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Command Post: "Does It Make Sense for Obama to Bar U.S. Combat Boots in Libya?"
War, first and foremost, is a collection of choices. When President Obama ruled out the use of U.S. military boots on the ground inside Libya, it may have made political sense...
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Command Post: "Why Did It Take the U.S. So Long to Recognize the Libyan Rebels?"
After five months of bombing the government of Muammar Gadaffi, the U.S. finally recognized Libya's rebel forces. Was this the right decision, and, if so -- why did it take so...
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Command Post: "Why Can't NATO Whup Libya?"
As NATO's war against Libya nears its sixth-month anniversary, there's one question that keeps churning over and over again in what passes for my mind: why can't the most powe...
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Command Post: "Why Did the U.S. Hand Off the Libyan War to NATO?"
Why did the U.S. military agree to do the "heavy lifting" in the opening days of the war with Libya -- launching long-range bombing strikes from the continental U.S., among ot...
By John A. Nagl
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Command Post: "Why Are We at War With Libya?"
This week on Command Post we're taking a look at what has been going on for more than five months -- yikes, by my watch that's nearly half a year -- in Libya. This was suppose...
By John A. Nagl
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Command Post: "Should The U.S. Military Be the World's Cop?"
Following World War II, perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. military would be consigned to walking beats around the world like a neighborhood cop -- from Europe to Asia --...
By Nora Bensahel
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Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part Three
On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
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Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part Two
On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
By Richard Danzig
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Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part One
On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, w...
By Nathaniel C. Fick & Richard Danzig
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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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Video: Admiral Gary Roughead: A Global Navy In A Time Of Change
On 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