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Significant Cyber Events

ian — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

A list of significant cyber events since 2006.

Last modified on May 4, 2012.

U.S. Department of Defense Services Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2011

gsanders — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Spending by the Department of Defense (DoD) on services contracts, which range from clerical and administrative work to vehicle maintenance to research and development (R&D), has been largely neglected by past studies of DoD spending trends.

Energy Risks in North Africa and the Middle East

sherry — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Burke Chair is issuing a new, expanded edition of its overview of Energy Risks in North Africa and the Middle East. This analysis is available on the CSIS web site at http://csis.org/files/publication/120524_MENA_Threat_Brief.pdf

Interim Report—Planning for a Deep Defense Drawdown—Part I

jdunton — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

On 29 September 2011, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a daylong conference on “Defense in an Age of Austerity,” which was sponsored by OSD-Policy, to survey the range of views in the Washington think tank community of how declining defense budgets would affect defense strategy, policy, and force structure.

Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 12 - May 21, 2012

Mgraybeal — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

IN DEPTH: "How will the Colombia-U.S Free Trade Agreement affect Ecuador?"

IN THE NEWS: Mexico, Haiti, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, UNASUR

PROGRAM NEWS: Conversation on El Salvador with secretar Alex Segovia; recent publications; upcoming events

PacNet #32R - Responses to PacNet #32 - The Illogic of China's North Korea Policy

ellise — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In PacNet #32, Ralph A. Cossa and Brad Glosserman make a detailed case for how China's current approach toward North Korea actually contradicts many Chinese national interests. Their argument can be supplemented by four additional concerns for China and its now indispensable role in international politics.

Gulf Kaleidoscope: Reflections on the Iranian Challenge

ian — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

As the world works to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, there is widespread agreement on what failure looks like.

The Underlying Causes of Stability and Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: An Analytic Survey

sherry — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Burke Chair is issuing a new, expanded edition of its overview of The Underlying Causes of Stability and Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: An Analytic Survey. This analysis is available on the CSIS web site at http://csis.org/files/publication/120514_MENA_Stability.pdf

From Strength to Empowerment

jdunton — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Relations between the United States and Malaysia are at an all-time high. Since President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Najib Razak entered office in 2009, both countries’ governments have committed to a new beginning and moved to establish closer ties through increased political, economic, and people-to-people cooperation.

The Emerging Anti-Access/Area-Denial Challenge

sherry — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Emerging challenges to U.S. regional access and freedom of action have generated a great deal of conceptual debate over the past year. While access challenges transcend military threats, the Department of Defense (DoD) plays a unique role defending U.S. interests in the face of them.

PacNet #32 - The Illogic of China's North Korea Policy

ellise — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

BEIJING: Discussions in Beijing about North Korea are always frustrating. It's not so much due to the sharp divergence in US and Chinese thinking about how to deal with Pyongyang; the two sides differ on many issues. No, the real problem is the illogic of the Chinese position; at least from a US perspective.

The US Cost of the Afghan War: FY2002-FY2013

bfite — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

It is surprisingly difficult to get a meaningful estimate of the total cost of the Afghan conflict, total spending on Afghan forces and total spending on various forms of aid. More data are available on US efforts – which have dominated military and aid spending, but even these data present serious problems in reliability, consistency, and definition.

Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 11 - May 14, 2012

Mgraybeal — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

IN DEPTH: "Open Skies in the Americas"

IN THE NEWS: Canada/Mexico, Mexico, Honduras/Nicaragua, Haiti, The Bahamas, Colombia, Peru

PROGRAM NEWS: Event on Mexico - elections and prospects for structural reform; Peru's drug czar Carmen Masías at CSIS

PacNet #31 - Comparative Connections Summaries

ellise — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

There was a brief period when a breakthrough seemed possible in the stalemate with North Korea when it pledged to freeze all nuclear and missile tests; then Pyongyang announced a planned satellite launch, pulling the rug out from under Washington (and itself) and business as usual returned to the Peninsula.

Comparative Connections v.14 n.1