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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:56pm | 5 comments

Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan by Jonathan Goodhand and Aziz Hakimi, United States Institute of Peace.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/20/2013 - 12:07am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/19/2013 - 10:47pm | 0 comments

To include JP 3-24, Counterinsurgency, 22 November 2013.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/19/2013 - 2:40am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/16/2013 - 11:44am | 1 comment

The Pentagon's Invisible Man by Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/16/2013 - 11:30am | 76 comments

How Bin Laden Escaped in 2001: The Lessons of Tora Bora by Yaniv Barzilai, The Daily Beast.

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by Robert Bunker | Sun, 12/15/2013 - 11:28pm | 0 comments

Univision Video: In Sinaloa, A Cemetery Dominated by Narcos.

by Robert Bunker | Sun, 12/15/2013 - 1:15pm | 0 comments

Mexico’s Petit Révolution: Justice and Security Implications of Approving a Fully New Code of Judicial Procedures by Viridiana Rios, Wilson Center.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/15/2013 - 12:50pm | 0 comments

"Strategy in a time of more uncertainty, or less?"

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by Scott Forster | Sat, 12/14/2013 - 12:35pm | 0 comments

There are three key articles focused on Russia and East Europe I would like to highlight for Small Wars Journal readers this week.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/14/2013 - 7:09am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/13/2013 - 5:44am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/12/2013 - 10:39am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/11/2013 - 12:19am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/10/2013 - 12:30am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/09/2013 - 9:17pm | 0 comments

Rapid Deployment: The Army and American Strategy by Robert Killebrew, War on the Rocks.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/09/2013 - 5:00pm | 3 comments

"They aren't just about Mexico or drugs anymore."

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/09/2013 - 1:43pm | 48 comments

Second-party Counterinsurgency by Mark O’Neill, PhD Dissertation, University of New South Wales.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/09/2013 - 1:27pm | 1 comment

"Although focused on the Philippines it (article) applies to nearly every humanitarian assistance and disaster relief situation."

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/08/2013 - 10:06pm | 0 comments

Flash Mob: The United States Air Force Band at the National Air and Space Museum

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/08/2013 - 2:22am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/08/2013 - 1:21am | 12 comments

To Improve the U.S. Military, Shrink It by Tom Ricks, Washington Post.