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Continue on for the Syria Special Issue of the CTC Sentinel.

"While Iraq and Afghanistan may not (epistemologically speaking) disprove the validity of COIN, there are serious definitional and categorical concerns."

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Continue on for a news roundup of Staff Sergeant Ty Carter's Medal of Honor ceremony.

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The Other Side of the COIN: The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan by Karl W. Eikenberry, Foreign Affairs (Excerpt provided, full article requires paid subscription).

The Middle East remains the central focus of American foreign policy. Whatever 'pivot' may have been anticipated has yet to be implemented.

US influence is declining in the ME as violence and instability rock Arab countries. An ambitious attempt to reset relations with Russia faltered and failed.

Narco-Politics: How Mexico Got There and How It Can Get Out by Pamela F. Izaguirre, Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Steven Salaita at Salon: “Compulsory patriotism does nothing for soldiers who risk their lives -- but props up those who profit from war”.

The purpose of this paper is to explore Political Liberalism as applied to the Regionally Aligned Forces concept in order to explain the “why” of strategic implementation.

Preparing for a disaster, whether it is a hurricane, flood, power blackout, or nuclear event is not just a job for FEMA.

No matter how much the cartels tried, and continue to try, to hide their evil acts with continued threats against journalists, a group of citizens emerged to fill in the gap of local cartel coverage - narcobloggers…

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Saturday Lite: Air-Sea Battle Much More Than Just A Concept (Hat tip to H Lucien Gauthier III).

The Failed Grand Strategy in the Middle East - Wall Street Journal Saturday Essay by Walter Russell Mead.

The Causes of Instability in Nigeria and Implications for the United States by Lieutenant Colonel Clarence J. Bouchat (USAF, Ret.), US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute monograph.

Penguin Group announces Erik Prince’s book Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror.

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"The Defense Department may have to fire at least 6,272 civilian employees if automatic cuts known as sequestration slice $52 billion from its fiscal 2014 budget..."

U.S. Options in Syria: Obama’s Delays and the Dempsey Warnings by Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS.

Military Jury Finds Fort Hood Gunman Guilty on All Counts by Manny Fernandez, New York Times - More...

The Long Road: Uruzgan, Afghanistan, on the Path to Stability by Sgt. Jessi McCormick, 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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2013-14 Key Strategic Issues List - US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.