Monthly Archives: March 2011

Important Libya Options Paper

Colleagues: I was able to obtain this highly classified White House document dated March 7. In it Tom Donilon, the National Security Advisor, lays out the situation in Libya and provides the President with three options (and the pros and … Continue reading

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Whither the revolutions in the Arab world?

MARCH, 24 2011 BY TYRUS W. COBB FOR THE NEVADA APPEAL The revolutions in the Arab world both encourage and worry me deeply. On the one hand, the ouster of long time autocrat Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt, the … Continue reading

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A World Awash in Natural Gas

Economic and National Security Implications of the Coming Energy Revolution “The world should take note of the dramatic increase in estimates of unconventional sources of natural gas in North America and elsewhere, perhaps the greatest shift in energy reserve estimates … Continue reading

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AFGHANISTAN: PROGRESS OR STALEMATE?

Colleagues: Back from Hawaii and now have a chance to get caught up on things national security. Today, four perspectives on the progress on the war in Afghanistan, two positive and two questioning or skeptical. The first report summarizes the … Continue reading

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