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What We're Trying to Do in Afghanistan
A friend of mine pointed out this passage in the press conference with Sec. Gates. This is about as clear an articulation of U.S. and allied goals as you will read: SEC. GATE...
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Afghanistan Trip Report, Part IV: Graphing the Conflict
Over the past several days, I have shared both several observations from my most recent trip to Afghanistan as well as a few things I think that policy makers in Washington ca...
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Greetings from Seoul…
This week, the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security team is in South Korea where we co-hosted a conference with the Seoul-based East Asia Institute, The ROK-US Alliance: Planning for th...
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DOE on Minerals
Yesterday morning at CSIS, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy & International Affairs David Sandalow officially revealed DOE’s new “Critical Materials Strategy.” The...
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Afghanistan Trip Report, Part III: Five Concrete Ways Policy Makers in DC Can Help the War Effort
Sometimes I wish I were just in the "Pointing Out All the Things Going Wrong in Afghanistan" business. Part of my job responsibilities, though, include being in the solutions ...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The ROK-U.S. Alliance: Planning for the Future - TranscriptThe Center for a New American Security and the East Asia Institute in Seoul, Republic of Korea, co-hosted a conference in Seoul on the future of the ROK-U.S. alliance with a k...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
General Walter Sharp Remarks on the U.S.-South Korea AllianceOn December 15, 2010, General Walter Sharp, Commander, United Nations Command, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command and Commander and U.S. Forces Korea, gave the keynote address a...
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Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011
The Center for a New American Security launched its latest report, Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011 in an event, held at the Newseum'...
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At CSIS, Water Politics in the Desert
A guest post today from Jess Glover, who came to CNAS from her time in the Middle East! Monday I swung by CSIS to hear Jon Alterman and General Tony Zinni (ret.) discuss water...
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Afghanistan Trip Report, Part II: So You're Deploying to Afghanistan...
A few weeks ago, I asked for some help from the readership in compiling suggested readings for company and field grade officers about to deploy to Afghanistan. The response I ...
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Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests Beyond 2011 - Transcript
Transcript from the CNAS event Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests Beyond 2011, held on December 14, 2010. FEATURED SPEAKERSLieutenant General David W. Barno, USA ...
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Richard Holbrooke, RIP
I landed at Dulles this morning at 5:15 having just returned from Kabul and read the news of Richard Holbrooke's passing just after the plane touched down. I am not sure what ...
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Ambassador Holbrooke, RIP
Last night began a well-deserved barrage of official statements, shared memories, thoughts and prayers for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and his family and friends. His dedicat...
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Responsible Transition: Watch LIVE
If you are not one of the 500+ people coming to this afternoon's event featuring Bob Woodward, Dave Barno and yours truly, you can watch it live on C-SPAN at 1:30 p.m. or by f...
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On the NYT Natural Security Piece
In addition to giving a strong pat on the back to The New York Times for its piece yesterday highlighting the connections between resources and U.S. security, “Why We Might Fi...
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More on Cancun: My Biggest Fear and Most Unexpected Development
My biggest worry for Cancun concerned an emerging narrative that fully international negotiations on climate change are no longer worth it. I've heard more and more frequently...
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After Cancun, UN Negotiations Process Holding Steady
The United Nations climate change negotiations wrapped up after a late night session Friday that took deliberations into the early hours Saturday morning. John Broder, writing...
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Natural Security in The New York Times
Last night, The New York Times released an online feature tied to its Sunday Week in Review full-page spread on "A Need for 'Natural Security.'" Needless to say, we’re thrille...
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Afghanistan Trip Report, Part I: BLUF
As readers of this blog know, I have been in Afghanistan for the past 10 days wandering around the country, speaking to everyone from Afghan government officials to aid worker...
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Alex Stark on Where We Stand in Cancun
As you know, we have been following the shrewd insights of Alex Stark, formerly of the Natural Security blog, who has been covering the Cancun UN climate negotiations in perso...