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- Commentary
- Foreign Policy
- September 17, 2012
Why U.S. Consulates Are More Dangerous Than War Zones
In the 11 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, more than 2.4 million members of the armed forces have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. This is slightly less than the number (2.6 mi...

By Phillip Carter
- Commentary
- The Global Times
- September 17, 2012
Snap judgments over Libyan attacks play into hands of terrorists
The armed attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11 and the killing of the US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his staff is a horrible tragedy whose re...

By Patrick M. Cronin
- Blog
- September 16, 2012
Protecting Boots on the Base
When overa dozen insurgents attacked Camp Bastion’s airfield with explosive vests,automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and possibly truck-borne mortars,they inflict...
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- Video
- September 13, 2012
Video Highlights: Revenge of Geography Book Launch
On September 13, CNAS hosted the booklaunch forThe Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against FatebyRobert D. Kaplan, Non-Re...
- Video
- September 13, 2012
Video: Revenge of Geography Book Launch
On September 13, CNAS hosted the booklaunch forThe Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against FatebyRobert D. Kaplan, Non-Re...
- Commentary
- The Christian Science Monitor
- September 12, 2012
Tensions mount in South China Sea. Here's how to ease them.
During her visit to theAsiaPacific last week,Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonspoke to the dispute over theSouth China Sea, arguably one of the region’s most intr...
- Commentary
- Global Times
- September 12, 2012
Statesmen need patience to calm public jingoism as disputes flare
The uncompromising claims, official and unofficial accusations, and policy moves in the South and East China Seas in recent months are creating a trend that is not in the nati...

By Patrick M. Cronin
- Blog
- September 12, 2012
Benghazi and Diplomacy's Hard Power
When Egyptian rioters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, raisingthe black banners (and bizarrely enough, some were hidingbehind Guy Fawkes’s now ubiquitous visage), the news...
- Blog
- September 12, 2012
How to Neutralize Energy Competition in the South China Sea
This post originally appeared on theChoke Points blog at Consumer Energy Report.comon September 11, 2012.During her visit to the Asia Pacific last week, Secretary of State ...
- Blog
- September 11, 2012
Counterterrorism's Center of Gravity Problem
Reading John Arquilla's latest Foreign Policy piece makes, me, as I am wont to, think about dead Prussians. Arquilla takes a look at the battle for Obama's "strategic soul" an...
- Book
- September 11, 2012
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
InThe Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Stratfor Chief Geopolitical Analyst ...

By Robert D. Kaplan
- Blog
- September 10, 2012
A Rocky Road to Reaping the Benefits of Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Afghanistan’s mineral wealth could be contributing to instability in some parts of the country, particularly areas beyond Kabul’s co...
- Video
- September 7, 2012
Assessing U.S. Interests in Syria: Video Interview with Melissa Dalton
As the brutal conflict in Syria continues on, CNAS Visiting Fellow Melissa Dalton discusses U.S. interests in Syria and the tensions that exist within those interests....
- Blog
- September 5, 2012
Sec. Clinton Urges Countries to "Literally Calm the Water" in South China Sea
All eyes are on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her visit to the Asia Pacific this week.On Tuesday, Secretary Clinton met with officials of the Association of S...
- Commentary
- The Hill - Congress Blog
- September 4, 2012
US should designate Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization
Early this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will submit her decision to Congress on whether or not to designate the Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization. The d...
- Commentary
- China-US Focus
- September 4, 2012
Averting Conflict in the South China Sea
Despite rising tensions in the South China Sea, conflict can and should be averted. A good first step would be to acknowledge that the South China Sea is part global good, pa...

By Patrick M. Cronin
- Blog
- September 3, 2012
Twilight of the Carriers?
Robert Haddick has a provocative post atForeign Policy suggesting that the rise of strategicair power and anti-ship weaponry might render carriers obsolete, and cause major i...
- Blog
- September 3, 2012
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day everyone! We are taking a brief holiday atthe Natural Security blog and wish you all a restful day before the beginning ofa busy fall....
- Blog
- August 31, 2012
Social Media and the Policy Researcher
This will be my last post on this blog for at least a year. I am about to start a fellowship program with the Council on Foreign Relations that will place me in the U.S. gover...
- Blog
- August 30, 2012
Setting the Record Straight on Obama and Iraq
A few months ago, it was still fashionable on the American Right to blame President Obama for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq and thus squandering any residual U.S. leve...

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