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Thorium and the Navy in the NDAA
As we have posted on this blog before, the Navy has long been researching greener technologies for its transportation needs, proposing everything from seawater-based fuels in ...
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Outrage in Germany, Resignation in Kunduz
Today's Washington Post has a fascinating pair of articles on the Kunduz bombing. The first details the way in which the Kunduz bombing has been received in Germany, while the...
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The Worst-Case Scenario
Before the Afghan elections, every assessment you could read and every opinion you could solicit from policy-makers was the same: the worst outcome of the Afghan elections wou...
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Ah, the E17... (updated)
Two years ago, Londonstani convinced me to move to the Baker's Arms in between Walthamstow and Leyton, East London, to study counter-terrorism and counter-isurgency. Today, tw...
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Yes, you did! You invaded Poland!
A rift has opened up between the Germans and the United States over what happened in Kunduz. Given how smug the Germans were about the job they had been doing in the north, th...
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Georg Klein (and the Bundeswehr) on the Carpet
Rajiv Chandrasekaran has been allowed access into ISAF's investigation of what happened in Kunduz: Instead of sending troops to the scene for an assessment of casualties -- as...
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What Abu Muqawama Is Reading This Weekend
I'll be reading LTG (ret.) Dubik's report on building security forces (.pdf). My mother, meanwhile -- who thinks you guys curse too much but once sent me off to war with the i...
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Kunduz: What It Means for NATO
Smart Afghanistan watchers -- like Joshua Foust and Gilles Dorronsoro -- have been worried about Kunduz Province, a province in northern Afghanistan with a signficant Pashtun ...
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Weekly News Roundup: Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements are the big theme this week. The New York Times focused much attention to China's ability to corner the market for rare earths. Some have accused it of art...
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Reading Old Magazines: “Environment and Security: The Clear Connections”
In medieval times, sieges were used to prevent an enemy from accessing fresh water, food and other supplies. Using the natural environment against foes has been a common warti...
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Veterans Applaud, Ladies Swoon
The Washington Post profiles veterans' advocate Matt Flavin: Flavin, director of the new White House Office of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy, is the administration's lia...
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The Obama Administration: MIA on Afghanistan?
So I was on the Newshour last night debating Afghanistan with a favorite of this blog and its readers, Andrew Bacevich. As readers of this blog know, I am uncomfortable when p...
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Before FM 3-24
Reading Grant's memoirs, it's hard -- even for a Southerner -- not to admire the cold-blooded competence of William Tecumseh Sherman. But then... What Sherman finally decided ...
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Beware of Climate Change Denialism: You’re the Target
I love my job. Not many scientists get to work with a Congressional staffer one day, a military expert the next, and a business exec the day after that. These are all smart, r...
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ISAF DNE USSR?
From The New Republic, erstwhile whipping boy of this blog's readership: We are now conducting a military operation completely different from the Red Army's stupidly brutal ap...
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Live Blog: DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen
The following is a live blog feed of the “DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable” with Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen. Admiral Allen – who blogs and tweets himself – will disc...
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On your mark ... get set ...
C'mon, I know you guys could care less about Democratic Party politics and are instead itching for a debate on whether or not we should be in Afghanistan in the first place. S...
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Help Abu Muqawama Understand U.S. Politics (Updated)
Since I'm new to this town and don't really understand (American) politics, could someone please explain to me why the White House fears growing opposition from the Left on Af...
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Live Blogging DOD's Press Conference on the Arctic, Today at 1500 EST
For our Natural Security Blog post today, Will Rogers will live blog at 3:00 p.m. EST the “DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable” with Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen. Admiral...
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Meanwhile, in Iraq...
Smart Iraq-watchers are a lot more worried by tensions in northern Iraq than by car bombs in Baghdad, which -- if we are to believe Nir Rosen (and I, for one, do) -- lack stra...