Articles & Multimedia
Showing 6721-6740 of 8911 Publications
-
This Weekend’s News: We Prepared for the Release of Our New DOD Fuels Report
For the post today we’re taking a brief hiatus from assessing the weekend’s natural security news for you. Will collected some news stories for you and has posted them as we d...
-
On Calling Balls and Strikes
"Riddle me this," a particularly careful student of civil-military relations wrote to me this morning: How many of the people who think we have a serious civil-military probl...
-
In Kyrgyzstan, a New Challenge to Getting Fuel into Afghanistan
Yesterday, coverage from The Washington Post and The New York Times on the soon-to-be-released Obama’ s Wars, Bob Woodward’s latest opus, generated a media storm by reporting ...
-
An Indispensable Force: Investing in America's National Guard and Reserves – and Natural Security
On Monday, CNAS Commander-in-Chief John Nagl and my officemate Travis “Charlie” Sharp released their thought-provoking report on the state of the National Guard and Reserves, ...
-
U.S. Policy in Afghanistan | Indiana Council on World Affairs
Andrew Exum talked about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and provided an assessment of the security, diplomatic, and military situation in the country. He also talked about the...
-
Read This Now: SciAm Edition
I almost forgot to flag this for you all. You need to check out the current (soon to be last month's) edition of Scientific American for this: "How Much Is Left? The Limits of...
-
For China and Japan, a Row over Resources?
Tensions are on the rise in the East China Sea, with recent events embroiling states with long-standing mistrust: China and Japan. Recall that back in July we reported here on...
-
National Security Human Capital Program
Exclusive Interview with John Nagl on Investing in America's National Guard and ReservesIn this exclusive interview, CNAS President Dr. John Nagl, co-author of the new CNAS report An Indispensable Force: Investing in America's National Guard and Reserves, talks a...
By John A. Nagl
-
This Weekend’s News: Mind the Gap
Here’s a story near and dear to our hearts at the Natural Security blog: an important report from The Washington Post this weekend shed light on the decline in U.S. Earth-moni...
-
Join Us on The Hill Next Wednesday!
Hey Readers, If you work within the natural resources and national security/foreign policy world, you may want to join us on the Hill next Wednesday at noon for a lunch discus...
-
The Next War: Hizballah vs. Israel
Jeff White, a 35-year veteran of the Defense Intelligence Agency and one of the smartest guys I know, has a disturbing new report on what the next war between Israel and Hizba...
-
CRS: Pakistan’s Resource Issues = Concerning
A third pat on Congressional Research Service’s back this week, now for its August 3rd “Security and the Environment in Pakistan.” For full disclosure, I also have a pending a...
-
CRS Reports on Geoengineering
Continuing its streak of natural security work this summer, on August 16th the Congressional Research Service issued a report titled “Geoengineering: Governance and Technology...
-
Gian Gentile's Reading List
I am off to Indiana today to give a talk on the conflict in Afghanistan, but last night, I met counterinsurgency non-enthusiast Gian Gentile for a few rounds of beer at Kramer...
-
When the Only Reasonably Easy Thing to Achieve in Afghanistan is Getting Yourself Killed
Andrew Sullivan highlights the crux of Justin Logan's defense of the Afghanistan Study Group: I cannot find evidence that either Foust or Exum recognizes strategic thought. Bo...
-
Greatest Nigerian Internet Scam Ever?
Mitch reports that all that time he's been spending in Gaza is finally paying off. Big time. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Mrs. Suha Tawil Arafat <suhangng3@gmail.com&...
-
Clinton in Sharm el Sheik*
The Secretary of State continues in her attempts to push the ball forward on the Middle East Peace Process. I generally avoid issues relating to Israel and the Palestinians li...
-
CRS on REEs
This past July, while we weren’t looking, Congressional Research Service issued a report called “Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain” (pdf warning). I thought we’d us...
-
On Corruption (And Admitting When You're Wrong)
I know think tank researchers, like scholars in academia, are not supposed to admit when they have been wrong about something. But as regular readers of this blog know, I am n...
-
This Weekend's News: The Many Troubles of Water
Water was the frontrunner theme in this weekend's news. We even had a few comics with water-related punchlines. Via the Wilson Center's Geoff Dabelko on Twitter, Steven Solom...