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U.S. Military Intervention in Libya
CNAS Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow Nora Bensahel talked about the U.S. and coalition’s military strategy in Libya and the precedent that this air strike in Liby...
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On Disclosure, and Our War in Libya
Laura Rozen reports: The Obama White House is stepping up its outreach to policy hands on Capitol Hill, as well as to outside foreign policy experts and progressive allies, in...
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Static, One-Dimensional Analysis 1; Dynamic, Multi-Dimensional Analysis 0
I was re-reading the national security adviser's remarks to the media on 10 March 2011 in which he cautioned Jake Tapper and others against putting too much stock in the analy...
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Japan Benefit: One Night for Nippon
Join CNAS tomorrow night to help support our Japanese friends in the wake of the devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation on March 11, 2011. CNAS ...
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Sketching the Wounded
The stories that go along with these moving sketches remind us of the human cost of war. This is a great series....
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Earth Observation Satellites and the Crises in Japan
We’ve discussed earth observation satellites a number of times on this blog in the past few weeks. Much of our focus thus far has been on the utility of these satellites in he...
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The Ties that Bind? U.S.–Indian Values-based Cooperation
CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine co-authored a Washington Quarterly article about the evolution of U.S.-India relations. Both New Delhi and Washington have rhetorically inv...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Message on World Water Day 2011
Today marks the eighteenth annual World Water Day, an annual UN-sponsored day to recognize the importance of water management and the role that it plays in civil society – and...
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Nuclear Energy after Fukushima: Same as it ever was?
As Christine discussed in the new CNAS policy brief on Japan, the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear facilities may have ramifications for the future of nuclear energy worldwide....
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From the Dept. of Unfortunate Headlines
The cover of this week's Weekly Standard: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH Considering this past weekend's operations were jointly led by the French, Kristol & Co. probably coul...
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Two Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan That May Not Apply to Libya (But Probably Do)
We all learned different lessons from our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. One lesson I learned was that you should always robustly plan for stabilization and reconstructi...
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Two Administrative Notes
1. Man, is this overdue: Please join me in welcoming defense journalist and Iraq veteran Carl Prine to the blogosphere. Carl was long one of this blog's most incisive (if pseu...
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Does the World Belong in Libya's War?
President Barack Obama's decision to militarily intervene in Libya is already off to a good start. I say this as someone who has been deeply skeptical of intervention. I feare...
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Bystanders to Genocide
In trying to understand why the Obama Administration has intervened in Libya, it may be helpful to re-read Samantha Power's 2001 essay in the Atlantic on Rwanda. Susan Rice, ...
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For the purposes of clarity, I propose we rename it "H.R. 1092: Let's Throw Americans Under 35 Further Under The Bus Act"
The Washington Post had a very good lead editorial this morning in support of very modest increases in health care premiums for veterans. As the Center for American Progress ...
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Yes, Virginia, it's war.
Sen. John Kerry: "The goal of this mission is not to get rid of [Moammar] Gadhafi. That's not what the United Nations licensed and I would not call it going to war. This is ...
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How Libya Finally Puts to Rest a Tired, Sexist Canard
When I was growing up, my mother would tell me that "if women ran the world, there would never be any war."* Well, explain this, Mom: The shift in the administration’s posit...
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This Weekend’s News: Japan's Recovery
The death toll in Japan reached more than 8,000 on Sunday, with another 12,000 still missing since the devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation’s northe...
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Fun Fact of the Day: Your Tax Dollars At Work
A Tomahawk Missile cost $569,000 in FY99, so if my calculations are correct, they cost a little over $736,000 today assuming they are the same make and model. The United State...
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New CNAS Japan Policy Briefs
Happy Saturday, readers. I wanted to quickly flag for everyone that yesterday CNAS released 2 policy briefs on Japan. In the first, Disaster in Japan: Nuclear Energy, the Econ...