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    <title><![CDATA[Arms & Security Project |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgresearch/commentary</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Posturing on Plutonium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium#When:14:49:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There have been so many bad proposals on defense issues thrown around in the House of Representatives lately it's hard to know where to start]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T14:49:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Industry Scare Tactics Won’t Create Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs#When:17:03:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As indicated by the recent rollout of the House Republican budget strategy, the gloves are off in the battle to define the country’s spending priorities in the run-up to the November elections]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-29T17:03:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney&#8217;s Foreign Policy Fantasies: &#8220;Breathtaking Weakness?&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies#When:16:31:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a blog post at the web site of Foreign Policy magazine, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney attempts to paint the Obama administration as "soft" on Russia, and on security issues more broadly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-28T16:31:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Reform Can Fuel Economic Revival]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival#When:14:01:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 13 the Obama administration will release the full details of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. Advocates of higher military spending are already spreading cries of alarm]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-10T14:01:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nukes for the Troops? - The Absurdity of Uncritical Support for the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon#When:13:04:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought there were enough arms industry front groups pushing for higher Pentagon spending, there's a new kid on the block: the Coalition for a Common Defense]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T13:04:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Missed Opportunity on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense#When:16:01:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration's defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6, is under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naive and dangerous, while numerous independent experts have rightly criticized the plan for being too timid  in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-23T16:01:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Obama Defense Plan: Roadmap for Continuing Global Hegemony]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony#When:12:41:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration’s defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6th, is already under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naïve and dangerous. Independent experts such as Russell Rumbaugh of the Washington, DC-based Stimson Center have criticized the plan for being too timid in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T12:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Plans for Big Cuts in Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending#When:16:27:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: “A Shrinking Military Budget May Take Neighbors With It” (“The Next War” series, front page, Jan. 7) overstates the importance of Pentagon]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Afghanistan Study Group, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-12T16:27:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Military Strategy Review: Seeking Real Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform#When:17:10:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning the Obama administration will present the findings of its latest national security strategy review. The review has been undertaken with an eye towards scaling back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the defense of the country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-04T17:10:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Nuclear Options]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options#When:11:55:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: Michael O'Hanlon is right to target nuclear weapons projects for budget cuts. But there is more that can be done to save money in this area without compromising our security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:55:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stay Tuned: New Ad Calls for Debate on Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons#When:11:36:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the first Republican presidential debate on national security issues, held on November 12th, the closest the Republican candidates came to holding a discussion on nuclear weapons]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:36:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms and the Super Committee]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee#When:18:01:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Congressional super committee moves towards its deadline for developing a deficit reduction plan, we need to make sure that its decisions reflect the national interest, not special interests]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-18T18:01:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense spending on the chopping block]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block#When:09:29:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung's letter to the editor: Automatic cuts to military spending are not an ideal approach because they interfere with rational planning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T09:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense budget alarmism necessitates journalistic skepticism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-alarmism-necessitates-journalistic-skepticism#When:15:58:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense expert Bill Hartung offers ways to put the Pentagon's cries of poverty into a little context]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T15:58:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms Industry Job Claims: Don&#8217;t Be Scared, Be Skeptical]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-industry-job-claims-hartung#When:15:41:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Military spending should not be seen as a jobs program. To paraphrase President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we should spend everything]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-26T15:41:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Misleading Job Claims Cloud Defense Spending Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/misleading-job-claims-cloud-defense-spending-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/misleading-job-claims-cloud-defense-spending-debate#When:15:22:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Boeing Corporation Vice-President James Albaugh, and House Armed Services Committee Chair Howard P. “Buck” McKeon have something in common: they are all arguing that scaling back the Pentagon’s spending plans will cost large numbers of jobs. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-06T15:22:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CNAS Report Underscores Need for a New Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cnas-report-underscores-need-for-a-new-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cnas-report-underscores-need-for-a-new-strategy#When:10:46:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) summarizes its new report on defense spending as follows: “U.S. Global Engagement Strategy at Risk If Defense Cuts Exceed $550 Billion Over Ten Years.”  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-06T10:46:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hollow Arguments on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hollow-arguments-on-defense#When:11:20:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Opponents of proposed reductions in the Pentagon's spending plans have increasingly settled on one frightening phrase to sum up their arguments: the danger of a "hollow military."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T11:20:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What If We Really Cut the Pentagon Budget?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-we-really-cut-the-pentagon-budget#When:11:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks. But it will take a lot more hard work to ensure that it is truly reduced as part of ongoing negotiations over the size and shape of the federal budget.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T11:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking Defensive Savings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings#When:13:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The president’s proposed reduction of $400 billion in Pentagon spending over a decade should not be referred to as a “cut"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T13:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop Aiding Human Rights Abusers in Bahrain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain#When:13:17:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While Congress has debated the merits and political legitimacy of the Obama administration's intervention in Libya, other Mideast democracy struggles have received far less scrutiny than they deserve.