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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 | Tue, 05/06/2014 - 9:28am | 0 comments

“American Landpower, facing a challenging era of defense austerity in the coming years, can play a supporting role in this regard.”

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 05/06/2014 - 9:21am | 0 comments

"The department’s objective was simple, even if its task was not."

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 05/06/2014 - 8:07am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 05/05/2014 - 6:56pm | 0 comments

"The current debate about Ukraine is troubling for at least three reasons."

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 05/05/2014 - 5:34am | 4 comments

“The intelligence agency’s irregular forces have been key to the fight against the Taliban since 2001. Now they’re being withdrawn.”

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 05/04/2014 - 12:27pm | 1 comment

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment spent 12 days in Mexico, and confirms that almost “every Mexican police force” abuses detainees.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 05/04/2014 - 5:16am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 05/03/2014 - 3:17pm | 0 comments

Beyond Cocaine Cowboys: Looking at Security in Latin America from a Different Perspective

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 05/03/2014 - 8:44am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 05/03/2014 - 7:12am | 0 comments

Continue on for a link to Rep. Duncan Hunter's letter concerning a possible DIA Director nomination.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 05/02/2014 - 8:32pm | 0 comments

"On his 100th birthday his family served 3 cakes. One bore the FBI seal, another the five rings of the Olympic Games, and the third the seal of the United States Marine Corps."

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 05/02/2014 - 12:09am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 7:50pm | 0 comments

“The problem is that today’s ‘bad guys’ have learned to operate in this gap between cops and soldiers.”

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 6:08pm | 3 comments

“The United States is now reaping by the bushel what it painfully sowed in Iraq.”

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 3:43pm | 0 comments

Is it possible private military corporations could create a world superpower?

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 9:42am | 0 comments

"It's vitally important to keep a substantial commitment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year."

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 8:19am | 3 comments

“As someone who used to have a front-row seat in the development policy arena, I would make three broad points in defense of USAID.”

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 12:09am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/30/2014 - 7:44pm | 4 comments

“The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency is being pushed out of the job after a series of clashes over his leadership.”

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/30/2014 - 7:28pm | 1 comment

Lieutenant Lessons…Continued by Major Andrew Steadman, US Army, The Military Leader blog.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/30/2014 - 11:48am | 0 comments

Why Nations Are Right To Ban USAID by Mark Varga, Defense One

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/30/2014 - 12:08am | 0 comments

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by Scott Forster | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 6:52pm | 1 comment

We have added three new articles and a podcast to Landpower that take you around the world from EUCOM, thru PACOM and home to SOUTHCOM.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 4:12pm | 0 comments

The writing competition will evaluate and recognize outstanding writers from across the Army who demonstrate clarity and vision about the future of the mounted force.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 10:05am | 11 comments

“Today that system is under assault not by a single empire but by a hundred big and little foes.”