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The cliff deal and plutocratic insurgency?

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Tim Kane looks at the military's exsanguination of talent.

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Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America by R. Evan Ellis, National Defense University, PRISM.

Book Review of The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama by Gian Gentile, New York Journal of Books.

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Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78 by Matt Schudel, Washington Post.

Merry Christmas (Flash Mob Oldie But Goodie)

Mérida Initiative: Transnational Security Governance or Governance Intervention?

Civilian Analysts Gained Petraeus’s Ear While He Was Commander In Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post.

Short break for the Roundup through the holidays. Busy time for the day job and of course holiday duties that require much attention.

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CNAS Marks One Year Anniversary of Iraq Withdrawal with Release of Two New Papers - To mark the one year anniversary of the US troop withdrawal from Iraq, CNAS has released two papers that offer...

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While not normally covered in our National Defense and Foreign Policy forum, I feel the need to express our total distress concerning the Connecticut elementary-school shootings. Looking at the...

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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and the New Reality of Reported Filmmaking by Ann Hornaday, Washington Post.

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General Principles: How Good was David Petraeus? By Dexter Filkins in the 17 December issue of The New Yorker.

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