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70 Pages You Need to Read: A Natural Security Reading List
A few weeks back, I had to develop a short reading list for a group I’m speaking to in March. The audience is mostly military officers, with some civilians from DOD, the Natio...
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Second Annual Natural Security Wish List: Our Policy Hopes for 2011
We got mixed results for our 2010 wish list – much improvement but with a long road still ahead. Will the natural security bloggers fare better for our policy goals for 2011? ...
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Greetings from Seoul…
This week, the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security team is in South Korea where we co-hosted a conference with the Seoul-based East Asia Institute, The ROK-US Alliance: Planning for th...
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DOE on Minerals
Yesterday morning at CSIS, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy & International Affairs David Sandalow officially revealed DOE’s new “Critical Materials Strategy.” The...
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More on Cancun: My Biggest Fear and Most Unexpected Development
My biggest worry for Cancun concerned an emerging narrative that fully international negotiations on climate change are no longer worth it. I've heard more and more frequently...
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After Cancun, UN Negotiations Process Holding Steady
The United Nations climate change negotiations wrapped up after a late night session Friday that took deliberations into the early hours Saturday morning. John Broder, writing...
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Alex Stark on Where We Stand in Cancun
As you know, we have been following the shrewd insights of Alex Stark, formerly of the Natural Security blog, who has been covering the Cancun UN climate negotiations in perso...
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Natural Security Diplomacy
We are gearing up for CNAS’s annual holiday party today, so I’m going to be brief with the post this morning. Will and I have had a particularly diplomacy- and development-foc...
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Lawfare: China’s Weapon of Choice in the South China Sea?
One of the issues you’re likely to read about more frequently is lawfare. Perhaps an unfamiliar term to some, lawfare is becoming a hot topic in considering U.S. policy towar...
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ADM Mullen on U.S.-China Military Exchanges
ADM Mullen paid a visit to the Center for American Progress last week to talk about U.S.-Chinese military-to-military exchanges. The Chinese suspended such exchanges earlier...
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Military-to-Military Exchanges with China Resume
Admiral Mullen paid a visit to the Center for American Progress last week to talk about U.S.-Chinese military-to-military exchanges. The Chinese suspended such exchanges earl...
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In Mexico, Looking for a Leader on Climate Change
Strong leadership on climate change is hard to come by, especially at UN climate negotiations. The United States is too often undermined by the lack of domestic legislation on...
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This Weekend’s News: Pretty Much Everything Natural Security, Including Comics
I spent this weekend catching up on last week’s news – a busy week, with obviously nothing bigger than the pending British royal weeding (although, we regular Us Weekly reader...
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Read This Now: the Current FP
As you are purchasing reading material for the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I recommend you all pick up the current Foreign Policy and give its natural security-esque artic...
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This Weekend’s News: On the Sidelines in Asia
The New York Times reported on Saturday that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan held their first formal talks since China and Tokyo clashed over...
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
On November 9, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a book launch event for Monsoon featuring best-selling author Robert Kaplan and NPR’s award-winning cor...
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CNAS, NPR and the Indian Ocean
Last night, CNAS hosted the official launch of Robert Kaplan’s new book, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. As Nate Fick said in his opening remarks, ...
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In the Indian Ocean, Hints Toward the Future of American Power
The twentieth century witnessed Europe unfold as the center of gravity for world history. And in this still early century, the Middle East and South-Central Asia have been foc...
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This Weekend’s News: As President Obama Heads to Indonesia, U.S. Firms Look On
With the president preparing to depart India for Indonesia tomorrow, I thought it was appropriate that The Washington Post had a piece over the weekend on Indonesia, a country...
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We Need an Indian Civilian Surge
President Barack Obama visits India this weekend amid high expectations for the future of the U.S.-India relationship. Yet of the many issues that will be on his plate -- civi...
By Richard Fontaine