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Command Post: "OK...I'll Bite: Why is Cutting the Defense Budget So Tough?"
So just what is it that makes cutting the defense budget so difficult? How much is objectively hard, and how much is subjective, due to pork, politics and precedent? John Nagl...
By Nora Bensahel
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Command Post: "What's This 'Super Committee' and Why Is the Pentagon So Scared Of It?"
There have been lots of rumbles rolling from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon and the White House about this so-called "Super Committee" of 12 lawmakers – officially the Joint Selec...
By Nora Bensahel
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Command Post: "Does the U.S. Always Need an Enemy?"
Wrapping up our discussion on China, we're wondering if the U.S. has some innate compulsion to find a foe. If so, is it prudence or panic? We tackle the issue with Patrick Cro...
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Command Post: "Is China Getting Ready to Try and Kick the U.S. Out of the Western Pacific?"
Continuing this week on Command Post, our tour of the national-security challenges associated with the Middle Kingdom. John Nagl, of the Center for a New American Security, an...
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War Veterans' Adjustment to Civilian Life, Keynote Addresses
John Nagl and Terrie Suit gave keynote addresses at the U.S. Naval Institute and Military Officers Association Wounded Warriors Forum on reintegrating returning war veterans i...
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Command Post: "Does Mutual U.S.-China Economic Dependence Rule Out War?"
Continuing our discussion this week on China, we're tackling a corollary of Tom Friedman's McDonald's Rule -- countries with McDonald's restaurants generally don't wage war on...
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Command Post: "How Big a Threat Does China Pose?"
This week on Command Post, John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I probe the threat -- or whatever it is -- posed by China. We're joined in the discussion by...
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Command Post: The Human Toll Taken by a Decade of War
Just how worn out are our troops because of non-stop combat since 9/11? To what degree has that contributed to problems like PTSD, family breakups and suicide in the ranks? T...
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Command Post: "How Did the U.S. Military Retool Itself Post-9/11?"
In the decade after 9/11, just how much did the U.S. military have to recalibrate to fight the wars it found itself launching in Afghanistan and, 18 months later, in Iraq? Thi...
By Eric Schmitt
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Command Post: "Did the U.S. Overreact to 9/11?"
It's a fair question as the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon looms. After all, it was the most shocking macro-event most Ame...
By Eric Schmitt
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Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda - Video
In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. It soon became clear, however, that this...
By Eric Schmitt
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Command Post: "How Has U.S. National Security Changed Since 9/11?"
It's hard to believe -- at least for some of us -- that it has been a decade since 9/11. Before then, covering the military meant going out to the National Training Center at ...
By Eric Schmitt
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Command Post: "Who Are the Real Cyber-Warriors?"
National-security debates used to be a lot easier when it took a nation-state to raise an army and build an arsenal. To hear some cyber-defense experts tell it, today a cyberw...
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Command Post: "Cyber War: Fact or Fiction?"
Defending against the invisible menace of online cyber-attacks has become one of the Pentagon's biggest growth areas. But should it be? Kristin Lord of the Center for a New Am...
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Command Post: "How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?"
The folks who get paid to stay up at night worrying about cyber-security are always telling us that our basic infrastructure -- the online computer networks that run our water...
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Patrick Cronin on Voice of America's The Platform
CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin talks to VOA’s The Platform about potential cooperation between China and Pakistan and how this affect...
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Command Post: "How Tough Is It to Tell Who Launched a Cyber Attack?"
The word attribution always crops up when experts debate the challenges of deterring a cyber attack. It simply means determining just who is responsible for nefarious acts onl...
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Command Post: "Is a Cyber Pearl Harbor on the Horizon?"
This week on Command Post, John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I discuss the potential horror -- and the potential hype -- of cyber war with James Lewis of...
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Q&A
Iraq has the potential to become a pivotal strategic partner for the United States and its allies in the region. But Iraq is also undergoing its democratic transition and its ...
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Remarks
In light of the impending end of the United States Forces–Iraq mission this December, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, USA, Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forc...