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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/28/2012 - 8:43pm | 4 comments

Okay, we have not been irrelevant for quite some time now and that has to end. On that note here are the real lyrics to the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie”.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/28/2012 - 6:22am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 06/27/2012 - 7:45am | 0 comments

A chivalrous look back at a time gone by.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/27/2012 - 6:05am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:15pm | 0 comments

A New Anti-drug Strategy in Mexico? By Nathan Jones, Baker Institute Blog.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/26/2012 - 6:00am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Mon, 06/25/2012 - 9:56am | 15 comments

What have we learned from a decade at war?  Are they the right issues and the right lessons?

by Peter J. Munson | Mon, 06/25/2012 - 7:58am | 44 comments

Michael Vlahos, a Naval War College professor, argues that the state-waged long war has brought a hint of defeat and self-destruction to popular culture.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/25/2012 - 7:51am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/24/2012 - 11:23am | 0 comments

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi has been declared the winner of Egypt's presidential run-off.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:02am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/23/2012 - 6:08am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Fri, 06/22/2012 - 7:42pm | 9 comments

The Marines go ashore in a strategically insignificant patch of land?

by Robert Haddick | Fri, 06/22/2012 - 3:25pm | 0 comments

Facing huge obstacles, Russia is slowly reforming its army. The United States could modestly benefit. But a crash in the price of oil could ruin Russia's plans.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/22/2012 - 11:54am | 0 comments

West Point's Combating Terrorism Center has released the June 2012 Issue of the CTC Sentinel.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/22/2012 - 8:08am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:05pm | 1 comment

A much bandied about event.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:30am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:43am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/19/2012 - 4:44pm | 0 comments

Splinter Gangs Wage War in Acapulco: The Future of Mexico's Conflict - Southern Pulse and InSight.

by Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong | Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:27am | 0 comments

BJ Armstrong has been spreading the good word at USNI with a historical case study.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/19/2012 - 5:54am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/18/2012 - 1:53am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Fri, 06/15/2012 - 7:17pm | 0 comments

Why the U.S. Can't Afford to Ignore Latin America by Christopher Sabatini and Ryan Berger, CNN.

by Robert Haddick | Fri, 06/15/2012 - 5:14pm | 2 comments

Policymakers in Washington vow to avoid recreating the "hollow force" of the 1970s. But they may get a hollow force anyway.