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Snapshots of an Intervention: The Unlearned Lessons of Afghanistan’s Decade of Assistance (2001–11) - Martine van Bijlert and Sari Kouvo (editors).
The U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Center recently interviewed COL Chris Toner upon the return of his brigade from Afghanistan. COL Toner commanded 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division from June 2009 to June 2012.
Recent InSight Crime articles by SWJ El Centro Fellow Steven Dudley.
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If the Pentagon wants to save money on weapons, maybe it needs to think big rather than small.
Preparing for the Third Generation of Conflict, Stabilization, and Reconstruction Operations - A CSIS report by Johanna Mendelson Forman and Liora Danan; Project Robert D. Lamb.
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Via Rappler: "What Drones? Philippines is Not Afghanistan". SWJ friend and supporter COL Dave Maxwell (USA Ret.) responds to the New York Times.
Via CFR: In her testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Linda Robinson details how U.S. Special Operations Forces can be restructured to better confront emerging challenges.
To keep the Syrian war “small,” the US government should learn from the diplomatic mistake it made in June.
The latest edition of Parameters (Spring 2012 Vol. 42 No. 1) is now available online.
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Forthcoming from Biddle, Friedman, and Shapiro in International Security.
Outstanding resources for study of revolutions and insurgencies.
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Via CJCS General Dempsey's Facebook Page: "Thanks for sharing your favorite blogs and lectures this week!"
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Introducing the new blog La Revue de Presse Juridique.
The Afghan conflict may be about to mutate again, this time into an old-fashioned war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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