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The trials and tribulations of a general in Afghanistan
Check out CNAS adviser David Barno's piece in the Financial Times. "In the region, clocks are set to July 2011, a date widely believed to be the start of a rapid US withdrawa...
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Back in Pakistan
I just got back to Pakistan after a two month stay back in London that was initially only supposed to last two weeks. I've been catching up on the stack of newspapers that gre...
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This Weekend's News: Much About H20
When water is mentioned in several articles throughout the week, it is noticeable. It played major and minor roles in two different New York Times pieces yesterday, with a Bos...
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Yemen
I am hardly the pro's pro on Yemen, but I want to call two things to your attention. The first is this excellent reported essay from yesterday's New York Times Magazine by Bob...
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Two Quick Thoughts on Unrelated Topics
1. A CNN editor trying to express her admiration for Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah on Twitter is just silly. (The name and title alone are 42 characters!) One sho...
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Cancun Week: BASIC Meetings
The Copenhagen Conference, which took place last December, was billed as the conference where participant countries would nail down a legally binding agreement to succeed the ...
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The Real Afghanistan Debate
Having just finished a fantastic lunch of fried chicken and sweet tea at Champy's, I am now preparing to leave Chattanooga for Washington. Before I leave, though, I want to hi...
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Cancun Week: Can Congress Pass Climate Change Legislation?
Last week, President Obama met with a bi-partisan group of Senators about new legislation to address climate change and create a new energy policy for the United States, a mee...
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L'Affair Rolling Stan: The View from Beirut
Issandr sent me this picture, taken with his camera phone, from Librairie Antoine on Hamra Street in Beirut, figuring it would crack me up. It did. ...
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Cancun Week: UN Politics
Welcome to Cancun week! My next three posts will cover climate change-related current events, covering some of the most important themes of the Copenhagen Conference and specu...
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This Weekend’s News: Investing in Iraq and Afghanistan
There have been a lot of developments around reconstruction and foreign investments in Afghanistan and Iraq recently, including several reports from The Washington Post and Th...
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"150 Years of Amity and 50 Years of Alliance"- Closing Dinner
The Honorable Goshi Hosono, Acting Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan, offers remarks at the closing dinner of the two-day conference, “150 Years of Amity &...
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"150 Years of Amity and 50 Years of Alliance"- Day Two: Lunch Addresses
Richard Danzig addresses the U.S. and Japanese delegations on the common values that serve as the foundation of the alliance between the United States and Japan on day two o...
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"150 Years of Amity and 50 Years of Alliance"- Day Two, Session 4: Traditional Security and Global Issues for the Alliance
The Japan Institute for International Affairs' Ambassador Yukio Satoh moderates a discussion of the global issues that affect the bilateral U.S.-Japan relationship. The panel ...
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"150 Years of Amity and 50 Years of Alliance"- Day Two, Session 3: Trade, Economics, Society, and Technology
The University of Tokyo's Motoshige Ito moderates a panel on economics, trade, and technology featuring Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Japanese Minister of State for Economic a...
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Data Durbar - The target-in-waiting gets hit
The BBC is reporting 42 people died at the attack on Data Durbar shrine in Lahore last night. During the last few months, everyone in Lahore would tell you it's just a matter ...
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Events from Around Town: Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade
Human rights organizations and security wonks don’t often share similar stakes or interests-at least not explicitly. But as one of those who identifies with both groups, I th...
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My Thoughts on U.S. Policy in the Middle East
From Tablet Magazine, where Lee Smith asked me to grade the Obama Administration's efforts in the Middle East: I tend to believe the actions of local actors are more significa...
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Reader Comment of the Day
This is from "Cicero" in the comments section of the below post The problem with COIN is not that it can be done better or worse. Of course their are methods and strategies th...
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Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors?
CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine testified on the problems associated with contracting in conflicts and areas for reform before the U.S. Congressional Committee on Oversigh...
By Richard Fontaine