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Shipping Containers: The Poor Man’s ICBM
posted by Matthew Wallin on September 1, 2011 at 5:02 pm
By Matthew Wallin 60,000 people dead—instantly. 150,000 more exposed to hazardous radiation. All ships and infrastructure at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach destroyed. An exodus of six million people from the greater Los Angeles region. Initial costs of $1 trillion. This is exactly the scenario considered in a 2006 RAND Corporation study…
Non-ASP Podcast – Just World Books Author Joshua Foust’s Afghanistan-Pakistan update, early August 2011
posted by Paul Hamill on August 3, 2011 at 1:01 pm
From Just World Books: Just World Books author Joshua Foust (and ASP Fellow) discussed mid-year trends in how U.S. policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been doing, with Dalia Mortada. In this lively discussion, Foust challenged much of what Gen. David Petraeus, until recently the commander of all U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, has…
Sugar Daddy Problems: What Have You Done for Me Lately, Pakistan?
posted by Maria Stohler on July 11, 2011 at 10:59 am
Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley announced that the US will suspend $800 million of the $2 billion budgeted in aid money for Pakistan. The move confirms that our relationship with Pakistan is deteriorating in serious and tangible ways. The suspended aid money reportedly includes funds for counterterrorism equipment and operations, some of…
Turning the Page: US Strategic Focus in Afghanistan
posted by Maria Stohler on July 6, 2011 at 1:14 pm
As the US shifts focus to negotiations and troop withdrawal, a panel of experts discusses how to construct a satisfactory exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan. ASP Fellow Joshua Foust recently participated in a fantastic panel at the CATO Institute on “Turning the Page in Afghanistan.” The panel sought to address whether and how…
ASP Podcast – Nuclear Security and the Future of the US Marine Corps
posted by Paul Hamill on June 24, 2011 at 3:22 pm
A panel of experts discuss nuclear security issues and the future of the Marine Corps. Featuring: Lt. Gen John Castellaw, USMC (Retired), a member of the Consensus for American Security and recent guest author in The Hill Eric Auner, ASP Policy Analyst for Nuclear Security Moderated by: Paul Hamill, ASP Director of External Relations CLICK…
The Problem of Hamid Karzai and Our Mission in Afghanistan
posted by Maria Stohler on June 22, 2011 at 11:18 am
The Afghan President has served as an important symbolic figure and partner in the Afghanistan war, but his continued ridicule of coalition forces may further erode US support for the mission and people Karzai purports to serve. In a speech this past weekend to the Afghanistan Youth International Conference, President Hamid Karzai criticized US and…
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