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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 | Sun, 12/11/2011 - 4:30am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/10/2011 - 6:31am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:07pm | 1 comment

In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss why the drone capture by Iran will not slow down robotic warfare. I also explain why the U.S. needs a new maritime strategy.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:11am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/09/2011 - 3:50am | 0 comments

Iranian Video of Alleged U.S. Drone

by Jason Howk | Thu, 12/08/2011 - 6:04pm | 3 comments

The big lesson the International Community should draw from the last ten years in Afghanistan is that cooperation must be a key principle of war if they hope to achieve peace

by Robert Haddick | Thu, 12/08/2011 - 1:20pm | 0 comments

Two recent items discuss some of China's deep problems and imply disruptive change may be coming, and soon. But such an outlier scenario is not likely given much weight in Western plans.

by Teun van Dongen, by Philipp Reichert | Thu, 12/08/2011 - 8:52am | 0 comments

Large swaths of Indian territory are plagued by conflict between the state and the long-running Maoist insurgency group known as the Naxalites

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/08/2011 - 5:34am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/07/2011 - 6:14pm | 6 comments

The LCE is a great tool when examining the budget trade space

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/07/2011 - 2:47am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/06/2011 - 2:21pm | 1 comment

Bringing the State to the Slum: Confronting Organized Crime and Urban Violence in Latin America by Vanda Felbab-Brown, The Brookings Institution.

by Mike Few | Tue, 12/06/2011 - 10:05am | 68 comments

A primer to help move past COIN, CT, FID, SFA and start talking strategy to confront today's problems

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/06/2011 - 8:07am | 48 comments

The claims about COIN were obviously false when made, disproved by both history and logic.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/06/2011 - 5:35am | 0 comments

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by Mike Few | Mon, 12/05/2011 - 4:43pm | 8 comments

Andrew Exum discovers FID and SFA

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/05/2011 - 10:50am | 15 comments

Let the Army and Marine Corps hear your voice

by Robert Bunker | Mon, 12/05/2011 - 8:13am | 0 comments

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 9:  Why Does Napolitano Focus on Al Qaeda Lone Wolves and Ignore the Mexican Cartels?

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/05/2011 - 2:03am | 0 comments

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by Crispin Burke | Sun, 12/04/2011 - 1:50pm | 5 comments

An excellent talk from General Peter van Uhm, Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff, on the meaning of the Profession of Arms.

 

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/04/2011 - 3:53am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:46am | 9 comments

Is there Hope for Afghanistan? - by Linda Robinson, Foreign Policy and A Shift in the Afghanistan Strategy - by John Nagl, Foreign Affairs.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/03/2011 - 9:34am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/03/2011 - 7:49am | 7 comments

Hanging Up My Army Uniform to be a High School Teacher - Paul Yingling, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/03/2011 - 7:37am | 0 comments

The Risks of Military Cutbacks - David Ignatius, Washington Post.