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Posted On: Mar 09, 2010

www.natowatch.orgJournalists and researchers writing about NATO need to be able to quickly find accurate and reliable information at their fingertips. Congressmen and women and members of the public need to keep up to date with developments in an Alliance that impacts on over 890 million citizens within the 28 Member States - a number that increases to 20 per cent of the global population when Partner ...

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Posted On: Jan 21, 2010

 A briefing memo from the Project on Defense Alternatives. The United States faces Reagan-level deficit spending and greatly increased debt. Can the president's program of high defense spending and increased non-defense spending survive?  This brief report puts recent and planned defense spending into the context of emerging fiscal constraints and President Obama's broader program of change. 11 charts and tables. 

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Posted On: Jan 21, 2010

This Project on Defense Alternatives report analyzes the unprecedented post-1998 rise in defense spending and the return to Cold War budget levels. The causes include overly ambitious US military strategy and goals; weakness of reform and transformation efforts; failure to make hard choices in acquisition; and conduct of wars ill-suited to the US military. Also examined: the surge in military construction and the expanded role of private contractors. 75 pages with Executive Summary and 21 cha...

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Posted On: Jan 11, 2010

Monthly newsletter focusing on NATO policy-making and operational activities. The clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide

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Posted On: Jan 07, 2010

 Overspent and OverextendedWritten by Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. Why is Washington spending so much on the military?The U.S. dominates the globe militarily. America's reach exceeds that of the Roman and British Empires at their respective heights. The threats facing the U.S. pale compared to its capabilities. So why is Washington spending so much on the military?The military budget is the price we pay for the nation's foreign policy. The U.S. currently is spending ne...

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Posted On: Jan 06, 2010

DATE:  MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009 MR. LYNN:  Thanks very much, Nancy. Nancy had a way of working with Senator Kennedy.  As you know, he had an unforgettable speaking style.  Face reddened and fist pounding-that Boston Brahmin accent.  You might think that all came naturally, and usually it did.  But occasionally, on one topic or another, he might lag a bit.  And Nancy would anticipate that.  You have to remember, on the Senate floor, there's nobody there, so there's no excitement.  So...

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Posted On: Jan 06, 2010

Posted by Christopher PrebleThat is the question posed at the National Journal’s National Security experts blog.My response:We shouldn’t even be contemplating war in Yemen, but we should also understand that the proposed expansion of security assistance to the government there is likely to pay only meager dividends.Steven Metz gets at the nub of this problem in his two thoughtful posts (here and here). We have an unreliable ally. We have minimal capacity for making them more reliable....

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Posted On: Jan 05, 2010

Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) is seeking to appoint an Edward Rawson Government Relations Fellow to work out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Citizens for Global Solutions embraces a vision of a world in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation alone can solve. To this end, Citizens for Global Solutions educates Americans about our global interdependence, communicates global concerns to...

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Posted On: Dec 08, 2009

The fourth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory newsletter. Our focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.

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Posted On: Dec 02, 2009

Policy ForumThursday, December 3, 4:00 p.m.          Featuring Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Gregory Nojeim, Senior Counsel, The Center for Democracy and Technology; Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation; and Richard Samp, Chief Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation. Moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato InstituteAbout the event - Congress is presently moving to renew several provisions of the USA...

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Posted On: Oct 16, 2009

Bi-monthly newsletter that focuses on NATO policy and operations, drawing its clips from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.

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Posted On: Oct 02, 2009

Bi-monthly newsletter with NATO news and opinion clips

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Posted On: Sep 28, 2009

This op-ed originally appeared on Huffington Post on September 28, 2009.By Colin Thomas-JensenHow do you defeat a dangerous insurgent group that has embedded itself within a civilian population? This vexing question is at the center of the ongoing debate over the counterinsurgency approach in Afghanistan--a conversation that plays itself out at the White House, the Pentagon, and the State Department, on Capital Hill, and through a seemingly endless herd of pundits on cable news shows, op-ed p...

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Posted On: Sep 28, 2009

 By Colin Thomas-Jensen, Noel Atama, and Olivia CaeymaexSeptember 28, 2009The human cost of Operation Kimia II—the ongoing joint offensive by the Congolese army and United Nations peacekeepers against Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo—outweighs its benefits. Although Kimia II has led to gains in the fight against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, by forcing the rebels to abandon a number of the lucrative mining areas that help sustain their insurgency, efforts to...

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Posted On: Sep 23, 2009

From Refugees International: From Refugees International: "Dwarfed by the Department of Defense in terms of budget, personnel and capacity, State and the Agency for International Development (USAID) have atrophied nearly to the point of irretrievability. This paper describes the causes and effects of the lack of human capital and capacity at State and USAID and offers suggestions on how to rebuild these capacities."

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Posted On: Aug 07, 2009

 The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is seeking an experienced Director of Government Relations.  This senior-level position will be responsible for the USGLC's government relations operation, including lobby efforts on Capitol Hill and Administration outreach.  The position will report to the Executive Director and reside in Washington, D.C. Responsibilities will include: Manage and Execute Government Relations Operation - Develop and implement strategy for influencing Congressi...

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Posted On: Aug 05, 2009

(San Francisco Examiner), Tue, August 4, 2009: Gene Healy authored an op-ed on domestic troop deployment: "If troops are deployed at home, we need to have solid oversight"

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Posted On: Aug 04, 2009

Contact: Michael Stulman, michael.stulman@africaaction.org; 202-546-7961"This letter, endorsed by 18 organizations and 15 independent analyst, urge a new U.S. engagement with Africa. The letter takes much of the rhetoric of President's Obama's Ghana speech and couples it with specific policy prescriptions targeting the U.S. State Department upon the beginning of Secretary Clinton's trip to Africa (August 5-14)..."Source: