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A Growing Terrorist Threat?

jdunton — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Five events during the fall of 2009 thrust concerns over “homegrown” terrorism—or extremist violence perpetrated by U.S. legal residents and citizens1 —into public view:

The First Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

sherry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: What is the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review?

Technical Challenges Associated With the New U.S. Nuclear Agenda

jwarden — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

As President Obama leads the campaign to work toward a world without nuclear weapons, ongoing activities in Iran and North Korea suggest that the world may be headed in the opposite direction.

The Ingenuity Gap

jdunton — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The officer management system comprises the laws, policies, procedures, and practices that guide how officers enter service and are subsequently developed, promoted, and separated. The purpose of this study is to examine whether that system aligns with the demands officers are likely to face in the years ahead. The basic question is whether we can continue to count on success.

The Case for an Afghanistan Timeline

sherry — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: Last week President Obama announced that U.S. troops will begin withdrawing from Afghanistan in July 2011. What exactly does this entail?

The Afghan "Surge": Beginning, Middle, or End?

sherry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Last night President Obama described a new way forward in Afghanistan. Throughout months of intensive deliberations, it was always clear that answers to two key questions would determine how we proceed. The first: where collectively do we want to go? Rebuild Afghanistan from the bottom up or reinforce our strategic position against those that might use Afghanistan as a terrorist sanctuary?

President Obama at West Point

sherry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

After much anticipation, President Obama last night announced his revamped war strategy for Afghanistan: a 30,000-troop buildup intended to reverse Taliban gains, increase the capability of the Afghan National Army and police, shore up the Karzai government, and begin withdrawals of U.S. forces by 2011.

Q1: What does the new strategy entail?

Exploring the Nuclear Posture Implications of Extended Deterrence and Assurance

jwarden — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The emerging North Korean and Iranian nuclear capabilities, coupled with ongoing Chinese and Russian strategic modernization programs, have brought increased attention from both practitioners and strategists to U.S. extended nuclear deterrence and the role it plays in assuring allies that the United States is committed to protecting their security.

CSIS Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues Consensus Statement

cjones — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Providing leadership in this difficult political context will require the United States, the United Kingdom and France to achieve unprecedented levels of cooperation and collaboration.

Iraq versus Afghanistan: A Surge Is Not a Surge Is Not a Surge

ian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

One critical component in the current debate on whether to surge more U.S. forces into Afghanistan centers on popular conceptions about the surge in Iraq. Those advocating an Afghan surge argue that what worked in Iraq will work in Afghanistan; skeptics contend that conditions are quite different.

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