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Command Post: "Is U.S. Military Personnel Policy Ready For The 21st Century?"Many experts say the industrial-era personnel system still in use by the Pentagon -- with its up-or-out promotions, its non-vesting pension system for the first 20 years, and ...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post: "Is U.S. National Security Gun-Heavy And Butter-Light?"
One of the intriguing things about recently-departed defense secretary Robert Gates -- pretty much a lifetime spy -- was his concern that the U.S. toolkit was out of whack whe...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post: "Does The U.S. Military Have Too Many Air Forces?"As the Defense Department looks to the future, how many of its pieces -- redundant air forces and duplicate armies among them -- are really needed for the nation's security? H...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post: "How Tough Is Cutting $400 Billion?"Just how tough is it going to be for the Pentagon and other national-security agencies to cut $400 billion from their spending between now and 2023? Those are the marching ord...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post Episode Five: "The Challenge of Pakistan"
When it comes to fingering trouble spots in the arc of crisis that springs from the Middle East and ranges west to Libya and east to India, No. 1 -- with a bullet -- is invari...
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Command Post Episode Four: "What's Pakistan's Role in Afghanistan Going To Be?"
As the U.S. begins pulling troops out of Afghanistan, is Pakistan going to be a help or a hindrance to stability in the region? John Nagl of the Center for a New American Secu...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post Episode Three: "Counter-Insurgency versus Counter-Terrorism?"
Since President Obama announced his plan to begin pulling 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan by the end of next summer, there's been a lot of debate over whether this marks the ...
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Command Post Episode Two: "Is Counter-Insurgency Dead?"
Here's our second take on President Obama's Afghan policy in our new video series featuring John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and your Battleland scribe. We'...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Command Post Episode One: President Obama's evolving strategy for Afghanistan
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the launch of Command Post, a new video series from CNAS and TIME. The video series will take week-long lo...
By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Admiral Gary Roughead: A Global Navy In A Time Of ChangeOn June 23, 2011, CNAS hosted Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, USN, for a speech on "A Global Navy in a Time of Change."...
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Obama Preps Afghanistan Drawdown, But Debate Lingers On End Goals
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour. JEFFREY BROWN: And we have our own debate now on what the president should announce tomorrow. Retired Army Lt. Col. John Nagl ...
By John A. Nagl
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: Cooperation And Competition: China And The Asia-Pacific"Cooperation and Competition: China and the Asia-Pacific," a roundtable discussion hosted at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011, featured: David E. Sanger, Chief...
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National Security Human Capital
Video: 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA, Fellowship PresentationNathaniel Fick, Dr. John Nagl, Dr. Kristin Lord and Dr. Andrew Bacevich present the 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA, Fellowship to CNAS Research Associate Travis Sharp. The B...
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Technology & National Security
Video: America's Cyber Future: Security And Prosperity In The Information Age"America's Cyber Future: Security And Prosperity In The Information Age," a roundtable discussion hosted at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011, featured: Ellen N...
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Keynote Address by Lieutenant General David M. Rodriguez, USALieutenant General David M. Rodriguez, USA, joined the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference via VTC from Ft. Lewis, Washington to deliver the keynote address "Afghanistan 2011: The Op...
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Video: Revolution In The Middle East: Democracy In The Digital Domain
CNAS CEO Nathanial Fick gives opening remarks at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011. Following his remarks is the roundtable discussion, "Reveloution In The Midd...
By Colin H. Kahl, Nathaniel C. Fick & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Al Qaeda: 10 Years After 9/11 and Beyond
The "Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Al Qaeda: 10 Years After 9/11 and Beyond," session at the CNAS fifth annual conference featured: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior Correspondent and...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Speech by Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy PlanningCNAS hosted Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, for an address on "American Foreign Policy Priorities in an Age of Uncertainty," at the...
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After Gates' Blunt Warning, What's Next for NATO?
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour. MARGARET WARNER: A three-month-long military effort in Libya is highlighting tensions in the NATO alliance. NATO continued its b...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Nation Building In Afghanistan
Nora Bensahel talked about a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on the successes and failures of U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan. Topics included the goals o...