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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 SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/21/2012 - 3:43am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 7:23pm | 4 comments

In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss whether Iran's missile-centric strategy could eventually shred the assumptions U.S. military planners have relied on for decades.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:10pm | 2 comments

"Small Wars Journal Change of Command" by Carl Prine at Line of Departure. Though a change, not one of command.

by Mike Few | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:28pm | 2 comments

The History News Network recorded this video of Andrew J. Bacevich speaking at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, IL, on January 7, 2012. Topic: George C. Marshall Lecture on Military History

by Mike Few | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:32pm | 2 comments

Non-state, non-military peacemaking and nation building through dialogue.  Defining "We" not "Us" versus "Them"

by Robert Bunker | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 9:50am | 1 comment

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #9: Decapitated Adult Male with Hands and Feet Removed: Found on Side of a Dirt Road Near Marana (Pima County) Arizona.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:26am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Thu, 01/19/2012 - 12:01pm | 0 comments

Nathan Freier of CSIS critiques the new defense guidance. He sees the Pentagon averting its eyes from wars it doesn't like.

by Mike Few | Thu, 01/19/2012 - 6:33am | 1 comment

The Fog of Peace by Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason Foreign Policy

by Mike Few | Thu, 01/19/2012 - 5:58am | 1 comment

A book on the unspoken effects of wide area security

by Mike Few | Thu, 01/19/2012 - 5:00am | 1 comment

War at Its Worst: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Eric Cummings On Violence

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/19/2012 - 1:41am | 0 comments

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by Mike Few | Wed, 01/18/2012 - 6:07am | 2 comments

Assessing Maneuver and Sanctuaries in the Modern World

by Mike Few | Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:35am | 2 comments

Expect the Best Behaviour from Our Troops by Kurt Sanger

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/18/2012 - 4:02am | 0 comments

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by Mike Few | Tue, 01/17/2012 - 5:29pm | 7 comments

Techniques of Pacification

by Mike Few | Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:00pm | 0 comments

H/T Ryan Evans (Yes, the young HTS (defense-mil industrial complex) that Carl Prine and I have been picking on).  Pay attention!

by Mike Few | Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:29am | 1 comment

Perhaps it is time to stop trying to counter colonial insurgencies and start understanding revolution?

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/17/2012 - 8:09am | 1 comment

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by Mike Few | Mon, 01/16/2012 - 5:15am | 0 comments

"Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/16/2012 - 4:23am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 01/15/2012 - 4:04am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/14/2012 - 6:30am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/14/2012 - 6:06am | 7 comments

Curiously, these works have elicited no serious response by military historians, in spite of the author’s provocations regarding the discipline being founded upon lies.

by Robert Haddick | Fri, 01/13/2012 - 5:07pm | 2 comments

My Foreign Policy column discusses some risky assumptions inside the Pentagon's new strategic guidance. I also discuss why Gulf Cooperation Council members are still failing to cooperate on Iran.