We strive to examine issues important to U.S. national security from a post-partisan perspective, meaning we try to break through the spin to find ideas we can use to encourage fresh thinking and build genuine consensus.
More Threats in the Straits of Hormuz
posted by Andrew Holland on February 10, 2012 at 8:34 am
Iran holds considerable cards in its threats to global energy supplies. A war over the Strait of Hormuz would be an asymmetric war.
What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on February 9, 2012 at 2:13 pm
ASP ICYMI – DOD spending on oil, Iran nuke issues, Afghanistan 1% and more
Tom Murphy on “the energy trap”
posted by Harper Dorsk on February 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Tom Murphy, a physics professor at UC San Diego, has an interesting post, “The Energy Mix that will help us Survive without Fossil Fuels” on Oil Price, about what our future energy mix might look like.
What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on February 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm
ASP ICYMI – Afghanistan cold-snap, Russia on Libya, Pakistan and Fusion energy
Nuclear Fracking?
posted by Andrew Holland on February 7, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Did you know that one of the first attempts at ‘fracking’ for shale gas used a nuclear weapon? In Colorado in 1969, the government tried to release natural gas using a nuclear weapon. That’s weird.
What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on February 7, 2012 at 2:33 pm
ASP ICYMI – latest on Iraq, Iran sanctions, Pakistan and Syria
