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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 (...
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Technology & National Security
Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy - VideoThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS), in partnership with Google, hosted a panel of six experts from the government and the private sector who offered their perspecti...
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Natural Security in the News: Spotlight Iraq and Afghanistan
This week’s news roundup takes us to U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, the government is beginning to be forced to deal with issues related to its natural reso...
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In Iraq, Water is Central to Any Population-Centric Strategy
In Tuesday’s edition of The Independent, Patrick Cockburn shares his observations on the outlook for Iraq in the coming year, taking a rather dismal view of the country’s futu...
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What we should really be worried about...
Apologies for the delay in posting new stuff, but I'm currently on vacation at my beloved childhood home in America's Finest City. The gorgeous weather, fantastic surfing, an...
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Securing Afghanistan, American Midwest Style
Last week, we featured a Washington Post article on the critical task of revitalizing Afghanistan’s agricultural economy. Well, the battle continues, and McClatchy reports th...
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Traditional Propaganda
There is something disturbingly reassuring in watching real honest-to-goodness traditional propaganda. It gives you a false sense of superiority, in a sort of twisted way, to ...