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Happy Labor Day: Here's Some Natural Security News
We wanted to note the important natural security news items from the weekend, but this will be our only post today. Happy Labor Day everyone! Lithuania has announced guideline...
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Quote of the Weekend (Heartland Edition)
Heard this past weekend in a bar in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Lane Kiffin is the Sarah Palin of college football. He's never stayed anywhere long enough to actually accomplish a...
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What’s the MATA with public transportation?
I wanted to follow up my post from yesterday with another related post on energy, though with a slightly different angle. We’ve done quite a bit of international travel this s...
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Iraq: The Morning After Commentary (Updated)
As I wrote last night, I rather liked the president's speech and thought it showed proper respect for the sacrifices made and for President Bush. Others on the internets had d...
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Cultural Change and the Energy Revolution
With about 20 hours of flying time over the last 10 days, hopping between Washington and Europe for a climate change simulation that we ran in Hamburg last week, I managed to ...
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Cricket and Corruption II
Not so long ago, I had a conversation with a Pakistani businessman about the prospects for economic growth. The conversation turned to import and export. Now, as someone who h...
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For what it's worth...
...I don't think this speech by the president matters much. But I thought it was excellent. I thought it showed class regarding President Bush, made the right connections betw...
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"the normal course of spirited competition"
Today's award for Awesomeness in the English Language goes to the Financial Times, which explained cheating in cricket thusly: The amounts offered to players to divert from th...
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Cricket and Corruption
I literally could not wait for Londonstani's take on this corruption scandal surrounding Pakistan's cricket team*, so I'm jumping the gun here. My father was a sports writer a...
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Hiatus
Dear Readers, We'll be on hiatus for a couple of days as we return from traveling to Europe for a climate change negotiations simulation that we executed in Hamburg. We will b...
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From the Dept. of Silly Ideas
It blows my mind that some legislators still think it's a good idea to peg our nation's defense budget to a percentage of the GDP. Call me a traditionalist, but a nation's def...
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Hope amongst Pakistan's ruins
As bad as the flood damage is in Pakistan, there is a positive side. My latest article on the afpak channel is about the young Pakistanis with the skills and connections to do...
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Embedded with the Taliban
Some Norwegian idiot journalist has embedded with the Taliban and shot this incredible footage of an attack on a U.S. or allied convoy. These guys sound and act a lot like a U...
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Recruiting the Officer Corps
Gary Schmitt and Cheryl Miller have a really fantastic op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal that is, alas, password-protected on the Journal's website.* The money quote: Much ...
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Floods in Pakistan and the Importance of Natural Security
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in my time at CNAS working with the Natural Security team, it’s that climate events and natural disasters around the world (along with i...
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Afghanistan: Graveyard of Risk
It will surprise very few people to know that Battleship and Risk sit on the communal tables outside our offices here at CNAS. Ganesh Sitaraman, hand pictured, pointed out to ...
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Success in Iraq? My View.
What constitutes success or failure in counterinsurgency campaigns is controversial and has sparked much informed (and uninformed) discussion in the policy and academic commun...
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The Real Costs of DOD Petroleum Dependence
Photo: Navy News Service/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young USAF Yesterday The Washington Post reported that US gasoline prices have hit an 8-month low. The article reports that “th...
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"The Next Phase in America's Relationship with Iraq" - Opening Remarks
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Quote of the Afternoon (Iraq Edition)
Here's a test for the readership: read the following quote, from Galula's Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958, and debate whether or not Iraq meets the conditions for victory a...