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Counterinsurgency Under the Microscope
I am about to board a plane this afternoon that will take me to East Tennessee and a week or so spent with friends and family. I’ll be visiting friends in Memphis and Nashvill...
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This Weekend’s News: Has the Ocean Lost its Way?
Beyond the coverage and commentary on General McCrystal’s dismissal, this weekend’s news had a heavy focus on the ocean’s seafood stocks. Yep, that’s right. Both the Times and...
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Another Good Event that We Left Off the List
We missed this in today's blog post, but I recommend it for all you minerals nerds out there."Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade" at CAP, June 29, 2010, 12:00pm – 1:30pm. Spea...
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Beers on the Table: Journalists and the Public Figures They Cover (Updated)
Now that Gen. McChrystal is gone and consensus has formed that Preisdent Obama was well within his rights to have fired him, it's worth going back and looking anew at the Roll...
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Gary Faulkner, Bin Laden Hunter
Well. This is simply awesome. Many thanks to the crew at CNAS for posting this while I was in Denver....
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McChrystal as Cantona
I challenged the folks who follow my Twitter feed to come up with a proper sports analogy for Stan McChrystal. We were trying to think of a brilliant athlete who had a meltdow...
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McChrystal Out, Petraeus In
I arrived in Vail, Colorado this afternoon to digest the news from Washington -- which I did during a trail run up Riva Ridge, getting in touch with my 10th Mountain Division ...
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Iran & the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Alex and I were both out at a thing Wednesday evening so we’re going to take it easy today and just give you all a little food for thought. I’ll call it my Ode to Will since h...
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Read This Now: National Geographic
I recommend that if you're in an airport or have spare time to read whilst enduring the summer heat (or time at your desk to read it online), you should pick up the June Natio...
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Beyond First-Generation Biofuels
Meet Alex Stark, our new research intern. We sent her to an event yesterday, and she felt inspired to recap it as her very first post for the blog. She is a recent graduate of...
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Rolling Stone
No, I have not read the Rolling Stone article on Gen. McChrystal. Yes, I was interviewed for it, but I don't think I said anything of consequence. The reporter was Michael Has...
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The narrative that wasn't there
Pakistani 1: "Western countries are trying to destroy Islam. They fear us more than the Chinese. We are the only people who have a system that challenges theirs. They know the...
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On Projections
Yesterday über-officemate Commander Herb Carmen sent us this Robert Samuelson column from yesterday’s Washington Post, which I had until that point missed. Samuelson provides ...
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Firing McChrystal: Weighing the Risks
I have been struck by the degree to which a lot of smart friends are in disagreement about what should be done about l'Affair Rolling Stan. In some ways, the argument about wh...
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To Talk or Walk in Afghanistan - Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles
Amongst the furore generated by Gen. McChrystal's slagging off of his bosses and colleagues in Rolling Stone Magazine, everyone seems to have missed the fact that Britain's hi...
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Three Options for the President
Something very, very positive happened today in Washington, DC. Senior Republican legislators, to include Sen. John McCain, and Bush Administration national security specialis...
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CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Introduction and Opening Remarks
CNAS Chairman of the Board Richard Danzig and Board member Leo Mackay open the CNAS fourth annual conference with brief remarks on the organization’s history and current work....
By Richard Danzig
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Future of the ForceTom Ricks moderates a panel that examines how the U.S. military will evolve in light of current needs and future constraints. The panel included noted experts such as SOCOM co...
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CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Beyond Afghanistan
Former ISAF commander LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) moderated a the second panel of the CNAS fourth annual conference. The panel was designed to brief the President on the state...
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CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Bacevich Fellowship Award
CNAS President John Nagl presents Brian Burton as the fourth Bacevich Fellow, a fellowship created in the memory of 1st Lieutenant Andrew Bacevich, son of Boston University Pr...
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