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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Security</title>
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		<title>What Are People Afraid Of?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/19/what-are-people-afraid-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polling suggests many Americans fear these things:


Their children&#8217;s life will be worse than their own (28%, 2011 Kaiser-Washington Post poll)
The American economy is in long-term decline (63%, 2008 Washington Post)

Global warming is a very or somewhat serious problem (65%, 2009 Pew poll)
The 21st century will be more Chinese than American (41%, 2010 Washington Post poll)
Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrading Chinese Oppression</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/04/upgrading-chinese-oppression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/04/upgrading-chinese-oppression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to wonder whether a society that became so networked that it could support a ubiquitous monitoring system would end up not using such a system for oppressive political control, both because of the flows of relatively free information that the networks would enable, and because the ability to run such a system implied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: Does It Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/23/afghanistan-does-it-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/23/afghanistan-does-it-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan is a step toward addressing a large gap between US effort in Afghanistan &#8212; we are now spending a trillion dollars a decade in immediate costs alone &#8212; and the actual importance of Afghanistan.  As Richard Haass put it on &#8220;Charlie Rose&#8221; yesterday, there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Aside: Fighting UAVs the Old-Fashioned Way?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/08/an-aside-fighting-uavs-the-old-fashioned-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/08/an-aside-fighting-uavs-the-old-fashioned-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aircraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAVs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As tiny unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of all kinds proliferate &#8212; here&#8217;s one the size and layout of a hummingbird &#8212; one can imagine that they could inspire a curious revival.
For some time to come, the best countermeasure against small UAVs might be a living creature.  Specifically, a bird of prey such as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humanitarian Intervention in Libya</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/23/humanitarian-intervention-in-libya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/23/humanitarian-intervention-in-libya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of analysts have called for humanitarian intervention of some kind in Libya &#8212; a no-fly-zone at least, as suggested by the International Crisis Group, with others implying something more.
While such an intervention might become morally essential, several factors should give us pause:

The anti-imperialist card &#8212; Any military intervention would greatly enhance the &#8220;foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iron Man and Real Battle Suits</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/08/iron-man-and-real-battle-suits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/08/iron-man-and-real-battle-suits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The powered armored battlesuit is a staple of science fiction, and is getting increasing attention from real militaries. They are the future of warfare in Friedman&#8217;s The Next 100 Years.  But how close are they to reality?  The science fiction site Io9 has broken down the capabilities of the battlesuit in &#8220;Iron Man,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is US Stability at Risk?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/19/is-us-stability-at-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/19/is-us-stability-at-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The AP reported last week that some &#8220;Tea Party&#8221; leaders and Oklahoma legislators are discussing forming a militia to defend against encroachment by the federal government.
There are other indicators that extremism is finding new purchase.
In February, a man used his light plane to launch a terrorist suicide attack on a government office in Austin, Texas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Debate over Bombing Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/the-debate-over-bombing-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/the-debate-over-bombing-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Economist held a debate earlier this week about taking military action against Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.
In favor of military action was General Chuck F. Wald, a director at Deloitte.  Dr. Emily Landau, a senior research associate at Israel&#8217;s Institute for National Security Studies, opposed the option.
For military action
General Wald offered these forecasts:

&#8220;There remain levers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killer Micro Drones</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/09/killer-micro-drones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/09/killer-micro-drones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterinsurgency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAVs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAVs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired reports that the Air Force is developing tiny, armed drones.
The articles quotes a military document reporting the development of &#8220;a Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV) with innovative seeker/tracking sensor algorithms that can engage maneuvering high-value targets.”  Such a system could allow precision and stealth, with small charges replacing relatively indiscriminate munitions such as the Hellfire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Af-Pak and Yem-Som</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/06/beyond-af-pak-and-yem-som/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/06/beyond-af-pak-and-yem-som/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yemen has now joined the list of prominent theaters in the battle against Islamist extremism.  This is no surprise to anyone who had noted its place in governance rankings.
Where next?  Here&#8217;s the basic list: the 20 least-stable countries in the world, with those in play in that battle in red, and others with [...]]]></description>
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