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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 08/01/2014 - 12:54am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 11:55pm | 0 comments

The lights seem to be blinking red, but the United States is holding its fire for the moment…

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 5:56pm | 1 comment

General Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, on irregular warfare.

by Michael McBride | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 3:13pm | 0 comments

The deal brokered by Secretary Kerry to end the election deadlock is a troubling sign for Afghanistan’s future.

by Butch Bracknell | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 2:19pm | 5 comments

For an act to be a “war crime,” ideally there must be some tribunal with competence to punish it.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 12:18am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/30/2014 - 8:13pm | 2 comments

Continue on for the latest Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/29/2014 - 11:33pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/29/2014 - 7:36pm | 1 comment

"This monograph demonstrates that a combination of high quantity and high quality USSOF engagement bolstered Colombian capacity."

by Joe Byerly | Tue, 07/29/2014 - 5:12pm | 0 comments

A simple exercise may offer leaders an azimuth for creating a culture of mission command, and give subordinates the buy-in required to make it happen.

by Scott Forster | Tue, 07/29/2014 - 2:31am | 6 comments

Continue on for the latest Landpower update.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/22/2014 - 12:22pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/22/2014 - 2:21am | 1 comment

Army officials have withdrawn their intelligence network from a major testing exercise this fall because of software glitches, in the latest setback for the troubled system.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/21/2014 - 9:28pm | 6 comments

Like the mosque, the Taliban are back…

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/21/2014 - 8:33am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Mon, 07/21/2014 - 6:41am | 0 comments

The Transnational Gang Threat - Part 1: Joining Forces to Meet the Challenge - FBI

by SWJ Editors, by Robert Bunker, by John P. Sullivan | Mon, 07/21/2014 - 1:23am | 0 comments

This work marks the 3rd Small Wars Journal-El Centro anthology.

by Jeff Collins | Sun, 07/20/2014 - 10:28am | 2 comments

Little consideration has been given to why the Iraqi military’s collapse demonstrates just how divided that country’s society is and how bleak the prospects are for long-lasting stability.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 07/20/2014 - 12:18am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/19/2014 - 5:25pm | 5 comments

"The United States did not come to recognize the people of Indochina as the center of gravity and focused on them too little and too late."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/19/2014 - 8:31am | 27 comments

"Operating a fake news channel to promote state propaganda comes with considerable intrinsic problems and contradictions."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/19/2014 - 1:04am | 0 comments

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by Scott Forster | Fri, 07/18/2014 - 10:28pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/18/2014 - 12:23am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/17/2014 - 10:46pm | 0 comments

New York Times peacekeeping debate (5 op-eds).