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Really?
Did Tom Ricks really just describe David Kilcullen as "the Crocodile Dundee of counterinsurgency" on NPR? Because everyone knows Dave is the Shane Warne of counterinsurgency. ...
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The F-22 as Stimulus
Those of you who still read the paper copy of the Washington Post in the morning could not have helped but notice the full-page color advertisement for the F-22 in today's fro...
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The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
February 10, 2009 - In his new book out in stores February 10, CNAS Senior Fellow Thomas E. Ricks documents the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005. Using hundreds of...
By Michael J Zubrow & Thomas E. Ricks
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Imagine 400 Abu Muqawamas
Look, this is all well and good, but before you start filling the ranks of our nation's officer corps with smart-ass Ivy Leaguers, I suggest you check with some of my former c...
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An Open Letter to Tom Ricks
Dear Tom, Stop saying the surge worked militarily but failed politically. If it failed politically, it failed militarily. A better way of expressing what I think you are tryin...
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Waltz (Not Kenneth)
Yesterday, I went to see Waltz with Bashir. It was, as expected, pretty amazing. The entire audience stayed in their seats at the end to watch the credits. I myself had troubl...
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Tone? A question for the readership.
Anyone who has read what I write in print about defense policy knows that it's pretty bland and serious. (Examples are here and here and here.) The way I blog, by contrast, is...
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Roundtable on Afghanistan: Panelist David Kilcullen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Roundtable on Afghanistan February 5, 2009 - SEN. KERRY: Well, this first roundtable of the round-rectangular table of the Foreign Relations...
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Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Hooray, contractors! Remember, kids: the free market is always more efficient than a government agency. So it's a good thing we out-sourced the most important national foreign...
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Gian Gentile versus Abu Muqawama, Round 582
I assume most of you have seen Gian Gentile's latest piece, in Foreign Policy. He takes a series of statements regarding defense policy and then offers a short argument in fav...
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The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power
With a historian's sweep, the unparalleled access of a New York Times White House correspondent and an ability to explain complex dilemmas in a gripping narrative, Sanger&...
By David Sanger
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Abu Muqawama will be named PDAS for trash-talking tomorrow
The appointment of Michèle Flournoy, while expected, is key. Seriously, can you believe that once upon a time, Doug Feith held this position?Subject: President-elect Obama ann...
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Abu Muqawama for War Czar!
The following is an honest-to-goodness conversation that just took place between me and my mother in her kitchen: "Mom, do you think gays have the right to be angry with Obama...
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David Kilcullen Participates in Panel on The 2008 Mumbai Attacks
On December 4, 2008, CNAS Senior Fellow David Kilcullen participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Counterterrorism Blog on the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In addition to Dr. K...
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Book Discussion & Reception: Difficult Transitions
On November 13, 2008, CNAS hosted an evening discussion and reception featuring an important new book by Kurt M. Campbell and James B. Steinberg. Difficult Transitions: Forei...
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America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11
When the Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989—signaling the end of the Cold War—America and the West declared victory: Democracy and free markets had prevailed and the Un...
By Derek Chollet
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Press Briefing on Afghanistan with CNAS Experts Transcript
CNAS Fellows Nathaniel Fick and Vikram Singh on their recent trip to Afghanistan where they visited Kabul, Kandahar, Ghazni, Panjshir, Nangarhar, Kapisa, Parwan, and Paktika p...
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Some More Thoughts on India vs Pakistan--Kabul edition?
Picking up on Charlie’s post from yesterday, Troy would like to add a few quick thoughts about India and Pakistan in Afghanistan. One can make an argument that an attack on th...
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India vs Pakistan--Kabul edition?
Charlie was reading through this morning's coverage of the massive suicide bombing at the Indian Embassy in Kabul, when she came across this in the NYT: The fact that the Ind...
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Abu Abed Falls -- Will the SoIs Follow? (Updated)
Very interesting piece by Ned Parker in the LAT on the rise and fall of Sons of Iraq (SoI) superstar Abu Abed (the guy on the far right in the picture above). Abu Abed came to...