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Read This Now: CRS Report on Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization
A new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) outlines for Congress the key issues around modernizing the Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet. According to the author Ro...
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On Capability vs. Intent, Part II
I have written about the difference between capability and intent before, but in my World Politics Review column this week, I tackle the intelligence problems related to inten...
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Open Thread: Medals
If it were up to me, I would get rid of all medals not related to valor or campaign-specific service. Most medals awarded for "service" -- from the Army Achievement Medal to t...
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Climate-Energy Nexus and the Benefits of Natural Gas
A new study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers an important reminder about the climate-energy nexus that has been largely missing from the energy ...
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This Weekend’s News: Territorial Disputes Across the Indo-Pacific
This weekend’s news highlighted several ongoing territorial disputes across the Indo-Pacific region, from resource-rich Kashmir to the potentially hydrocarbon-rich South China...
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Random Friday Thoughts
1. I do not know why we continue to be surprised that initial reporting and statements on the raid to kill Osama bin Laden were innacurate. It will be a long time -- maybe eve...
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The U.S. Army: Bruised but Unbroken
I am a strong critic of the U.S. Army and the way in which it has struggled to explain how it best serves the security needs of the nation beyond the wars in Iraq and Afghanis...
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Indian Ocean Earthquake and the Importance of Tsunami Early Warning Systems
A magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island today prompting the governments of India, Indonesia and Thailand to issue tsunami warnings for th...
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Environmental Peacebuilding on the World’s Highest Battlefield: A Pragmatic Approach to Security
Saleem Ali of the University of Vermont and author of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future had a terrific piece in National Geographic Magazine on Apri...
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This Weekend’s News: China’s Caribbean Interests
The New York Times reported yesterday that China is increasing its economic ties with the Caribbean, raising concerns among some U.S. diplomats and others that Beijing may be ...
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Two Good Articles on Hizballah (and in English!)
Anne Barnard -- whose husband wrote a very solid book on Hizballah last year -- has herself written a very solid article on Hizballah and Syria in today's New York Times: De...
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Capability ≠ Intent
Reuters reports that the U.S. intelligence community is worked up about the potential that Hizballah could attack U.S. civilians in the United States in the event of an attack...
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New Study Highlights Military Capabilities in the Arctic
A new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) finds that the build-up of Arctic military capabilities is limited, with few indications that co...
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America in Australia
The U.S. occupation of Australia has begun. U.S. officials claim the occupation has nothing to do with the behavior of China, leading defense analysts to conclude this has mor...
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Obama and Iraq
I have a new column in World Politics Review arguing that most criticisms of President Obama on Iraq miss the mark. Most recently, GOP critics of the Obama administration hav...
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Law of the Sea Ratification Central to Securing U.S. Maritime Interests
Debate over ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is ramping up in Washington. There has been a lot of attention given to how the treaty can help the Un...
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Dispute Over Oil Revenues Heighten Tensions in Iraq
A perennial dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government over how to manage Kurdistan’s oil resources is exacerbating tensions between the Iraqi central governm...
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This Weekend’s News: The Political Stakes of Indonesian Fuel Prices
The Indonesian government retreated from a planned increase in government-subsidized fuel prices on Saturday due to widespread protests that caused the government coalition th...
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On Academic Journals
Let me wade into the debate over whether academic journals are relevant to policy professionals in international relations. Dan Nexon kicked things off with an angry lament on...
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Are Think Tanks Biased Toward the U.S. Army?
Raymond "Galrahn" Pritchett argued as much on his maritime strategy blog today: I truly believe the think tank community in Washington DC is one reason why the US Army has so ...