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Priorities
If today goes as planned, I will be sleeping in a refuge high in the Italian Alps when the president gives his address on Afghanistan tonight. So please go elsewhere, includin...
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Recapping the UN Bonn Climate Talks
Introducing Kiernan Veith! Kiernan was a student delegate from DePaul University to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) COP-15 conference in Cope...
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Blast from the Past: Will the Sun Take Down the Electric Grid?
This morning, The Washington Post ran a headline that seemed all too familiar: “As the sun awakens, the power grid stands vulnerable.” Indeed, the sun’s increased solar activi...
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This Weekend’s News: Changing Attitudes about Water
Water scarcity is a global challenge, one that affects nations of all stripes, regardless of economic or political vitality. From water scarcity in Yemen and Iraq, to skirmish...
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It's War!
I'm no lawyer, I'll admit, but I do know thing or two about shooting wars, having been in a few and having studied others, and the conflict in which we have intervened in Liby...
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Read this Now: “Energy for the Warfighter: Operational Energy Strategy”
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense released its operational energy strategy. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs Sharon Burke, former v...
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Traveling
I will be traveling for the next few weeks, attending weddings, climbing, and generally not spending much time working. Here's a question to keep you busy while I'm gone: Assu...
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5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Jennifer Sciubba
Christine recently spoke with Jennifer Sciubba, a professor at Rhodes College and author of The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security. Here’s what the two disc...
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One Poem = One Year in Jail
I understand the nuances of the Obama Administration's position on Bahrain. I really do. But would you place bets on the stability of a regime so insecure it jails a woman one...
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New Blog on Our Radar: Resources and the Changing Middle East
It’s not often that new blogs come online that so directly focus on what we at CNAS call “natural security” issues. But it’s happened. We bloggers here suddenly feel a little ...
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Reconciliation and Transition in Afghanistan
One down, one to go. The event this morning (.pdf) with Dave, Rangina, Wazhma and Elizabeth was great -- many thanks to the Institute for Inclusive Security for the invitation...
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This Weekend's News: South China Sea Resources and Beyond
The first thing you need to see if you missed this weekend's news is this Mike Luckovich cartoon. Amazing. You all know by now that tensions between China and Vietnam began r...
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Sunday
1. I will be participating in two events tomorrow on reconciliation in Afghanistan. I am not really a specialist on the subject as it pertains to Afghanistan when compared wit...
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DOD Energy Legislation Galore!
Upon catching up on my email and RSS now that I’m back in D.C., I realize that I missed quite a lot of activity in the DOD energy realm. True (sad?) story: while abroad I hear...
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Travel Blog: Vietnam
A few days back I returned from a great research trip to Vietnam as part of our South China Sea project here at CNAS. My interviews and conversations were fabulous and extreme...
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China's Droughts and Floods
Two weeks back I was in Beijing and Shanghai to nerd out on maritime security issues with some great thinkers from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and, obviously, China...
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6 June 1944 and all that
Today is the 67th anniversary of "Goddammit, Rangers, Lead the Way." If you are able, and especially if you are a youngish man thinking of trying your hand at Rangering, watch...
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This Weekend’s News: The Spoiling in a Warming World
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a lengthy story on how climate change is affecting global food production, with consequences that cut across the full spectrum of society, fr...
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War and the TCN
First off, many thanks to those of you who either attended yesterday's conference or followed proceedings on our website or via Twitter. I will be sure to post the conference ...
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Join Us Today for Our Fifth Annual Conference
We are at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in downtown Washington, DC today for our Fifth Annual Conference. This is always a great time of the year as it is an opportunity ...