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From the Dept. of Bad Ideas
On the one hand, while reading this op-ed by LTG (Ret.) Jim Dubik, a man I very much admire, I found myself understanding the logic of the author's argument: fighting half-ass...
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Want to work at CNAS?
I'm here to tell you that working as a fellow at CNAS is perhaps the best job in Washington, DC. In large part due to our tiny office, though, opportunities to hire more staff...
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Lebanon, Syria, Libya & Hizballah
Hey, Amal and Hizballah! Having that Lebanese seat on the U.N. Security Council sure was fun when it allowed you to get Moammar Gadhafi back for what happened to Musa Sadr all...
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Smart Grid Cyber Security Week
We’re making this smart grid cyber security week on the blog – a topic we’ve been dabbling in for the past year or so. Our own exploration has primarily taken the form of rese...
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On Starship Troopers
The New Yorker asked Harold Bloom about military reading lists: “It’s a very mixed bag,” Bloom said. “The two surprising entries, really quite wonderful, are E. M. Forster’s ‘...
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This Weekend’s News: Get Thinking about Global Trends
Many families gathered around the dinner table this weekend to celebrate the holidays. And as they did, those preparing the food may have noticed a higher grocery bill (and th...
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Quote for the Morning
From Ryan Lizza's article on the foreign policy of the Obama Administration: The activists [Sec. Clinton] did meet with were not as organized as she had hoped. “As incredibly ...
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Monday Morning Questions
1. Do drones make it too easy for U.S. policy makers to go to war? 2. Why do some of the strongest U.S. supporters of Israel pair their animosity toward Iran with a soft spot ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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’...