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Using "The Wire" to Explain Shia Politics in Lebanon
Inspired by Sean Lee's remark that Walid Junblatt reminds him of Proposition Joe, it occured to me that I need to start using The Wire to explain Lebanese politics more often....
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On Tunisia
Like many of this blog's readers, I was unable to stop watching al-Jazeera today. The scenes from Tunis have been incredible. Alas, despite a little time spent in Morocco and ...
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Straight Shooter My A$$
Aaaand, this is why America is going down the drain. By now, everyone has noted what class acts Rush Limbaugh and the gang at KNST are for this peach of a billboard, which unt...
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FY2011 NDAA Stresses Importance of DOD Energy Security and Attention to Rare Earths
Introducing Zachary Keck, the newest member to join the ranks of the Natural Security Blog! Zach is a Joseph S. Nye, Jr. National Security Research Intern with the Natural Sec...
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On Hizballah's Insecurity
One of the comments in the post below noted how odd it is that Hizballah even cares about this stupid tribunal given the position of strength the organization enjoys in Lebano...
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An Unfortunate Thing That's Probably True
I spend much of my time throwing cold water on those who try to make Hizballah out to be al-Qaeda (or want to draw more lessons from 34 days in 2006 than the entire wars in Ir...
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On America in Lebanon (Updated)
Okay, this is the kind of thing that drives me crazy: In contrast to 2005, Hezbollah’s adversaries — gathered around Mr. Hariri — have fewer options and less support than the...
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Assumptions Test: Group Project!
What do we think of the following assumption, represented in graphic form below? Let's start by assuming both China and Iran have an interest in U.S. military assets remaining...
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This Weekend’s News: Representative Giffords
The one story that will continue to dominate the news cycle for days and weeks to come is the horrific shooting of 20 people on Saturday in Tucson, including U.S. Representati...
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Kagan Squared on Afghanistan
Early this morning, I participated in a discussion of Kim and Fred Kagan's new report on Afghanistan. I'm going to briefly share my comments on the report: First, despite the ...
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The Right Cuts
"To amass military power without regard to our economic capacity would be to defend ourselves against one kind of disaster by inviting another," said U.S. President Dwight D. ...
By Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Pakistan's dilemma at Salmaan Taseer's murder
Pakistan confounded analysts once more on January 4 when a policeman in the security detail of the governor of Punjab turned his gun on the man he was supposed to be guarding....
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How Many Forced Entry Brigades Does One Army Need? (Updated)
Here's a question for the readership as we try and wrap our heads around the proposed cuts to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. (I'm not smart enough to comment on the proposed ...
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Read These Now: New SciAm and NatGeo
Good issues to pick up, not just for my love of magazine names that are easy to abbreviate when I don’t have much time to type. Starting with the current National Geographic, ...
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An Honest Question for the Navy Times
Dear Sir or Madam: A few days ago, the Virginian-Pilot reported on a raunchy video made by U.S. Navy Capt. Owen Honors. They posted the video on their website but edited the c...
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Thoughts on the Navy's New Energy Roadmap
It looks like the Navy energy folks have given us all a new year’s gift! Today, the Secretary of the Navy tweeted that he had released a “Energy Program for Security and Indep...
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A Clarification
Readers, there appears to have been some confusion as to whether or not I support the request made by Gen. McChrystal for more troops in Afghanistan. I do. But in addition to ...
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70 Pages You Need to Read: A Natural Security Reading List
A few weeks back, I had to develop a short reading list for a group I’m speaking to in March. The audience is mostly military officers, with some civilians from DOD, the Natio...
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Some Great Stuff I Read Over the Holidays
When not drinking whisky with relatives, watching college football, or sitting in a deer blind -- or, uh, drinking whisky with relatives while sitting in a deer blind and gett...
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Second Annual Natural Security Wish List: Our Policy Hopes for 2011
We got mixed results for our 2010 wish list – much improvement but with a long road still ahead. Will the natural security bloggers fare better for our policy goals for 2011? ...