An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban/Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan, 1970-2010 by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn
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Statement from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, on the Afghanistan video incident.
Pop-COIN and ‘The Death of American Strategy’ by A.E. Stahl Defenceiq
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My Mesopotamian Getaway by Emma Sky Foreign Policy
Are nuclear scientists lawful combatants subject for targeting in modern war?
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Marine Corps Manual Offers Blunt, Revealing Portrait of Afghan War at the Washington Post and Afghanistan, Operational Culture for Deploying Personnel at Public Intelligence.
Al Jazeera asks what do possible peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban mean for Afghanistan's future?
Adelphi 425-6: Afghanistan to 2015 and Beyond edited by Toby Dodge and Nicholas Redman IISS
A remnant of a decades-old party perks system, the luxe wheels are a conspicuous target of growing public outrage over the privileges of the elite
The Moro War, How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle
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A Balanced Review of "The Operators" by Ann Marlowe
SWJ quote of 2012 (H/T French Defence Analysis Stéphane Taillat)
AirSea Battle: A Prisoner's Dilemma or A Game of Chicken?
A Chinese Policy for Central Asia? by Joshua Foust Registan.net
Arab Spring: The Fight for the Old Silk Road (Economic Trade Routes/Power Center)
CRS has an update out on China's navy. Analysts need to do more reporting on China's missiles and the PLA's "kill chain."
Revolutions Are Violent by Eric Cummings On Violence