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On the Hill: Christine to Testify Before House Foreign Affairs Committee About Rare Earths
Tomorrow, Christine will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific about China’s monopoly on rare earths where she’ll speak t...
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This Weekend’s News: For the Philippines, Growing Anxieties in the South China Sea
Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that some in the Philippines have expressed increased concern with China’s growing energy exploration in the waters off the coast of th...
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This Weekend’s News: Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
On Monday, The New York Times reported that Iran began successfully operating its first nuclear power plant. “The $1 billion, 1,000-megawatt Bushehr plant will be formally ina...
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Recapping the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0
This week, leaders from industry, government and research institutions gathered in Las Vegas for the National Clean Energy Summit. The day-long event featured addresses from V...
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Read This Now: Military and Security Developments Involving China
Last week, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its annual report to Congress on Chinese military and security developments. While the report largely mimics last year’s su...
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This Weekend’s News: In Libya, A Chinese Foreign Policy Dilemma
Many are still digging out from the aftermath of Hurricane Irene today. For those east coasters stranded inside this weekend and without power as Irene rolled through, you may...
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The Alternative U.S. Army Professional Reading List
I have a tremendous amount of admiration for Gen. Marty Dempsey, but his professional reading list for the U.S. Army (.pdf) leaves a lot to be desired. As a service to the rea...
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Read This Now: U.S. Navy Arctic Environmental Assessment
The U.S. Navy’s Task Force Climate Change recently released its latest assessment in support of the Navy’s Arctic Roadmap. What I found particular interesting given our work ...
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Patrick Cronin on Voice of America's The Platform
CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin talks to VOA’s The Platform about potential cooperation between China and Pakistan and how this affect...
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In Northeast Asia, Energy May Alter the Geopolitical Balance
A potential energy deal between Russia and North Korea may alter the geopolitical balance in Northeast Asia. Over the weekend, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visited the Russ...
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In the Arctic and South China Sea, U.S. Policymakers to Grapple with Similar Challenges
As my short time here at CNAS is just about over – having focused primarily on South China Sea research – it seems as though I will be leaving as the oil and gas rich Arctic r...
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Did Pakistan Sell Out America?
The strategic partnership between the United States and Pakistan appears once again to be careening toward the brink of self-destruction. Reports that Pakistan may have given ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Budget Cuts Part II: Foreign Aid
It seems inevitable that the soft power side of the natural security world will take a hit in the upcoming round of budget cuts. Foreign operations already took sizable hits e...
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New Natural Security Report: “Blinded”
Do you ever find yourself asking: how is environmental change affecting stability in the Horn of Africa? Or wondering just how many billions of dollars in damage sea level ris...
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Book Review: China's Energy Strategy
I did most of my reading of China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing's Maritime Policies in airports and on planes to and around Asia earlier this year. I can honestly c...
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This Weekend’s News: A Softer Tone in the Asia-Pacific Region
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her trip to the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on Friday after speaking to delegates with a...
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Thoughts on the UNSC Climate & Security Debate and Next Steps
Today the UN Security Council is going to debate climate change. Between the debt crisis and lack of much movement on addressing climate change at home leading many abroad to ...
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This Weekend’s News: Naval Exchanges Irk China over South China Sea
Recent naval exercises between the United States and Vietnam have drawn criticism from China due to disputes between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea. “United States...
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A Glimpse of the HA/DR Future
While we were out last week, a few news items big enough to make the Early Bird focused on U.S. military responses to natural disasters. Both of these issues are continuing t...
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On Nation Building
Max Boot's provocative op-ed in the Los Angeles Times in defense of nation-building has been getting people excited and angry. Max: If you want yet another example of how cos...