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The State of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Last week the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its decision to award the first company to receive government funding in support of commercializing Small Modular Reactors (...
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Beijing Pushes the Diplomatic Envelop on South China Sea Dispute
Territorial claims over the South China Sea took an interesting turn last week. According to a report from Reuters, China’s new passports have raised the eyebrows of several...
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CIA Shutters Climate Center, But Continues its Work
Annie Snider of Greenwire confirmed on Monday that after more than three years the CIA has closed its Center for Climate Change and National Security, the office responsible f...
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World is on a Path to 4 degree Celsius Warming, World Bank Warns
On Sunday, the World Bank released a study – Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4⁰C Warmer World Must Be Avoided – that says the world is on a path to increase the average global tempe...
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Hark! The American Energy Revolution…and What to Watch For
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published its new World Energy Outlook on Monday, projecting the United States to become the world’s largest oil producer as early as 202...
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Natural Security News: Post-Election Edition
The ballots have been cast, the votes are in and the pundits are exhausted. While the world consumes the election results, we’ll take a break from our normal post today to hig...
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Sanctions Take Toll on Iran’s Influence in the Global Oil Market
Yesterday, Iran’s Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi told an audience at the World Energy Forum in Dubai that the Iranian government would halt all of its oil exports if the United St...
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In a Foreign Policy Debate, Attention Should be Given to Climate Change
Tonight is the third and final presidential debate, and it will focus exclusively on foreign policy. Viewers can expect to see significant attention given to Afghanistan, Chin...
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Science to the Rescue: Synthetic Genomics and the Road to Commercial Biofuels
One of the knocks against advanced algae biofuels is that they are not cost competitive with conventional petroleum – which is true. But science may eventually offer a way ar...
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Urbanization, the Environment and Biosecurity
Over the summer, Nancy Brune and I contributed to the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 blog, a forum to discuss a range of issues ahead of the NIC’s forthcom...
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Reminder: Election 2012 Event on Wednesday
We are still on holiday and won’t be posting any new content to the blog today. But we did want to remind our readers that on Wednesday, October 10, CNAS will hold its final E...
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Water Security Takes Center Stage at UN Meeting
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in a roundtable on water security while visiting the United Nations in New York, raising the security profile...
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Is Russia’s Geopolitical Influence Waning in the Wake of the Shale Gas Boom?
The Washington Post published a must-read report this morning on the decline of Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned natural gas company. Gazprom has long been Moscow’s instrument of...
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Sentries in the Sky: Using Space Technologies for Disaster Response
Yesterday, CNAS released a new policy brief exploring how the United States can make better use of space technologies to improve disaster warning and response. Sentries in the...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How to Neutralize Energy Competition in the South China SeaThis post originally appeared on the Choke Points blog at Consumer Energy Report.com on September 11, 2012. During her visit to the Asia Pacific last week, Secretary of State ...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sec. Clinton Urges Countries to "Literally Calm the Water" in South China SeaAll eyes are on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her visit to the Asia Pacific this week. On Tuesday, Secretary Clinton met with officials of the Association of S...
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Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day everyone! We are taking a brief holiday at the Natural Security blog and wish you all a restful day before the beginning of a busy fall. ...
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In Memoriam: Astronaut Neil Armstrong
“By the yardstick of history, Neil Armstrong was among the most accomplished men ever to walk on the planet that he looked upon from afar one magical week in July 1969.” The A...
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In East China Sea, Tensions Run Deep
The New York Times published a report this morning differentiating between the underlying issues driving competition in the East and South China Seas. As readers of this blog ...
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U.S. Officials Put Pressure on Iraqi Bank with Illicit Ties to Iran
In July, the Obama administration barred Iraq’s Elaf Islamic Bank from doing business with the U.S. banking system due to alleged ties to illegal financial transactions with I...