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5 Questions with Someone Interesting: Patrick Cronin's Recent Visit to Burma
Burma, also known as Myanmar, was ruled for decades by a military junta until reversion to nominal civilian control in 2011. President Thein Sein’s openness and reform agenda ...
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CNASapalooza 2012
Our big annual conference today. The line-up is here, and you can watch live here. But come in person to my panel on the Middle East. Why? Because a) it's going to be a fun co...
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Who Lost Westphalia?
The debate between Henry Kissinger and Anne-Marie Slaughter about intervention in Syria rests on interpretations of sovereignty and world order that are more complex than popu...
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Natural Security in the New CNAS June Conference Reports
Tomorrow is our annual June conference, affectionately referred to by one of my colleagues as Woodstock for wonks. We have a terrific agenda lined up, with a special address f...
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Adapting to the New Middle East
I spent all last week traveling around a country in the Middle East that rhymes with "Shmisreal" getting a feel for how leaders and analysts there see the Arab Spring. In gene...
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Japan’s Nuclear Dilemma
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda cautioned on Friday that Japan could not afford to keep its nuclear reactors offline. “Cheap and stable electricity is vital. If all the ...
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In the Arctic, Fisheries Conservation Could Foster Broader Cooperation
The United States is pushing for an Arctic agenda that promotes resource cooperation among Arctic and non-Arctic countries as part of a broader effort to foster diplomatic eng...
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Victory, Control, and Strategy
When reading Gregory Johnsen's excellent piece at Waq-al-Qaq on US involvement in Yemen, this phrase jumped out at me: I have argued for several years now that the US needs to...
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Climate Change Could Disrupt Efforts to Promote Energy Security
Countries are increasingly investing in new energy projects to boost domestic energy production and shrink the demand for foreign energy imports. However, climate change may u...
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Increased Iraqi Oil Production a Bright Spot in the Middle East
Iraq’s crude oil production has increased substantially this year despite sectarian violence, political infighting and modest recovery from years of war. Increased oil product...
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Offshore Weapons, Onshore Warfare
Up at Information Dissemination, Owen Cote Jr. of MIT has an interesting take on the future of naval warfare. Those interested in the future of US defense strategy should pay ...
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The Dynamics of Political Weapons
Drones and cyber weapons are not the same thing, as Tim Stevens notes. Yet they are both popularly perceived as political weapons---specialized capabilities employed at the di...
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Lies, Sex, and Cyberhype
OK, there is no sex involved in this post (I'm not a 4Chan guy, my apologies if that's your thing). I just wanted a catchy title. And the "lies" involved are the usual sort t...
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Virtual War, Impunity, and the Undiscovered Country
Reading Dan's latest drone piece, I was reminded of some arguments about airpower and information warfare I first encountered in 1999 while watching the Kosovo War on TV. Abo...
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The NIC’s Global Trends 2030 Blog
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) recently launched a new blog in advance of Global Trends 2030, which is expected to be published in November just after the presidentia...
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This Weekend’s News: Power Shortages Stir Demonstrations in Myanmar
Power shortages across Myanmar are contributing to small-scale demonstrations throughout the country, according to a report in The New York Times on Sunday. “Numerous small pr...
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Memorial Day Remembrance
We are taking today off to remember the men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service to our nation. And we thank those who, every day, continue to put their lives ...
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Memorial Day
W. N. Hodgson on Memorial Day. Paul Fussell would have approved. By all the glories of the day And the cool evening's benison,By that last sunset touch that lay Upon the hil...
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Mackinlay On The Domestication of the European National Interest
King's College London professor John Mackinlay, one of my favorite European security analysts, has an interesting new essay at Prism. The gist? Britain's operational design is...
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Command and Control in the Cities
Thanks to Carl Prine, I got a good look at Cerywn Moore's look at case studies of complex attacks in the North Causcasus. There is a lot of theory regarding swarming and compl...