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Spotlight on the Hill: the Senate Climate Bill
As we near the December conference in Copenhagen, we are starting to see a flurry of activity around climate change in the United States. Yesterday, the Senate began to debate...
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Putting Matthew Hoh in Context ... and Asking Hard Questions of the Washington Post
A great American, sure, but a reader noticed this important comment posted by "gadstian" on the Washington Post's website at 11:50 yesterday morning. I am very disturbed by th...
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The Most Important Article on Afghanistan You'll Read This Week
Why, you ask? Because if this is true, and if the CIA is empowering Ahmed Wali Karzai at the same time in which NATO/ISAF is saying abusive local power-brokers are a threat to...
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If we've lost The Onion...
...have we lost America? (Warning: clicking on this link will lead you to genius.)...
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Two Things That Annoy Me
1. Yes, it might be true that NATO and Afghan troops outnumber insurgents 12-1. This is as irrelevant a statistic in guerrilla warfare as enemy body count. The only things wor...
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Where "rural" is too "urban"
When passing through Zabul Province this past summer, I got a brief from a smart U.S. Army officer with whom I had served in the 10th Mountain Division. Over the course of the...
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The Cloak, Dagger, and Climate Science
Back in September we highlighted the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) plan to launch a new agency apparatus dedicated to studying the implications of climate change on U.S....
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“Strategic” or “Critical?” Actually, Just Confusing
One of my recent posts mildly chastised an author for not strictly defining the difference between “strategic” and “critical” minerals. But as I looked further into language a...
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Crashing
While it is true I am still heartbroken from this weekend's loss, I am also crashing on a writing assignment and thus not posting much today. I have a lot of links I am going ...
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The Predator War
CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum discusses the risks of using predator drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan in a report by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker. "We're not saying drones are not ...
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In Afghanistan, Training Up Is Hard To Do
October 24, 2009 - CNAS President John Nagl discusses the importance of training the Afghan security force with National Journal. "If we are going to depart Afghanistan, the o...
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Trading Up in the Taiwan Strait
In the year and a half since President Ma Ying-jeou took office in Taipei, the world has witnessed an unprecedented rapprochement between China and Taiwan. The two sides have ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pakistan Dispatch: Bombs and see-saws
Newspapers reported today that the F8 incident reported with much ensuing panic yesterday was a hoax. However, it wasn't long before the small sense of relief was overshadowed...
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Afghanistan, Big and Small
Thom is probably right that the broad support a counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan enjoys among NATO defense ministers adds a little pressure on the president and his a...
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Photo of the Week: Because No One Should Read Too Much on Friday
This is a piece of cassiterite, the most common tin ore in the world today. Though this sample comes from a mine in Alaska, cassiterite is mined all over the world, including ...
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Londonstani: Media Star
Hahaha, I'm starting to get media requests via my CNAS email account for Londonstani, which is hilarious if understandable given the quality of his dispatches. I know you guys...
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Weekly News Roundup: China’s Balance between Energy Security and Climate Cooperation
China has been pursuing a dual policy of energy security and climate change leadership. Several news reports this week chronicle China’s attempts to move forward aggressively ...
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Ricks on Wanat
Abe and I are in the office marvelling at Tom Ricks on Fareed Zakaria's show. "Tom's wearing a tie?" "And I think his hair is combed!" The helicopter footage at the beginning ...
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Pakistan Dispatch: Islamabad attacks pt2
This post follows on from the earlier information about the attacks today in Islamabad: Three attacks in three days in the Pakistani capital as the Waziristan operation goes o...
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The Iraqi Oil and Gas Framework: Some Background
I’ve heard a lot about Iraqi oil and the important role this resource plays in international politics, but I’ve never been clear about exactly what the Iraqi oil laws were. If...