, I’...
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U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Rudy DeLeon moderated a discussion on U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan. Among the topics they addressed were the duration of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, the r...
By John A. Nagl
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From the Dept. of Better Late Than Never, I Suppose
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — An inquiry by the Defense Department inspector general into a magazine profile that resulted in the abrupt, forced retirement of Gen. S...
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This Weekend's News: Someone Should Tell The Donald About DOD's Energy Programs
I have to admit that I don’t tend to watch Sunday morning news shows, but Will shot me an email Sunday morning noting a fabulous CNN interview with potential candidate (or not...
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In Defense of Cluster Munitions
This weekend's news that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are firing cluster munitions into built-up areas -- reported by C.J. Chivers and Bryan Denton in both the New York Tim...
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More National Security Funds You Won't Find in the Dept. of Defense Budget
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: The budget deal, which would finance federal agencies until the end of September, would slash funds for these Department of Education p...
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Quote of the Day: Keepin' It Classy Edition
"These murders neatly sum up the frenzy and depravity within Palestinian society, surely the sickest on earth." -- Daniel Pipes. Yes, three murders surely give us all the data...
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People of Syria: "Kilna Bierluigi Collina!"
From the Los Angeles Times, a yellow card for Bashar al-Asad: Meanwhile, you can rock out in your office to this jammin' Syrian protest song. "Allah! Sy...
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From the Dept. of Easier Said Than Done
From the U.S. and French presidents and the British Prime Minister: ...so long as Qaddafi is in power, NATO must maintain its operations so that civilians remain protected and...