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-18T13:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The High Prices of Nukes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes#When:13:41:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As President Obama and Republicans in Congress go down to the wire in negotiations over a package of budget cuts that would clear the way for raising the debt ceiling, we shouldn't lose sight of one key source of reductions: military spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T13:41:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prevention as the Best Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense#When:14:13:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama and key members of Congress have finally acknowledged that any deal on the deficit must include reductions in Pentagon spending. The figures being discussed are far too small, but the principle has been accepted.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:13:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense Cuts Aren&#8217;t All That Deep]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep#When:14:04:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld misses the mark in "The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts" (op-ed, July 1). The $400 billion in cuts proposed by the president are far from deep.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:04:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal#When:14:41:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-awaited announcement of atroop drawdown in Afghanistan was in part driven by budgetary ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-28T14:41:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Number One - In Weapons Trafficking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking#When:15:09:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My colleague Jeff Abramson of the Arms Control Association calls it the Obama arms bazaar -- tens of billions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement#When:15:34:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At last Thursday's confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta's nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:34:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyl Gone Wild]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild#When:15:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is a long-time opponent of efforts to reduce global nuclear arsenals. Kyl has rarely met a]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of War Hit Home Politically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically#When:15:45:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Independent Institute has released a timely report on the costs of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-04T15:45:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in Mideast Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade#When:15:48:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama’s evolving policy towards the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa has one glaring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T15:48:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strangelove Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again#When:16:10:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the messages of Stanley Kubrick's anti-nuclear classic Dr. Strangelove is that policy makers can become ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:10:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates&#8217; Swan Song: Rhetoric Vs. Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality#When:16:04:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gates, who often talks a good game when it comes to disciplining defense spending, overstated his accomplishments in this realm while understating what needs to be done to get runaway military spending under control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:04:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tortured Logic, Continued]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued#When:16:54:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration got Osama bin Laden through a combination of persistent intelligence gathering, extensive ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-06T16:54:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Funding Nuclear Security: Finding the Money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money#When:12:02:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A year ago this week, the Obama administration brought together 47 world leaders in Washington - the largest ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T12:02:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Budget Plan: A Scorecard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard#When:11:58:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your article about President Obama’s 12-year deficit reduction plan says that it will cut military spending by $400 bil]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T11:58:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libyan Intervention Started a Dialogue About Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending#When:13:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T13:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Heritage of Exaggeration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a_heritage_of_exaggeration#When:14:40:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there they go again. Even as the key players in the budget debate, from Pres]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-06T14:40:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Costliest War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war#When:14:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-05T14:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memorial to Purposelessness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness#When:09:09:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the one-year anniversary of the US military offensive into Marjah in Helmand Province in southern]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T09:09:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter from A Serviceman in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-from-a-serviceman-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-from-a-serviceman-in-afghanistan#When:10:50:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The below is an email I received last week from a friend of mine in the Army on his second combat deployment to Afghanistan. In addition to his two Afghan deployments, he has fought for our country in both Iraq wars.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-12T10:50:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In 2011 Remember the Wounded]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-2011-remember-the-wounded</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-2011-remember-the-wounded#When:11:01:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the numbers of Americans killed in service in Afghanistan are often reported, the numbers of the wounded are under-reported
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-06T11:01:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Divides U.S. and India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistan-divides-us-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistan-divides-us-india#When:09:09:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Obama Mission: Billions to Pakistan, Billions From India" — This screaming headline in the Times of India ahead of President Obama's visit to New Delhi explains why a quiet crisis is developing in what seems, on the surface, to be an increasingly promising relationship between the world's two largest democracies.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-08T09:09:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barack hasn&#8217;t Banned the Bomb]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb#When:13:27:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the Nobel peace prize committee believed Barack Obama is passionately committed to nuclear downsizing, if not disarmament, the US president may be no more successful in controlling the hawks than he was with the banks and, for a long time, the health insurers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T13:27:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by Director Selig Harrison at a Forum on &#8220;India, The United States, and The World&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states#When:16:39:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “India, The United States and The World,” Cosmos Club, Washington. September 27,2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-27T16:39:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Nuclear Partnership with India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india#When:15:59:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After decades of tensions with New Delhi, the Bush administration is moving steadily to establish a new strategic partnership to strengthen India as a counterweight to China in the Asian balance of power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-02T15:59:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Costly &#8216;Other War&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-costly-other-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-costly-other-war#When:16:03:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The usual explanation for Pakistan's failure to go all-out against al Qaeda and Taliban forces along the Afghan frontier is that Gen. Pervez Musharraf's armed forces and intelligence services are riddled with Islamic extremists.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-15T16:03:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roh Balances National Priorities and Alliance with U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us#When:16:06:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In carrying out his election campaign pledge to reshape the U.S.-South Korean alliance, President Roh Moo Hyun has skillfully balanced conflicting national priorities during the first three years of his tenure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-05T16:06:07+00:00</dc:date>
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