Articles & Multimedia
Showing 6841-6860 of 9241 Publications
-
U.S. Policy in Mubarak's Egypt: Harder Than It Looks
Veteran Washington Post intelligence reporter Walter Pincus goes wading through the Wikileaks cables and discovers something that lends support to a post I wrote last week: Am...
-
The Freshman Class of the 112th Congress: Energy Independence the Hottest Topic
Not only do many of the new members of Congress share a background in the energy industry, as I outlined in a previous post, but their proposed energy policies are strikingly ...
-
Natural Security in the New National Military Strategy
The Department of Defense released the 2011 National Military Strategy (NMS) this morning. For those not familiar, the strategy is largely intended to outline how the U.S. mil...
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Discussion on U.S.-Japan RelationsPatrick Cronin appeared on C-SPAN3 while speaking about the future of U.S.-Japan relations and security in the East Asian region at an event hosted by the U.S.-Japan Research ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
-
Does Egypt give us all an excuse to beat up on political scientists?
I have been greatly entertained by the debate between Daniel Drezner and Arpoova Shah over the question of whether the situation in Egypt says anything about the strength of p...
-
This Weekend’s News: A Review of Hot, and the Challenge of Climate Gridlock
Mark Hertsgaard’s new climate change book, Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth, is at the top of my reading list. So I was happy to see it was well received by T...
-
United States, Arab Leaders Walk Fine Line as Egypt's Power Center Remains Uncertain
CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch talks to PBS NewsHour about the future of diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt. JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now t...
-
Egypt: The Blame Game Begins. Sigh.
Well, this is depressing, but I guess it was inevitable that in Washington, people would start asking "Who Lost Egypt?" before it was even clear what, exactly, is happening th...
-
Obama’s Reorg: Keep It or Cut It?
Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama announced, "In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize ...
-
Egypt's Revolution: Resources Edition
Mike Luckovich, perhaps the nation’s best political cartoonist, is concerned about oil prices given recent events in Egypt and Tunisia. He’s not the only one – as I’m typing t...
-
Abu Muqawama at THE Ohio State University
If you are at all able, come harass me at Ohio State's Mershon Center for International Security Studies tomorrow. I will be there to eat humble pie and congratulate the Big T...
-
From Tahrir to Tiananmen
For the first time in memory, places like Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen are starting to understand what Thomas Jefferson meant when he wrote that "when the people fear their gover...
By Abraham M. Denmark
-
Marc Lynch On The Situation In Egypt
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
-
Video - Pressure: Coercive Economic Statecraft and U.S. National Security
A discussion of the CNAS report Pressure: Coercive Economic Statecraft and U.S. National Security with authors Dr. David Asher, Dr. Patrick Cronin and Victor Comras. In rece...
By Patrick M. Cronin
-
Thought for the Day: Egypt vs. Pakistan
One of the things that has come up in several conversations today has been the professionalism of the Egyptian military. It is worth noting, too, that even though the United S...
-
Two Book-length Alternatives to the Nonsense
The continued willingness of pundits with no previous experience in or expertise on Egypt to opine about what is taking place there continues to impress. As CNN's Ben Wedeman ...
-
Yemen After Saleh
I know you are all focused on Egypt at the moment, and for good reason, but I asked Dana Stuster, another intern here at CNAS with some experience in the Middle East, to write...
-
The Freshman Class of the 112th Congress: The Climate Divide
The new class on the Hill has been less vocal on their climate policies than they have about energy. It is clear that the new Members do not view climate change to be a very i...
-
Democracy Good For U.S.?
By Robert D. Kaplan
-
Mubarak and Me
I grew up in Egypt and Hosni Mubarak was my uncle. To be honest, I think he was an uncle, father or grandfather to the 66 percent of Egyptians who are under 30. In fact, even ...