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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 06/25/2014 - 12:41am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 3:44pm | 2 comments

Statement By Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Announcing Presidential Nominations

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 3:07pm | 5 comments

AUSA’s Institute of Land Warfare recently published a Land Warfare Paper titled “Special Operations Forces in Unlit Spaces: Understanding the World's Dark Spots in the Context of SOF Operational Planning.”

by Dennis P. Chapman | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 7:41am | 0 comments

Resolution of the current military crisis in Iraq is complicated by a difficult underlying political crisis.

by Robert Bunker | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 12:37am | 0 comments

How Government Structure Encourages Criminal Violence: The Causes of Mexico’s Drug War by Viridiana Rios Contreras

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 12:11am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 12:09am | 1 comment

A special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies on U.S. counterinsurgency features three free-to-view articles as a promotion for the rest of the issue.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/23/2014 - 6:56pm | 6 comments

“We have a real global threat. The problems in Africa are going to land on our doorstep if we’re not careful.”

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/23/2014 - 6:49pm | 3 comments

"There were plenty of warnings, of course. A look at how we got here"…

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/23/2014 - 12:05am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/22/2014 - 8:51pm | 34 comments

"Nigeria is studying the military tactics used by Sri Lanka to crush the rebel Tamil Tigers for its own battle against Islamist group Boko Haram."

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/22/2014 - 8:29pm | 0 comments

When Is Foreign Internal Defense (FID) a Smart Policy Tool for Washington? Cato Institute, July 14, 2014, 11:00 am. Continue on for additional information.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/22/2014 - 8:00pm | 0 comments

Not All Heroes: An Unapologetic Memoir of the Vietnam War, 1971–1972. Book review by James R. Smither, Grand Valley State University.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 06/19/2014 - 8:33am | 1 comment

The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 06/19/2014 - 7:53am | 0 comments

Continue on for the latest from the U.S. War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 06/19/2014 - 6:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 06/17/2014 - 7:44am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/16/2014 - 7:58am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/15/2014 - 9:57am | 12 comments

The Air Force insists the high-flying B-1 and other warplanes can adequately replace the A-10.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/15/2014 - 8:26am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/14/2014 - 2:40pm | 9 comments

Obama’s intention to end the war in Iraq led to continual downward pressure on the planned number of advisers, until it fell to a small fraction of what military planners originally hoped for.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/14/2014 - 12:55am | 3 comments

"Depending whether you are among the winners or losers, you jeer or curse American passivity."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/14/2014 - 12:19am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/13/2014 - 3:56pm | 1 comment

President Obama said Friday the US will not send troops into Iraq to fend off a burgeoning Islamic insurgency. Continue on for a news roundup.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/13/2014 - 12:16am | 0 comments

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