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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/15/2012 - 3:18pm | 0 comments

Confronting the Terrorism of Boko Haram in Nigeria.  A Joint Special Operations University monograph by Dr. James Forest.

 

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/15/2012 - 4:16am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:32am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:11am | 0 comments

Reconciliation with the Taliban: Fracturing the Insurgency by Jeffrey Dressler, Institute for the Study of War.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/13/2012 - 5:13pm | 11 comments

Abu Muqawama: Special Forces, or the Danger of Even a Lot of Knowledge by Andrew Exum, World Politics Review and Are Special Forces Special Enough? By James Joyner, Outside the Beltway.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/13/2012 - 7:31am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/12/2012 - 11:40am | 0 comments

FYI on a new blog from the World Peace Foundation - Reinventing Peace.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/12/2012 - 8:17am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:35pm | 4 comments

US Military Admits to Mistakes in Iraq, Afghanistan by R. Jeffrey Smith of The Center for Public Integrity.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/11/2012 - 1:42pm | 1 comment

Drones Revolutionize US Warfare by Luis Ramirez, Voice of America.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:13am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/10/2012 - 7:06am | 11 comments

Concept Failure? COIN, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Theory by Colin S. Gray, Prism 3, No 3.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/09/2012 - 11:58pm | 0 comments

Lessons of the Iraqi De-Ba'athification Program for Iraq's Future and the Arab Revolutions by Dr. W. Andrew Terrill, U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/09/2012 - 11:52pm | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/09/2012 - 5:29pm | 4 comments

For US Inquiries on Leaks, a Difficult Road to Prosecution by Charlie Savage of The New York Times.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/09/2012 - 3:25am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:38pm | 1 comment

America can't win an arms race against China. But the U.S. has its own trump cards to play in the growing competition over the Western Pacific.

by Peter J. Munson | Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:08am | 6 comments

SWJ Editor Peter Munson appears this weekend on CDR Salamander's Midrats radio show.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:58am | 0 comments

Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation by Colonel Lewis G. Irwin, U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:32am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/07/2012 - 3:31pm | 3 comments

The United States is reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan serving as a safe haven for terrorists attacking American forces in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.

by Adam Geibel | Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:05am | 0 comments

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12A:  Lanzagranadas y Lanzacohetes - Tracking The Sources of Mexican Cartels’ RPG7s.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/07/2012 - 8:20am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 06/07/2012 - 6:33am | 1 comment

The Age of Unsatisfying Wars - New York Times opinion piece by John Nagl.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/06/2012 - 4:40am | 12 comments

The End of Counterinsurgency by George Friedman of Stratfor, via Real Clear World.