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CNAS Next Generation National Security Leaders
CNAS has selected the 2009 class of Next Generation National Security Leaders. There were 450 (!) applicants for 24 slots, so apologies go out to the many fine candidates who ...
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In Defense of Scotland: NSFW
I saw two movies this weekend, actually: Inglourious Basterds and In The Loop. The latter is really funny political satire that will hit home for many of this blog's readers, ...
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The "Is Counterinsurgency Stifling the Debate?" Debate: Day One
One reader suspects some of this blog's readership is just frustrated with the direction in which our Afghanistan policy is headed: First, full disclosure: I'm staunchly again...
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On Major Publications on Natural Security: National Oil Companies and National Security
Natural security issues are gaining major traction in the media lately, most notably a cover feature on oil in Foreign Policy magazine and climate change taking the spotlight ...
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The "Is Counterinsurgency Stifling the Debate?" Debate: Day One, Part III
From a political science professor (and avid blog reader): No. No. And No. Or at least no more than having a policy inevitably means official Washington will back that poli...
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Announcing the "Is Counterinsurgency Stifling the Debate?" Debate
I am at my wit's end. I re-read this post from yesterday and have no idea how it used "Cheneyesque tactics to delegitimize dissent." Yet that's what one reader accuses me of d...
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What Every American Sould Know About Afghanistan in 1,000 Words*
Someone in Holbrooke's team has been speaking to the chief diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times, and the result is a news article that pretty much hits on most of th...
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Lt. Aldo Raine Would Sure As Hell Not Have Released al-Megrahi
Uh oh. The Scots-Irish and the Scots are falling out over terrorism. I don't even need to ask my relatives where they stand on this issue. The Megrahi affair has highlighted t...
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Nasty, Brutish, Short…and Wet?
Flying jet-skis, melted icecaps, a mutant sailor, and a cartographic tattoo can mean only one thing: it’s time to review Waterworld, the Oscar-nominated cinematic marvel out o...
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Debating Afghanistan Strategy and Politics
I sat in my office this morning, working, and listened to this debate between Josh Foust and Michael Cohen in the background. This is a good smart discussion between two intel...
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Iraq: The New Afghanistan
It's both the new "good war" and the new "forgotten war" [h/t A.S.]: ...
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The War in Afghanistan ... and Haggling
Robert Kagan dismisses this "war of necessity"/"war of choice" nonsense and then nails it: But there is a deeper reason, as well, for Obama to claim necessity in Afghanistan. ...
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Ramadan Kareem, Y'all
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Afghanistan: A war of choice? And what is the alternative?
Richard Haass writes: Wars of necessity must meet two tests. They involve, first, vital national interests and, second, a lack of viable alternatives to the use of military fo...
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News Roundup: New Energy in the Armed Services
In recent weeks a number of developments have been taking place within the armed services – in particular the Marine Corps and the Navy – to increase energy efficiency and dev...
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In Mexico, a Bad Moon Rising
For the past several months the American media has grown increasingly fascinated with Mexico, with widespread coverage of the swine flu outbreak in April and May as a top news...
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A Good Question
Spencer asks a good question. The elections are a huge security operation. But what happens after they end? What if there is widespread unrest following an election perceived ...
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The Wrong Man?
Damn. This blog has expressed its reservations about the choice of Chris Hill as ambassador in Iraq, but my CNASty colleague Bob Kaplan really goes after him here. He doesn't ...
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Congolese Minerals: Implications for U.S. National Security
Last week, Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shed fresh light on the exploitation of the country’s vast mineral resources whic...
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The Taliban's Strategy and the Elections
I wonder what the Taliban's strategy for these elections is. I am guessing it is one of highly calculated violence. Because I am pretty sure they do not want Abdullah Abdullah...