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Drugs and Hizballah in Lebanon
You want to know the full story on yesterday's violence in the Bekaa? And the drug trade in Lebanon? And how Hizballah ties into it? I have been holding my tongue here on the ...
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It's all going off in the Bekaa...
Mexico is not the only state whose authority is being challenged by drug gangs. This has nothing to do with Hizballah, either. This is about Shia drug clans. Which is a phrase...
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A Conversation With David Kilcullen
For those who missed it......
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Yellow Shirts vs. Red Shirts
The ASEAN Summit in Bangkok has been shut down with mass protests and clashes between pro-government groups, supporters of the previous government, and the military/police for...
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Arguing the Budget (Continued) UPDATED
Last week, I gave some space on the blog to Tom Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute to raise concerns about the defense budget. This week, in addition to this op-ed ...
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The Regionalization of Hizballah
A few years back, folks were debating when Hizballah would finally become "Lebanonized" and confine their activities to the Lebanese political sphere. Between 2000 and 20005, ...
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On SOF and Piracy
One of the great things about this blog's readership is the readiness it displays to challenge me when topics drift into things about which I know less than a true subject mat...
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America! %$#@ Yeah!
Happy Easter indeed! (More to follow...) MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pi...
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"I give a fuck about your chai. I care about the mission."
Boy, here's the most depressing video you will see all week. On the ground with Marine trainers in Afghanistan. (Thanks, B.D.)...
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Pirates on Sunday
My CNAS colleague Bob Kaplan has an op-ed in the New York Times today on -- what else? Aargh! -- pirates. Bob thinks this running fiasco off the Horn of Africa doesn't reflect...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon discusses U.S.-Australian AllianceThe Center for a New American Security hosts an evening address by Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon on Thursday, April 9, 2009, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, in the Willar...
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Where is Steve Zissou When You Need Him?
Talks between U.S. officials and the pirates have broken down. A friend of mine has been asking whether or not we can send in the Navy SEAL Negotiating Team just yet. "I've ne...
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Next Generation Warfare and the Budget
David Cloud has a piece up on Politico on the way in which Sec. Gates is using the budget to prepare the military for what he sees as the conflicts of the future. The chances...
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War Games!
This is really funny. Until the end. When it's pretty sad....
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(A) Good Friday (Afternoon)
Man! Nagl's kid just snuck up on me here in my office. I'm really losing my edge if the sons of armor officers are catching me off-guard. That said, my excuse was that I was w...
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Arguing the Surge
I'm not sure I understand (Abu Muqawama reader) Michael Massing's review of The Gamble. Massing spends three pages taking Tom Ricks to task for writing a book about the surge ...
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Sexual Repression at the Heritage Foundation?
I had dinner with an old English Literature professor of mine last night (along with his English Literature professor wife), and while I'm not trying to get all Michel Foucaul...
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How to Worry About the Budget in Ten Easy Steps
Tom Donnelly, after chastising me for not keeping close enough tabs on "the international neo-conservative conspiracy," answered my call and pointed me to this piece in the We...
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Pirates vs. NinjasU.S. Navy
This is crazy. The New York Times is reporting that the U.S. Navy and the pirates are sending more ships to the standoff. The Guardian, meanwhile, has a helpful scorecard comp...
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On the original unconventional warfare...
I don't know why I bother reading Charles Krauthammer's columns on issues relating to international security. They are always filled with ridiculous lines such as:Having thus ...