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No
I simply do not think this claim that Lebanese Hizballah is on the ground in Tehran cracking skulls to be credible. In many domestic conflagrations, outside interferrence is a...
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Anyone else noticed that the editor in chief of the New York Times has been reporting from Tehran?
Is this good, or should he be back in New York trying to lose less money this quarter?...
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COIN for Dummies, Written by Dummies
Asad Durrani, the former chief of the ISI in Pakistan, explains counterinsurgency warfare to his countrymen in this article. You, dear readers, probably did not know that COIN...
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What Kind of Blog is this?
One of the hardest tasks for a think tank is deciding what not to publish. The CNAS Natural Security Program is a project apart, however, and that’s why we thought this blog w...
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The debate over drones is getting serious...
The Onion is now weighing in....
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FATA Follies?
For a moment there, I was excited by the possibility that the Pakistani Army might consolidate its gains in the Swat Valley and try a little of the "hold" and "build" phases o...
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On Technology and Revolution (updated)
Today's Washington Post had a really interesting op-ed by two U.S. pollsters: Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad w...
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DOD on Energy: Model FOBs to Model Cities?
Some of DOD’s most interesting advanced research and development projects have focused on incorporating various energy technologies into a fully operational system – a “Net Ze...
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The MSM Strikes Back
Hey, you know who is doing a good job covering the events in Iran? The digital Gray Lady, along with Bobby Worth and Nazila Fathi on the ground in Tehran. Just trying to give ...
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Abu Muqawama and the Zionist Conspiracy
Through the divine miracle that is the internets machine, I have found the greatest blog ever. Please go visit this site and help this clown's hit count so he'll continue blog...
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Caption Contest: Backstage at CNASapalooza '09
I have absolutely no idea what I am saying here. Feel free to guess in the comments thread. ...
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Or the Starbucks
This video filled every DC resident's inbox at work on Friday. It will hit home for a sizeable portion of this blog's readership....
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Schmidle on Swat
Man, does Nick Schmidle ever talk a lot of sober-minded sense in today's Washington Post: In some ways, Swat and South Waziristan today are like Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003: ...
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Jimmy Carter on Jeff Feltman
From my friend Josh Hersh, in the New Yorker: Perhaps the only thing Carter hadn’t found time for, of late, was an epic e-mail from Jeffrey Feltman, the State Department’s env...
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Hard Questions About CyberCommand
In the Washington Post: "This whole notion of being global means we have to work collaboratively with other countries," said Suzanne Spaulding, a former CIA assistant general ...
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Abu Muqawama Has Nothing to Say About the Iranian Elections
I'm not going to lie: any regional expertise I might have picked up over the years stops at the Shatt al-Arab and only begins again once you hit Herat. Readers, list your favo...
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Sois belle et ... respecte les femmes?
Anna on the sexist undercurrent of the Lebanese elections......
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Charity Call
Attention, DC area residents: Thirty tickets remain at the door for tonight's casino night raising money for the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund. Fun times will be had by all but...
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Whew...
Well, that was exhausting. I am still recovering from the CNAS annual conference, but I wanted to thank all of the readers who walked up and introduced themselves yesterday. T...
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Natural Security - June 11 Transcript
The full transcript of the panel "Natural Security" from the June 11, 2009, conference is available here. Panelists include (reflects speaking order): The Honorable John Warne...