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Guest Contributor Chris Scanzoni: Sudan, Oil and Security
Though the conflict in Darfur has publicly captivated Americans, U.S. officials are vigorously striving to prevent a war in Sudan that promises even greater human costs. A Jan...
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The Gun
My review of the great new C.J. Chivers book on the AK-47 is now out from behind the Wilson Quarterly's paywall. You can read it here....
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Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations | Transcript
In advance of President Obama’s much-awaited trip to India, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India...
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This Weekend's News: Reflections on Our Clean Energy Policies
With midterm elections just over a week away, there are a number of introspective reports on the Obama administration’s domestic policies, including on the clean energy initia...
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Joao Silva and His Legacy
The great Joao Silva, I have no doubt, will someday recover from his injuries and return to the battlefield, back to work, showing other photojournalists how it's done. But I ...
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Beyond Pakistan's political elites
Commentor Zathras rightly took me to task on a post about India and Pakistan's relationship. Pakistan's long-term interest lies in the two countries settling their differences...
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Joao Silva
I have heard from multiple people that Joao Silva, one of the finest combat photojournalists in the history of photojournalism, was severely wounded today in Arghandab Distric...
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The US-Pak gap pt 2
A couple of people have made the point that I skipped over India in my overview of Pakistan-US relations. It's a fair point. India is a post by itself (hence the new post). In...
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The Most Important Post on Wikileaks You Will Read Today
That title is a blatant attempt to draw your attention to the thing you cared about yesterday: reconciliation and negotiations in Afghanistan. I have a new piece on ForeignPol...
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Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations | Video
In advance of President Obama’s much-awaited trip to India, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India R...
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Rejuvenating Strategic Partnership
In 1998, then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asserted that India and the United States were "natural allies in the quest for a better future for the world in the 21st cen...
By Richard Fontaine
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Resources in the Strategic Asia Series
A few weeks back a few colleagues and I went to the release event for this year’s edition of the Strategic Asia series, released annually by the National Bureau of Asian Resea...
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The US-Pak gap
"I'm curious, though, to hear from my Islamabad-based blogging partner how he would square the circle facing U.S. policy-makers." Right, well... hmm... I feel slightly fraudul...
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Natural (Security) Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations
In keeping with the tradition of highlighting our CNAS colleagues’ work here on the blog, I draw your attention to a new CNAS report, Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Futur...
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While we ponder Pakistan
Abu Muqawama, master of the deceptively simple question, is wondering about US policy on Pakistan. While I ponder a response. It's worth having a read of a recent post on Reut...
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
In his new book, MONSOON: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (A Random House Hardcover, On Sale: October 19, 2010), bestselling author and CNAS Senior Fellow Ro...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Richard Fontaine on Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations
In this exclusive interview, CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine, co-author of the new CNAS report Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations, talks ab...
By Richard Fontaine
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"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
George Bush said that on 11 September 2001. And whatever you think of the former president, not distinguishing between transnational terror groups and the individuals, groups ...
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The More You Know: the Crossroads of Climate Science and Public Policy
Last week, the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication released its findings from a national study aptly titled Americans’ Knowledge of Climate Change. The study assessed...
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This Weekend’s News: Afghanistan’s Long-Term Stability
War is hell. And many Afghans are reminded of this every day. That was my take away from this report in The New York Times on Sunday, “In Afghan South, U.S. Faces Frustrated R...