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Travel Blog: CNASers in Hawaii
When we travel, we like to compare what we learn about the effects of climate change to a great report on regional effects that the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP...
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Ian Fisher: American Soldier
Great, great photoessay following a soldier through two years in the U.S. Army from enlistment to return from Iraq. (h/t AS)...
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"There is no Phase IV in thermonuclear war."
This has nothing to do with counterinsurgency, but neither do most of the products we produce at CNAS, so I'll direct your attention to our new report on negotiating with the ...
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COIN Conference at SAIS
I'll be out of town, but this is very much worth attending, if only to heckle Brimley about his cave etchings and why he hasn't gotten off his butt and finished the QDR yet. S...
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His last lonely walk
A reader spotted this great feature article on the life and death of a bomb disposal expert in Helmand. Olaf "Oz" Schmid, we salute you. Update: And what an incredibly strong ...
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Obama, sign her up!
I saw this video while following the Guardian's minute-by-minute report on Manchester United and Chelsea. However many troops the president authorizes for Afghanistan, I want ...
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Um... Asia?
Ross Douthat is upset President Obama did not schedule a visit to Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall: There will be speeches and celebrations to mark this anniv...
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He Who Shall Not Be Fact-Checked
Hey, look, everybody, Seymour Hersh has another article for the New Yorker. In this one, people told him a bunch of stuff, and him not wanting to make people feel bad, he went...
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Boats, Not Bombs: Going Nuclear Without Getting MAD
The future of nuclear power is under debate in a variety of forums, with some proponents arguing that nuclear energy provides a greenhouse-free alternative to coal, and oppone...
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The Return
The New York Times has an op-ed today that both my boss and my mother will send to me if I am not quick enough to blog it. WASHED onto the shores of his island home, after 10 ...
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Pakistan Dispatch: Hearts and Minds
Posting will be sparse over the next few days as Londonstani is playing host to the potential future Mrs. Londonstani (who is presently just known as Ms. Henley-on-Thames). So...
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Two on the Afghanistan Debate
Two things on Afghanistan worth working through this weekend. The first is Spencer's long and good feature on the Afghanistan debate here in Washington, and the second is a sp...
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Book Club: A Special Abu Muqawama Interview with David Ucko
David Ucko is a friend of the blog and the author of a new book on the efforts made by the U.S. military to transform itself to meet the operational challenges of Iraq and Afg...
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Weekly News Roundup: Water Security
Countries all over the world are beginning to feel the impacts of water security in its many forms. Yemen has become a prime example of what happens when water mismanagement, ...
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Holy cow...
Not good. That sniper at Bragg in 1995 only killed one, I think: FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- The U.S. Army has closed its massive Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, amid reports that...
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Look, Ron! I'm riding a furry tractor!
I'll be highlighting some very thought-provoking alternatives to population-centric counterinsurgency in Afghanistan over the next few days. But first, I want to ask a questio...
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Finishing Firefights
My friend Owen West sent me this great video showing some good combat footage from his father that helps to explain how difficult it is to close with and engage the enemy in A...
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While you weren't looking...
Aside from being a great Caitlin Cary album, that phrase is as good a way as any to break the news that Saudi Arabia is now bombing Yemen. The Saudi air force has bombed stro...
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Reading Old Magazines: Mineral Myths
My colleague Mike pointed me in the direction of this post by Stephen Walt, which considers strategic minerals on a Halloween list of “overblown threats, dubious nightmares, a...
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Pakistan Dispatch: The blame game
A few people have been wondering about what Pakistanis make of the recent attacks that have taken place all around the north of the country. Londonstani has been travelling ar...