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Three Books on Afghanistan
It's important to be honest about what we do not know. As many of you are aware, I have an academic background in the language, cultures, politics and history of the Arabic-sp...
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5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Peter Maass
Yesterday I had a great phone conversation with Peter Maass. I reviewed his new book Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil for the blog last week, and he was kind enough to...
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News Update
Politico is reporting this morning on a $3 million dollar earmark to bring the rare earth mine at Mountain Pass, California back into full production. The mine, managed by Mol...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Panel Discussion at "China's Arrival: The Long March to Global Power" - VideoThe Honorable Patrick Cronin, Dr. Michael Green, Robert Kaplan, and Abe Denmark discuss the release of the CNAS report China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Rela...
By Michael Green, Patrick M. Cronin & Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Keynote Address by Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg at China's Arrival: The Long March to Global PowerDeputy Secretary of State James Steinberg delivered the keynote address at the release of the CNAS report China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship....
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Pakistan Dispatch - Undercover in Islamabad
Londonstani has decamped to Pakistan for the coming weeks (and possibly months). Although, his assignment this time doesn't involve news reporting or undercover investigative ...
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Sampler to UNAMA?
I read on Laura Rozen's blog that Larry Sampler is in line to replace Peter Galbraith in UNAMA. Discussion of Galbraith and his controversial exit aside, I think the world of ...
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Echoes of domino theory
Not to be outdone by AM on the traveling front, Londonstani has spent the best part of 24 hours on planes flying around the Middle East. And, the one good thing about travelli...
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Minerals and Security: Issues and Sources
With the help of Spencer Ackerman giving a nod to our use of music video to add a small glimmer of personality to the Natural Security Blog on what could have been a rather ru...
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How to Win in Afghanistan
Some tips, from Sunday's New York Times, from 10 smart people and one blogger....
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The echos of Afghanistan
British politicians are fond of telling the public that fighting in Afghanistan prevents bombs going off at home. Considering that more than half the population wants the army...
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CNAS Global Domination Extends to Softball
I head back from Israel today and will no doubt arrive to email inboxes filled with unread messages. I will also return, though, to the home of the 2009 Think Tank Softball Le...
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I don't know how to say this [in Hebrew], but I'm kind of a big deal [on the internet].
I'm blogging from Terminal Three in Ben Gurion Airport, where I left myself plenty of time to get through all the security checkpoints. The first time I visited Israel, in Dec...
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CNAS President John Nagl's Interview on "Obama's War"
October 2, 2009 - CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum is interviewed on the upcoming PBS FRONTLINE documentary "Obama's War." The full documentary will air October 13. Download the full t...
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CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum's Interview on "Obama's War"
October 2, 2009 - CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum is interviewed on the upcoming PBS FRONTLINE documentary "Obama's War." The full documentary will air October 13. Download the full t...
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Exum and Yon on Afghanistan
A friend from Chattanooga pointed out that an interview with me has been published on the PBS website. If any of you were curious as to my thoughts on Afghanistan and counteri...
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Weekly News Roundup: Food Security - the Other Headline
This week some of the most prominent natural security news focused on the much-anticipated release of climate legislation by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA...
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Why Normal Americans Hate Washington, D.C., Part MMCIII
From the Washington Post: One senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting, said, "A lot of assumptions -- and I don't want to...
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A Lesson in How to Make Stan McChrystal Uncomfortable
Flight Lieutenant Victoria Anderton, step right up. [Watch McChrystal's full remarks here.]...
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Frontline in Afghanistan
A reader alerted me to the fact that I am in this PBS Frontline feature on Afghanistan. If you do not know the work of Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith, you should, because th...