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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Memorial Day, and A Lesson in Information Operations
Okay, first things first: Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Please take some time today to say a prayer for the fallen and for peace. I woke up this morning to the news that Israe...
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Small Talk in Afghanistan
A few months ago, I was sitting around on a Saturday morning before a rugby game when I got an email on my blackberry from Greg Jaffe, who was in Afghanistan. I started readin...
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Fear and Loathing in Pakistan
Looking at Pakistani public opinion from abroad is like reading a Philip Pullman novel. The picture you see resembles the reality you are accustomed to, but somewhere along th...
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On Drone Strikes (Updated)
Gah!!! Chris: I do not care how many civilians drone strikes actually kill. And I do not care how many civilians Americans think drone strikes in Pakistan kill. I care only ab...
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2nd Lt. Janell Peske, USMC
On 11 September 2001, as I was at Fort Drum, New York, trying to get my light infantry platoon ready to deploy to war, a young girl in southern California vowed to her mother ...
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Making Burgers out of Sacred Cows
I'll have a longer post when I get the chance about how students and practitioners of counter-insurgency operations and strategy need to constantly question and test our assum...
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Natural Security in the NSS: By the Numbers
A little pop analysis. Here are the number of mentions of our major natural security topics in the just-released National Security Strategy: Energy: 49Climate Change: 28Food: ...