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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 03/02/2012 - 5:54am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:42am | 0 comments

Details on a 7 March US Army Counterinsurgency Center webcast.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:22am | 0 comments

BBC reports on OAS warning: "Drug Cartels Threaten Latin American Democracy".

by Peter J. Munson | Thu, 03/01/2012 - 8:18pm | 0 comments

A new RAND occasional paper takes a look at Al Qaeda and what it means to different people.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 03/01/2012 - 2:28am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:31pm | 0 comments

The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee foresees success -- after a struggle -- in Afghanistan. After that, NATO will adapt and will remain relevant.

by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 6:06am | 13 comments

SWJ-regular Gian Gentile reviews Lewis Sorley's Westmoreland at The National Interest.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 5:08am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 4:30am | 1 comment

SWJ and Wings Over Iraq blogger Major Crispin Burke takes a look at “the state of Milblogging” at the New York Times’ At War blog.

by Peter J. Munson | Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:52pm | 4 comments

CSIS's Anthony Cordesman announces the death of the strategy commenced upon under Gen McChrystal.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 02/28/2012 - 5:49am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Mon, 02/27/2012 - 9:43pm | 3 comments

At Slate, Fred Kaplan argues that the killing of 2 officers in Afghanistan is a classic insurgent tactic... and it's working.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 02/27/2012 - 2:14am | 0 comments

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by Peter J. Munson | Sun, 02/26/2012 - 8:45am | 0 comments

SWJ opens a new site feature to focus on small wars in Latin America.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 02/26/2012 - 3:41am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Sat, 02/25/2012 - 7:23pm | 8 comments

ISAF pulls all NATO advisors from Afghan ministries in the wake of the killing of two U.S. officers on Saturday.

by Robert Haddick | Sat, 02/25/2012 - 9:59am | 2 comments

The Navy and the Air Force are cooperating on Air-Sea Battle. But it may not be enough to save America's forward presence strategy.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 02/25/2012 - 5:27am | 0 comments

Paul Farhi of the Washington Post reports that Stars and Stripes is "up in arms about a Defense Department directive".

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 02/25/2012 - 4:04am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 02/24/2012 - 5:53am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 02/23/2012 - 7:50am | 0 comments

CNN cites military officials as stating up to 75,000 troops needed to secure Syrian chemical sites, should the need arise.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 02/23/2012 - 6:17am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 02/22/2012 - 5:25am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 02/21/2012 - 5:48am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 02/20/2012 - 1:52pm | 0 comments

A major study released today by Canada’s leading defence, foreign affairs and security institute calls for a major re-examination of the national security policy and strategy that guides and shapes the size, structure and capabilities of the Canadian Forces and the work of the Department of National Defence.