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		<title>Israel vs Iran: the regional blowback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Rogers. Open Democracy, 11 November 2011. http://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-rogers/israel-vs-iran-regional-blowback Excerpt: The near-unavoidable reality is that out of confrontation Iran will soon acquire a limited nuclear arsenal. This is because even a limited bombing of Iran will create a new dynamic where Iran is at the centre of the post-attack region; will have several new options to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arab Spring and the Future of U.S. Interests and Cooperative Security in the Arab World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[W. Andrew Terrill. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2 August 2011. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/articles/The-Arab-Spring-and-the-Future-of-US-Interests-a-2011-08-02-SSI-Article.pdf]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Red Team&#8221; Report in 2009 Raised Concerns about Fiscal Constraints</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sebastian Sprenger writing in Inside Defense on 21 April 2011 reports that the QDR Red Team headed by Gen. James Mattis (USMC) and Andrew Marshall, director of the Office of Net Assessment, raised concerns in 2009 about the fiscal restraint effects of the deep recession on military plans to be represented in the QDR. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Statistical Irrelevance of American SIGACT Data: Iraq Surge Analysis Reveals Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joshua Thiel. Small Wars Journal, 12 April 2011. http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/732-thiel1.pdf Excerpt: Maneuver warfare at its core is a mechanistic endeavor and fits with a corresponding necessity of top-down hierarchies. Conversely, counterinsurgency is a more ambiguous environment that varies in its complexity and context; it is the chess match of war. It is different in every locale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Could See America Through China&#8217;s Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Clemons. TPM Cafe, 13 February 2010. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/13/several_years_ago_i_met/]]></description>
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		<title>Quadrennial Defense Review Fails to Match Resources to Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence J. Korb, Sean Duggan, and Laura Conley. Center for American Progress, 04 February 2010. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/02/qdr_fail_resource.html Excerpt: The QDR &#8230; does not prioritize the missions that the military must be prepared for. The document states that “successfully balancing [DOD’s priorities] requires that the Department make hard choices on the level of resources required as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing the 2010 QDR: a guide to key issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project on Defense Alternatives Briefing Memo 46, 26 January 2010. http://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/Assessing_the_2010_QDR.pdf Excerpt: Today&#8217;s military is stressed by having nearly 25% of the full time military overseas, including 16% in overseas operations. How does the QDR seek to reduce the stress of overseas stationing and deployment? In recent years large counter-insurgency campaigns have demanded much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Action Report—General Barry R McCaffrey USA (Ret)  Visit to Kuwait and Afghanistian – 10-18 November 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry R McCaffrey. McCaffrey Associates, 05 December 2009. Hosted on the Commonwealth Institute website. http://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/0911McCaffrey.pdf Excerpt: Most Afghans are also dismayed at the injustice and corruption of the government (in particular the ANP) compared to the more disciplined and Islamic Taliban. Twice in recent months we have seen battalion sized units of Taliban fighters conduct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why they hate us?: How many Muslims has the U.S. killed in the past 30 years?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen M. Walt. ForeignPolicy.com, 30 November 2009. http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/30/why_they_hate_us_ii_how_many_muslims_has_the_us_killed_in_the_past_30_years Excerpt: Yet if you really want to know &#8220;why they hate us,&#8221; &#8230; the fact remains that the United States has killed a very large number of Arab or Muslim individuals over the past three decades. Editor&#8217;s Comment: And no amount of &#8220;public diplomacy&#8221; or &#8220;American narrative&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning in Afghanistan: A Message from Ambassador Eikenberry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl E. Eikenberry. Embassy of the U.S.A., Kabul, 08 November 2009. http://static1.firedoglake.com/37/files/2009/11/Winning-in-Afghanistan.pdf]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador Eikenberry&#8217;s Cables on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl W. Eikenberry. The The New York Times has published two cables authored by the U.S. Ambassador to Kabul addressed to Secretary of State Clinton. The first is dated 06 November 2009 and is entitled &#8220;COIN Strategy: Civilian Concerns&#8221;. The second is dated 09 November 2009 and is entitled &#8220;Looking Beyond Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan&#8221;. http://documents.nytimes.com/eikenberry-s-memos-on-the-strategy-in-afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Together Toward Nuclear Zero: Understanding Chinese and Russian Security Concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cristina Hansell and Nikita Perfilyev. The Nonproliferation Review, November 2009. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a915796781&#038;fulltext=713240928 Excerpt: &#8230;if Chinese military experts decide that China needs the capability of a maneuvering warhead to evade missile defense interceptors, they may need to test the redesigned warheads. It is not clear that the Obama administration, however, will be willing to back down on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Opinion on Global Issues: A Web-based Digest of Polling from Around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council on Foreign Relations, November 2009. http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/PublicOpinionProject.pdf Project website &#8212; http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/iigg/pop/ Excerpt: Publics around the world—including in the United States—are strongly internationalist in orientation. They believe that global challenges are simply too complex and daunting to be addressed by unilateral or even regional means. In every country polled, most people support a global system based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to 2025: American Preeminence Is Disappearing Fifteen Years Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael T. Klare. Tom Dispatch, 26 October 2009. http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175131/michael_klare_the_great_superpower_meltdown Excerpt: How much longer will Washington feel that Americans can afford to subsidize a global role that includes garrisoning much of the planet and fighting distant wars in the name of global security, when the American economy is losing so much ground to its competitors? This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment of US Strategy in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ravi Rikjye. Intelligence, 29 August 2009. http://int-history.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-friend-ravi-rikhyes-assessment-of-us.html]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations: Hillary Rodham Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary Rodham Clinton. U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 15 July 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of the Global U.S. Military Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anita Dancs. Foreign Policy in Focus, 3 July 2009. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website (printable .pdf file.)]]></description>
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		<title>The Contested Commons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele Flournoy and Shawn Brimley. Proceedings Magazine, US Naval Institute, July 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pentagon&#8217;s Wasting Assets: The Eroding Foundations of American Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009. Comment: Andrew Krepinevich (&#8220;The Pentagon&#8217;s Wasting Assets,&#8221; Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009) writes that &#8220;the military foundations of the United States&#8217; global dominance are eroding,&#8221; compromising the nation&#8217;s &#8220;unmatched ability to project power worldwide.&#8221; He would have us believe that unless reversed, this trend will produce dire consequences. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Index on War in Pakistan, May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Meyer. Index Research, 01 June 2009. http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2009/06/index-on-war-in-pakistan-may-2009.html]]></description>
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		<title>After Iraq: The Search for a Sustainable National Security Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin S. Gray. Strategic Studies Institute Monograph, Army War College, 13 January 2009. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website (printable .pdf file).]]></description>
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		<title>Military and Strategic Studies Publications from the Project on Defense Alternatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Geopolitical Consequences of the World Economic Recession &#8212; A Caution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert D. Blackwill. RAND Occasional Paper, 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Strategic Assessment, 2009:  America&#8217;s Security Role in a Changing World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick M. Cronin, editor. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2009. http://www.ndu.edu/inss/index.cfm?type=section&#038;secid=8&#038;pageid=126]]></description>
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		<title>Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Office of the Director of National Intelligence, November 2008. http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf]]></description>
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