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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/07/2012 - 6:29am | 0 comments
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by Audrey Kurth Cronin | Thu, 09/06/2012 - 3:10pm | 1 comment
Officials in Washington have a choice. They can play politics or pursue sound strategy, but they don’t have the luxury of doing both.
by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 09/06/2012 - 6:12am | 0 comments
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by Robert Bunker | Thu, 09/06/2012 - 3:51am | 61 comments
I’ve been developing the concept of what would be termed a plutocratic insurgency since 2011.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/05/2012 - 5:03pm | 1 comment
Details concerning an US Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Center Webcast scheduled for 13 September.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/05/2012 - 3:55am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 5:51pm | 2 comments
Video: In New Zealand, Kiwi's 2nd 1st Farewell Fallen Comrades With Huge Haka.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 5:32pm | 23 comments
Many thanks to Col John A. Keenan, Marine Corps Gazette Editor, (A fellow Marine and great Small Wars Journal and personal friend) and the Gazette for once again permitting SWJ to repost an important article that addresses critical issues.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 3:14pm | 1 comment
Afghanistan: Green on Blue Attacks Are Only a Small Part of the Problem by Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 6:17am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 09/03/2012 - 5:53am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Mon, 09/03/2012 - 5:30am | 1 comment
Labor Day reading from Christopher Bassford courtesy of Dave Maxwell.
by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 09/02/2012 - 4:45am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/01/2012 - 2:25pm | 14 comments
Learning to Eat Soup with a Spoon by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos at The American Conservative. "... it does not appear that accountability is on the menu."
by Peter J. Munson | Sat, 09/01/2012 - 9:49am | 9 comments
A status quo protected by restraints and incentive structures can only be affected by disruption.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/01/2012 - 7:49am | 0 comments
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by Robert Haddick | Sat, 09/01/2012 - 7:24am | 2 comments
Aircraft carriers have reigned supreme for 70 years. But missiles, technology, and budgets may finally change that.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:50pm | 0 comments
The August 2012 Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Center Newsletter - some interesting discussion to inlcude striking the right balance between Iregular Warfare and "traditional" warfare.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:41am | 0 comments
Admiral James Stavridis: What I Read with John Hudson at The Atlantic's Wire (SWJ mentioned).
by Peter J. Munson | Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:01am | 0 comments
Are the Iranians nearing an Israeli red line?
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:41am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 08/30/2012 - 5:21pm | 37 comments
Two former military advisors who served with Vietnamese units during the Vietnam War spoke about their experiences in the Pentagon yesterday and shared their thoughts.
by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 08/30/2012 - 6:04am | 0 comments
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by Nathan P. Jones | Wed, 08/29/2012 - 5:33pm | 2 comments
There has been a dominant narrative in the study of Mexican drug trafficking which argues that violence goes down when one dominant trafficking organization monopolizes a locale.