In a Stars and Stripes article, Midlevel Officers Weigh Risk, Reward of Criticizing Army Leadership, LTC Daniel Davis and COL Paul Yingling are featured.
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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 02/08/2012 - 11:44am | 2 comments
In this Infinity Journal exclusive, Douglas Macgregor asks, what is the strategic meaning of America’s military drawdown?
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 02/08/2012 - 4:45am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Tue, 02/07/2012 - 3:22pm | 0 comments
"Swift realization" that the build up may have been "ill-advised" represents a "remarkable pivot."
by Crispin Burke | Tue, 02/07/2012 - 2:24pm | 0 comments
General Stanley McChrystal on leadership, courtesy of TED. (H/T Voo Tatico)
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 02/07/2012 - 2:38am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 02/06/2012 - 8:04am | 15 comments
In the latest edition of Armed Forces Journal, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, US Army, asks how many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding?
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 02/06/2012 - 4:20am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Sun, 02/05/2012 - 10:57am | 1 comment
Hugh Gusterson argues that the destruction of the Iraqi university system played a part in de-modernizing the country.
by Peter J. Munson | Sun, 02/05/2012 - 9:20am | 0 comments
Sunday's New York Times Magazine takes a look at the hard gains being won to buy breathing room for transition to Afghan forces.
by Bing West | Sun, 02/05/2012 - 9:14am | 7 comments
Bing West argues that COIN as nation-building should not be a military mission at World Politics Review.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 02/05/2012 - 3:08am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Sat, 02/04/2012 - 7:43pm | 2 comments
As conventional forces draw down, special operations forces will step up to a more central role in hunting terrorists and training partners.
by Peter J. Munson | Sat, 02/04/2012 - 6:48pm | 1 comment
The messy realities that wait to confront R2P idealists.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 02/04/2012 - 2:52am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:54pm | 18 comments
In a blast from the past, Kennedy and Johnson staffer turned Harvard professor James C. Thompson looks at how the tragedy that was the Vietnam War unfolded.
by Robert Haddick | Fri, 02/03/2012 - 3:01pm | 0 comments
The U.S. pivot to Asia could give the military alliance a chance to find a new identity.
by SWJ Editors | Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:18am | 0 comments
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by Mike Few | Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:38pm | 3 comments
As American conservatives wage an energetic battle against altruism in domestic affairs, they should be prepared to do so in the realm of national security as well
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 02/02/2012 - 6:05am | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:49pm | 3 comments
"We're now 'at war' hither and yon, with no end in sight..."
by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 02/01/2012 - 6:40pm | 0 comments
As the services work to figure out the shape of their future, many in the Navy and Marine Corps are inching together to "create synergies" (like a boss... on a boat).
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 02/01/2012 - 6:37am | 0 comments
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