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National Security Human Capital Program
Are Private Security Contractors Performing Inherently Governmental Functions?CNAS President Dr. John Nagl testified before the federal Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on the proper role and oversight of security contractors su...
By John A. Nagl
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Increases in Food Prices Could Affect U.S. National Security Interests Abroad
“Agriculture has experienced a number of severe shocks in recent years with record high oil prices, commodity price spikes, food security fears and resultant trade restriction...
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Afghanistan: Graveyard of Assumptions? (Updated)
These past few weeks have brought a fresh torrent of bad news from Afghanistan: a governor in a key district assassinated, U.S. and allied operations in flux, Afghan leadershi...
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Real American Heroes
The blogs were abuzz yesterday about Gary Faulkner, the California man who has been trying to track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan: The current trip was roughly Mr. Faulkner...
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The President's Address and National Security
So the plan was that I was going to write on any security angles I perceived in President Obama’s address from the Oval Office on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But the s...
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Journalist FAIL
I was not among those who criticized the article James Risen wrote about the $1 trillion mineral find in Afghanistan. I was content to fret about the conflict trap in which co...
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Pointing Policymakers to Water and Climate Challenges in Central Asia
Last week, the Water Matters @ Columbia blog at the Earth Institute at Columbia University had an interesting post on a project underway at the Columbia Water Center where res...
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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Keynote Address
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy delivered the keynote address at the CNAS 4th annual conference "Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 2...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Why $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits Has Me Depressed
A host of readers sent me this article about Afghanistan's vast natural resource find, but Erin "Charlie" Simpson was the only one whose pessimism about the find matched my ow...
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This Weekend's News: Innovation
I am attending an all-day workshop tomorrow on how economic power, technology and innovation play into national security. The advance prep for the group includes about 125 pag...
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The Left and Afghanistan (Updated)
Michael Cohen has a great essay in The New Republic on the American Left and Afghanistan. Michael's own policy preferences cloud his essay somewhat, but his diagnosis of the p...
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CNASapalooza '10!
I got up at 0315 this morning and am about to head to the Burlington airport in order to be back in Washington, DC in time for the annual CNAS conference, which promises to be...
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Contractors in Development?
Changes in the character of warfare are accelerating the growing reliance on contractors on the battlefield. . . Long-term nation-building efforts like those in Iraq and Afgha...
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The CENTCOM Af-Pak Conference [UPDATED]
[Editor's note: This post has been removed at the request of the authors. No, I am not happy about it. I thought it was starting a good debate and had planned on bringing the ...
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U.S. Special Operations Forces in an Era of Natural Security
In recognition of the new, thought provoking CNAS publications released yesterday ahead of our Fourth Annual Conference, the Natural Security team will be analyzing our collea...
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This Weekend's News: Opportunity Costs
The direct costs of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have been outlined clearly for weeks now in the news. Last week and through the weekend, the opportunity costs for t...
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Two Thoughts on Israel
I know I usually steer clear of Israeli and Palestinian stuff -- for reasons most sane human beings will understand. But this recent flotilla nonsense forces me to get two thi...
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Like a Rolling Stone
I picked up last week’s Rolling Stone for its cover story on the reissue and forthcoming documentary of Exile on Main St., but another story listed on the cover piqued my inte...
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The FT on Ag: Global and Local
Is it just me, or are we seeing a lot on agriculture in the media lately? It's almost as though global-trend watchers are getting nervous. I noticed (or perceived, at least) a...
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This Weekend’s News: The Human Toll in the Gulf
The latest development over the weekend that BP’s “top kill” maneuver failed to plug the oil leak stripped away the modicum of hope I had that this crisis would be contained s...