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Reading Old Magazines: Scarcity and Strategy
This week’s installment of “Reading Old Magazines” takes us to January 1978, with a Foreign Affairs piece called “Scarcity and Strategy” by Geoffrey Kemp. First, imagine a tim...
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007 he's not.
The incoming head of MI6 is exposed on Facebook. This would never happen to Judi Dench's "M."...
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Happy Independence Day
With Marvin Gaye, your celebration is just getting started... (Hat-tip to MV) ...
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Joe Biden, Iraq Envoy
So Vice Prez Biden is apparently President Obama's envoy to Iraq, possibly due to criticism that the administration hadn't been giving a lot of outward signs that Iraq remains...
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Quote of the Day, Afghanistan Edition
Overheard in Kabul: "And last but not least, we would like to thank our British friends for making today's festivities possible." Happy Fourth, everybody....
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Long, Hot Summer' Ahead For U.S. Troops In Iraq
CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks discussed the withdrawl of U.S. troops and the future of U.S. military engagement in Iraq with NPR's David Greene. "I think this summer will be a ...
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Bacevich Award Presentation and Closing Remarks by CNAS COO Nate Fick - June 11 Transcript
Dr. Andrew Bacevich, Sharon Burke and John Nagl present the 2009 Bacevich Fellowship award to Christine Parthemore in this audio recording from the third annual CNAS Conferenc...
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Welcoming Remarks by The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig - June 11 Transcript
CNAS Chairman of the Board The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig delivered the welcoming remarks at the CNAS third annual conference "Striking a Balance: A New American Security."...
By Richard Danzig
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Marines on the move in Afghanistan
Chandrasekaran reports on the ongoing Marine operations in Helmand province. I suppose it shouldn't be a surprise, but I found this troubling: "The Marines have also been vex...
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More on Sri Lankan Counterinsurgency
The well-traveled Bob Kaplan weighs in: "Clearly, then, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps should be studying the Sri Lankan civil war for valuable lessons about how to win a coun...
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How not to be a counterterrorism expert
Methinks Michael Scheuer went a teensy bit too far here...Is it just me, or does he look and sound increasingly like bin Laden himself?...
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In the Niger Delta, Gazprom Joins the Fray
Last week Russian gas giant Gazprom and the state-operated Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) agreed to a $2.5 billion joint venture, rather obtusely named NiGaz, ...
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How Raise Tribal Cavalry in Afghanistan
Drop your COIN manuals! Here are some more lessons we can learn from 19th-century Brits. The link to the original text is there too. Money quote (from page 10-11): "Now no m...
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Centcom Update - General David H. Petraeus Slides from June 11
General David H. Petraeus delivered the morning keynote address at the Center for a New American Security's third annual conference, "Striking a Balance: A New American Securi...
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Repeating Mistakes?
Here's Bob Woodward recounting NSA James Jones' visit to Afghanistan: "National Security Adviser James L. Jones told U.S. military commanders here last week that the Obama adm...
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Iraq Roundup
Lots of stuff on the U.S. pullout from Iraqi cities today. The reactions of Iraqis serve as a sobering reminder to us Americans that Iraqis see things quite a bit differently...
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For DOD, Robots Tomorrow Requires New Strategy Today
Whether it’s the next generation of the PackBot, MedBot or Predator drone, there is little doubt that military robotics will grow exponentially over the next several decades a...
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Natural Security Issues on the Hill
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), but not without considerabl...
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Learning to Eat Soup with a Spork: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Sri Lanka?
As I sort through my pile of vacation emails, I found this op-ed that my colleague MZ passed along last week. I don't know much about Sri Lanka, but I remember some of our re...
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Insecure about Iraq
One of our regular blog readers requested some discussion of the recent spate of bombings in Iraq and the implications for the U.S. pullout from Iraqi cities set for June 30 (...