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Sua Sponte
Also this morning, let me offer a hearty congratulations to SFC Leroy Arthur Petry of HHC, 75th Ranger Regiment. SFC Petry will receive the Medal of Honor for heroic actions i...
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Smarter
I beat up on the House yesterday, so let me give credit where it is due today: WASHINGTON (AP) — A House of Representatives panel presented on Tuesday a $649 billion defense s...
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Read This Now: America’s Climate Choices
While we are gearing up for our Fifth Annual Conference tomorrow, I thought this would be a great opportunity to point out the latest report from the National Academies of Sci...
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2011 CNAS Conference
On Thursday Today, CNAS hosts its fifth annual conference, which you can watch here. I'll be participating in a panel on internet freedom and the Middle East with Richard Font...
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This Weekend’s News: Still Lost in Translation?
There were several natural security-related news stories this weekend, including this announcement from Germany yesterday that the government will end its nuclear power progra...
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Walter Pincus 1, HASC 0
Walter Pincus is approximately 187 years old, but he is still one of my favorite reporters working for stories like this one. When is an earmark not an earmark? It’s when Ho...
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For the Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the ...
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Campaign Design and Strategy in Libya
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama has subtly shifted Washington’s public explanation of its goals in Libya, declaring now that he wants to assure the Lib...
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Energy Security: The Key to Strengthening U.S.-Israeli Relations?
The atmosphere between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been noticeably tense since President Obama delivered his Middle East speech last Thur...
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The Arab Spring Makes Hypocrites of All of Us, Apparently
"We call on all Syrians to preserve their country as well as the ruling regime, a regime of resistance, and to give their leaders a chance to cooperate with all Syria's commun...
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Direct-Action Special Operations, Explained in Brief
While waiting in Logan Airport at o-dark-thirty for a flight back to Washington on Monday, I typed out a brief explanation of the risks and rewards of direct-action special op...
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A Glimmer of Cooperation in the South China Sea
Last night, Christine emailed me this story from the China Daily reporting that China has proposed a tsunami warning system that would link vulnerable countries in the South C...
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Beyond Afghanistan
LTG (Ret.) David Barno, Matt Irvine and I have published a new report (.pdf) with the Center for a New American Security that attempts to identify the components of a successf...
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The Mekong River: Cooperation or Competition in Southeast Asia?
Christine is in Asia this week to conduct research for the South China Sea project the Natural Security team is working on with some of our CNAS colleagues. One place she’ll b...
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Why This Blog Avoids Israel and the Palestinians
Here you have it, gang. This is why most people choose to simply leave any and all discussion of Israel and the Palestinians to the extremists and crazies. Because if I were t...
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This Weekend’s News: No Trespassing
If I had to pick one news story that stood out to me this weekend, it would have to be this piece from the Sunday Washington Post reporting on the growing domestic backlash to...
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Nang vs. Qalang in Eastern Afghanistan & More
I'm off to a wedding this weekend, but here's some stuff to start a few discussions in the comments while I am gone. 1. Doug Ollivant knows more about counterinsurgency than a...
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From the Dept. of Shameless Self-Promotion
For the first and no doubt last time, I'm on the New York Times Best Sellers List (#24) as a contributor to the e-book Beyond Bin Laden: America and the Future of Terror. Man...
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Previewing the President's Middle East Speech (With Live Blogging and Reactions to Follow)
Ahhh, I remember the last time the president addressed the nation. Remember that? The whole "I have ordered Navy SEALs to track down and shoot Osama bin Laden in the head" add...
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Weathering Friendly Competition in the High North
One of the reasons we host the Natural Security blog is to have a venue to quickly share material that’s related to our work. And, of course, the purpose of the Natural Securi...