Resumption of limited military campaigns in Iraq has raised concerns that well-intentioned efforts to avert catastrophic military defeats and a humanitarian crisis may lead to mission creep.
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 08/29/2014 - 1:53am | 18 comments
"... officials and experts say, it is "ambiguous warfare" that is focusing minds within NATO..."
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/28/2014 - 9:14am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/28/2014 - 8:41am | 0 comments
"As fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria continue to seize territory, the group has quietly built an effective management structure..."
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/28/2014 - 8:32am | 4 comments
"... this hybrid war features an aggressor whose moves are shrouded in deception…"
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 08/27/2014 - 9:27am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 08/27/2014 - 9:17am | 5 comments
"We’re caught in a revenge cycle with a death cult, and it’s redefining modern warfare."
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/21/2014 - 1:41pm | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 6:12pm | 12 comments
“Despite the President’s warnings at West Point that we must not “rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences.”
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 3:57pm | 0 comments
Simply put, he's the man who's going to save Iraq from the orgy of violence that is playing itself out in much of the country. Or at least he's going to try.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 11:57am | 4 comments
... Russia is resorting to a hybrid war, with snap exercises, secret commandos and smuggled missiles.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 8:17am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 08/17/2014 - 8:47pm | 0 comments
An unanticipated result of advances by extremists has been the formation of a unified opposition front composed of oft-divided Kurdish factions from three nations—Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 08/17/2014 - 9:07am | 1 comment
" ... one of the world's most brutal terrorist groups isn't indifferent to what the western expert community has to say about them."
by Robert Bunker | Sun, 08/17/2014 - 8:13am | 1 comment
“Most modern wars have become irregular or asymmetric conflicts between states and nonstate actors.”
by Robert Bunker | Sun, 08/17/2014 - 7:59am | 3 comments
The "black market" accounts for a quarter of Mexico's GDP and employs more than half its workforce. The numbers illustrate a failure of public policy and raise a red flag for the future.
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 08/15/2014 - 12:57pm | 0 comments
Vulnerability Assessment Method Pocket Guide: A Tool for Center of Gravity Analysis by Christopher M. Schnaubelt, Eric B. Larson, and Matthew E. Boyer, RAND Arroyo Center
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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/14/2014 - 2:30pm | 25 comments
Bing West on how to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 08/14/2014 - 11:57am | 0 comments
Amid new intelligence about its growing strength, a consensus is forming that the group presents an unacceptable terrorism risk to the United States and its allies.