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Top 5: U.S.-Asian Technical Assistance Programs
In celebration of the Natural Security Blog’s unofficial Asia Week, we thought it might be interesting to dig through some of the ongoing cooperative programs between the U.S....
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Are You Following Us?
If you aren't already following us on Facebook and Twitter, you're so missing out! Natural Security Facebook Page @clparthemore @wmrogers @herbcarmen @OSaracenU Thank you, dea...
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(Hardcore) Quote (from a Veteran) of the Day
Who knew Michael Caine was a veteran of the Korean War? I sure didn't. I thought this quote of his from an article in the New Yorker, though, was pretty awesome: “When I was n...
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Pakistan's Jihadis 2.0
Just as we (by this I mean myself mainly) were wondering why the hell Pakistani militants had killed Khalid Khawaja, a man with serious militant sympathies and connections of ...
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Events from Around Town: Crabs, Korea and the sinking of the Cheonan
Last week while checking out an event for a CNAS colleague's blog, I couldn’t help but get caught up in some interesting natural security issues I hadn’t heard much of before....
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A Big Idea
No one has ever explicitly told me this is part of my job, but I have always thought that one of the more useful things think tanks can do is to mine the world of the social s...
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This Weekend's News: Energy, Nonproliferation, and More Energy
This week (and those ahead) we’ll be watching news from the NPT conference for discussions on the intersections of energy and nonproliferation. You may be asking, “What does t...
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Traveling and Reading and Travel Reading
I have been tying up some loose ends here at CNAS, putting the final touches on my new Afghanistan paper as well as finishing up a research proposal with LTG (Ret.) Dave Barno...
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Dear Readers
As you know, we've been semi-absent from real blogging for about a week as we wrapped up two reports and prepared for our big event yesterday, Natural Security: Navigating the...
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Natural Security: Navigating the Future Global Environment- Keynote Address
The effects of climate change and the way we use energy are significant U.S. national security challenges. Addressing them will be increasingly important for our nation's defe...
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Party at the Willard
Hey all. Not too much of a blog today, as we're a little preoccupied setting up for just about the most epic event to hit D.C. since Lady Gaga was last here in September. The ...
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Natural Security Event UPDATE
Couldn't make it today? Was the Willard too packed for you? Live in Papua New Guinea? Accidentally slept in? While we wish you could have been here, but we're glad to say you...
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Natural Security: Navigating the Future Global Environment- Panel Discussion
On April 28, 2010, the Center for a New American Security hosted an event on the effect of cliamte change on our armed services. Following a keynote address by Carol Browner, ...
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Lost in Translation: Closing the Gap Between Climate Science and National Security Policy
Yesterday, Dr. Jay Gulledge and I released our near year-long study on the gap between climate science and national security: Lost in Translation: Closing the Gap Between Clim...
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Tribal Engagement in Afghanistan: Tactical Lessons Learned
As many of this blog's readers know, I helped facilitate the Tribal Engagement Workshop run by the crew at Small Wars Journal. I was put in charge of collecting lessons learne...
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Subordinates, How Not to Treat Your
As regular readers know, I read the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times every morning because I secretly find the world of finance to be as fascinating as defense poli...
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This Weekend's News: Niger, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and South Africa
What do these countries have in common? For the purposes of this blog post, they were all featured in important natural security news over the weekend. Let’s start with Frid...
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Courtesy of the NYT - A peek into Pakistan's politics of extremism
Despite what Pakistani politicians might say, extremism isn't all cut and dried in a hugely diverse (and equally stratified) country of 170-odd million people. This article by...
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What do Carol Browner, Rear Admiral Philip Hart Cullom, David Kilcullen, Robert Kaplan and I Have in Common?
We will all be speaking at CNAS's huge - huge - event next Wednesday on natural resources and security! This is public, dear readers, and your chance to be in the room for the...
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On Earth Day, Thinking About Energy Innovation
Earth Day is today. Sting and The Roots are gearing up for their Sunday jamfest on the National Mall with Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the spirit of energy innovation is in the...