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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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Betting Against a Drone Arms Race
Bold predictions of a coming drones arms race are all the rage since the uptake in their deployment under the Obama Administration. Noel Sharkey, for example, argues in an Aug...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Politics in Play in the South China SeaWhile the potential reserves of oil and natural gas are important drivers of Beijing’s assertive behavior in the South China Sea, access to the sea's energy resources is not t...
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Airpower, Special Operations, and Paramilitary Support
Wondering how the Afghanistan-Libya-Syria? template of air power, special operations forces, and native forces got going? Simon Anglim, author of a wonderful new book on Orde ...
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CNOOC a Key Element in Beijing’s South China Sea Energy Strategy
The state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is becoming an increasingly important element in Beijing’s South China Sea energy strategy. According to The Time...
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Guest Post: The Last Argument of Tyrants
Captain Brett Friedman is an active duty field artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently attending Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virgini...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Rocking the Boat in the Potentially Energy Rich South China SeaNote: This post originally appeared on the Choke Points blog at ConsumerEnergyReport.com on July 2, 2012. Beijing is flexing some more muscle to protect its energy interests i...
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5 big questions for U.S. strategy
Although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of U.S. national securi...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Below the Radar: Rising Tensions in the East China SeaWhile there has been a lot of attention given to China’s territorial contests with its Asian neighbors in the South China Sea, just as important is the dispute between Japan a...
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Why U.S. should be all in with Myanmar
Myanmar’s nascent liberalization is at a critical juncture. In the next few months we will know whether or not President Thein Sein’s attempt to transform his country from par...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Moving to Cooler Temperatures
As we in the United States are struggling with massive heat waves, others are moving to cooler temperatures – including the Chinese. Last week, the Chinese icebreaker, Xue Lo...
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U.S. Lawmakers Must Fix Pentagon’s China Report
Calibrating a long-range China policy may be the greatest challenge for the U.S. administration’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. And that challenge has become even more dif...
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Iranian Oil and the Politics of Economic Sanctions
There is a good debate underway at the National Journal’s Energy Experts blog this week on economic sanctions against Iranian oil. In particular, there’s an ongoing discussion...
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Airpower in Small Wars: S.S.D.D.
Last week, CJ Chivers fied a riveting briefing about airpower: It’s far from perfect, though when a modern Joint Terminal Attack Controller is working with a well-trained pil...
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Economics, Security and Law of the Sea
This morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold its third hearing on the Law of the Sea Convention that will focus exclusively on the economic benefits of ratif...
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Existential Threats and Policy Pt III: Welcome to the Thunderdome
I'll conclude my (unplanned) three-part series on existential threats, existential risks, and policy with a some concluding observations. It is useful to understand the conce...
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A Burmese Solution to Beijing's South China Sea Behavior?
Burma’s Shwe Pipeline project could begin delivering oil and natural gas to China as early as 2013, providing China some relief from its so-called Malacca Dilemma and potentia...
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At G20 summit, West must partner with rising democracies in new global order
The G20 summit that begins today in Los Cabos, Mexico, brings together a disparate collection of nations. There are the United States and its longtime democratic allies in Eur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Resume in Moscow
Iran has renewed negotiations with other world powers in Moscow over its nuclear ambitions after recent talks in Baghdad failed to produce any significant progress. The negoti...
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Don't Fear Their Reapers
One of the most misleading ideas in commentary on modern weapons and warfare is that of the karmic theory of new weapons technology, particularly with regard to drones. Despit...