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• Transboundary Rivers and U.S. National Security

  While the historical record shows that no states have ever fought a war over transboundary water resources, such resources have long served as focal points for potential confl...

• Read This Now: The QDR in Perspective

  Last week, the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Review Panel released its final report on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The five-month review of the QDR was...

• This Weekend’s News: Flooding in Pakistan Tests Tempers

  Severe flooding throughout Pakistan is exacerbating anti-government anger in many parts of the country, including in Pakistan’s northwest region, particularly the Swat Valley ...

• What an Energy-Hogging China May Mean for the U.S. and Global Politics

  This post, written by CNAS colleague Matt Acocella, was originally posted on Tom Ricks's The Best Defense blog. Thanks Matt! The International Energy Agency announced last wee...

• Is China Pursuing a Monroe Doctrine for Energy Resources in the South China Sea?

  Following up on a story we highlighted here on the blog last Friday, China has issued a stern warning to the United States not to meddle in a longstanding dispute between Chin...

• Midnight Train to Cleveland

  Last week I rode Amtrak back home to Ohio for the first time, inspiring me to think a bit more about this means of displacing individual vehicle transport (and commensurate pe...

• Meddling with Metals and Resources in Iraq and Afghanistan: How will this End?

  I went to an event last Wednesday morning at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) that included a panel with James Yeager, former advisor to Afghanistan Ministry of Mines, Graci...

• This Weekend’s News: From Heatwaves to Proverbs to Transnational Crime

  There was plenty of news this weekend after BP announced that the cap that was put in place on Thursday to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf appeared to be holding steady. On...

• 5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Charles Emmerson

  Following on yesterday’s review of his recent book, The Future History of the Arctic, let’s now turn to a chat with Charles Emmerson. Alex was great enough track him down for ...

• This Weekend's News: Much About H20

  When water is mentioned in several articles throughout the week, it is noticeable. It played major and minor roles in two different New York Times pieces yesterday, with a Bos...

• Cancun Week: BASIC Meetings

  The Copenhagen Conference, which took place last December, was billed as the conference where participant countries would nail down a legally binding agreement to succeed the ...

• Cancun Week: Can Congress Pass Climate Change Legislation?

  Last week, President Obama met with a bi-partisan group of Senators about new legislation to address climate change and create a new energy policy for the United States, a mee...

• Cancun Week: UN Politics

  Welcome to Cancun week! My next three posts will cover climate change-related current events, covering some of the most important themes of the Copenhagen Conference and specu...

• This Weekend’s News: Investing in Iraq and Afghanistan

  There have been a lot of developments around reconstruction and foreign investments in Afghanistan and Iraq recently, including several reports from The Washington Post and Th...

• This Weekend’s News: Has the Ocean Lost its Way?

  Beyond the coverage and commentary on General McCrystal’s dismissal, this weekend’s news had a heavy focus on the ocean’s seafood stocks. Yep, that’s right. Both the Times and...

• Iran & the U.S.-Japan Alliance

  Alex and I were both out at a thing Wednesday evening so we’re going to take it easy today and  just give you all a little food for thought. I’ll call it my Ode to Will since ...

• This Weekend’s News: Minerals in Afghanistan & Two Approaches to Considering Natural Security

  Much has been said of last week’s big minerals-in-Afghanistan news. Most critiques of the timing of the news and of the many difficulties in producing these potential reserves...

• CNAS Hosts Two-Day Conference on U.S.-Japan Alliance

  On June 17 and June 18, The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a two-day conference, 150 Years of Amity & 50 Years of Alliance: Adopting an Enhanced Agenda f...

• CNAS Releases Nine Reports Ahead of Fourth Annual Conference

  The United States faces a myriad of challenges in the 21st century including fighting and paying for two wars, building America’s economic strength, rising powers that contest...

• Like a Rolling Stone

  I picked up last week’s Rolling Stone for its cover story on the reissue and forthcoming documentary of Exile on Main St., but another story listed on the cover piqued my inte...