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David Ucko on COIN and its Discontents
David Ucko, as careful a student as anyone of the learning process through which the U.S. military has gone since 2001, has written a must-read blog post on Kings of War conce...
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Making friends in Pakistan
Regular readers of this blog wont be surprised to hear that I've been banging on about ways to do something useful in Pakistan. Just for a change, this time, I've been at it o...
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Dwindling Water and Rising Tensions in the Indus Basin
Not surprisingly, water challenges continue to exacerbate tensions between India and Pakistan. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that India, in an effort to feed the insa...
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The Future of the Force and DOD’s Energy Imperative
Last night, we hosted a top secret, off-the-record, “this didn’t happen” energy event with government and private sector experts who have a broad range of energy and national ...
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Meddling with Metals and Resources in Iraq and Afghanistan: How will this End?
I went to an event last Wednesday morning at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) that included a panel with James Yeager, former advisor to Afghanistan Ministry of Mines, Graci...
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This Weekend’s News: From Heatwaves to Proverbs to Transnational Crime
There was plenty of news this weekend after BP announced that the cap that was put in place on Thursday to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf appeared to be holding steady. On...
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And now, we say something nice about someone in the U.S. Congress
If you read the press reports (here, and here), it would appear that my hometown senator, Bob Corker, was on a roll in yesterday's hearings on Afghanistan. Good for him. There...
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What to Do About the Arctic
We’ve spent the week highlighting issues related to the Arctic by discussing a recent book on the subject. I want to end it by looking back to the recommendations geared towar...
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BP and Libya
I was reading an article in the Financial Times this morning about ties between BP and Libya and how they have attracted the attention of U.S. congressmen. Seeing as how my mo...
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5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Charles Emmerson
Following on yesterday’s review of his recent book, The Future History of the Arctic, let’s now turn to a chat with Charles Emmerson. Alex was great enough track him down for ...
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Natural Security Book Review: The Future History of the Arctic
A few months back, my colleague Shannon popped into my office with a review copy of a new book that someone had sent to CNAS. The word “Arctic” popped out in the title, causin...
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Yemen
I am hardly the pro's pro on Yemen, but I want to call two things to your attention. The first is this excellent reported essay from yesterday's New York Times Magazine by Bob...
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The trials and tribulations of a general in Afghanistan
Check out CNAS adviser David Barno's piece in the Financial Times. "In the region, clocks are set to July 2011, a date widely believed to be the start of a rapid US withdrawa...
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Back in Pakistan
I just got back to Pakistan after a two month stay back in London that was initially only supposed to last two weeks. I've been catching up on the stack of newspapers that gre...
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This Weekend's News: Much About H20
When water is mentioned in several articles throughout the week, it is noticeable. It played major and minor roles in two different New York Times pieces yesterday, with a Bos...
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Two Quick Thoughts on Unrelated Topics
1. A CNN editor trying to express her admiration for Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah on Twitter is just silly. (The name and title alone are 42 characters!) One sho...
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Cancun Week: BASIC Meetings
The Copenhagen Conference, which took place last December, was billed as the conference where participant countries would nail down a legally binding agreement to succeed the ...
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The Real Afghanistan Debate
Having just finished a fantastic lunch of fried chicken and sweet tea at Champy's, I am now preparing to leave Chattanooga for Washington. Before I leave, though, I want to hi...
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Cancun Week: Can Congress Pass Climate Change Legislation?
Last week, President Obama met with a bi-partisan group of Senators about new legislation to address climate change and create a new energy policy for the United States, a mee...
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L'Affair Rolling Stan: The View from Beirut
Issandr sent me this picture, taken with his camera phone, from Librairie Antoine on Hamra Street in Beirut, figuring it would crack me up. It did. ...