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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 9:36pm | 0 comments

Changing Minds In The Army: Why It Is So Difficult and What To Do About It by Dr. Stephen J. Gerras and Dr. Leonard Wong, Strategic Studies Institute.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 5:09pm | 0 comments

Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy. Edited by Dr. Volker C. Franke and Dr. Robert H. Dorff, Strategic Studies Institute.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 8:23am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 7:53am | 3 comments

Continue on for a video of S*** A-10 Pilots Don't Say.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/25/2013 - 8:28pm | 0 comments

America Forgetting Lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan, General Says in Colorado Springs Speech by Tom Roeder, The Gazette.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/25/2013 - 4:36pm | 1 comment

"Even if a compromise is reached that avoids the worst effects of sequestration, the Department of Defense will be faced with deep cuts to capabilities and capacities."

by John P. Sullivan | Mon, 11/25/2013 - 5:41am | 13 comments

Mexico’s cartels are significant social, political, and economic actors.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/25/2013 - 1:42am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Sun, 11/24/2013 - 3:07pm | 0 comments

The same people who leave dead bodies and severed heads littering a busy highway in Mexico are now moving their operations to Oklahoma.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/24/2013 - 5:40am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/24/2013 - 3:07am | 0 comments

Coninue on for the VOA take, more to follow on SWJ's Daily Roundup...

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/23/2013 - 2:16pm | 4 comments

Learning for the Next War by Nathan Finney, Barefoot Strategist.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/23/2013 - 10:44am | 0 comments

“Counterinsurgency in Crisis: Britain and the Challenges of Modern Warfare” - The IISS-US book launch; video of the panel discussion.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/23/2013 - 12:03am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/23/2013 - 12:02am | 0 comments

Top 10 Maritime Assistance/ Disaster Needs and Best US Platforms by Louis Bergeron, CIMSEC.

by Robert Bunker | Fri, 11/22/2013 - 7:59pm | 0 comments

Call to Create OAS Inter-American Commission against Transnational Organized Crime - OAS Press Release.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/22/2013 - 7:49pm | 0 comments

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Friday the Pentagon's first Arctic strategy to guide changes in military planning.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/21/2013 - 6:21am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/21/2013 - 12:46am | 0 comments

Continue on for the November-December issue of Military Review.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/20/2013 - 8:13am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/20/2013 - 6:33am | 13 comments

COIN Doctrine Under Fire by Richard Sisk, DoD Buzz.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 11/19/2013 - 8:11pm | 1 comment

Continue on for The Nighhawks, in Balmer, Murlund.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/19/2013 - 3:52pm | 1 comment

A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week urged Defense Department leaders to hold off on any plans to cut the A-10.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/19/2013 - 3:40pm | 1 comment

... in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/19/2013 - 12:52pm | 2 comments

The Human Domain: From the Sea - War on the Rocks Book Review by B.J. Armstrong.