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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 12/02/2011 - 6:13pm | 0 comments

In my Foreign Policy column, I explain why Pakistan's leverage over the United States won't last much longer. I also discuss why the U.S. Marine Corps is in a hurry to its next assignment.

by Mike Few | Fri, 12/02/2011 - 11:37am | 7 comments

More debate on modern counterinsurgency

 

by James Moran | Fri, 12/02/2011 - 7:17am | 0 comments

Review of Sarah Phillips' work on Yemen

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/02/2011 - 12:29am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/01/2011 - 12:40pm | 1 comment

Why does COIN seem insufficient?

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/01/2011 - 4:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/01/2011 - 1:37am | 0 comments

A Tale of Two Surges by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/30/2011 - 7:15am | 0 comments

Do Oligarchies Create Insurgencies? By Mark Safranski, Zenpundit.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/30/2011 - 7:07am | 1 comment

The Future of Land Wars: Intense, High-Tech, Urban, Coastal by David Axe, AOL Defense.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/30/2011 - 6:51am | 0 comments

Special Small Wars and Insurgencies Issue: Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas: The Gangs and Cartels Wage War.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/30/2011 - 6:42am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:24pm | 0 comments

Band of Brothers or Dysfunctional Family?:  A Military Perspective on Coalition Challenges During Stability Operations by Dr. Russell W. Glenn, RAND.

 

by Robert Haddick | Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:04pm | 3 comments

In a piece for AOL Defense, Nate Freier forecasts the demand for the U.S. Army. A new report from RAND forecasts the supply. Needless to say, there is a disturbing gap.

by Frank Hoffman | Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:23am | 24 comments

Dr. David Ucko, no stranger to this community as author of the highly regarded The New Counterinsurgency Era, has the lead article in the forthcoming issue of the interagency journal PRISM.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:13am | 0 comments

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by Youssef Aboul-Enein | Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:35am | 0 comments

Three books on Egypt and Syria to help determine if the movement is a spring, winter, or an awakening

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:42am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/26/2011 - 8:04pm | 5 comments

More Commentary on COIN is Dead by Mark Safranski, Zenpundit.

by Robert Bunker | Sat, 11/26/2011 - 10:08am | 7 comments

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note # 7: Los Zetas Three Vehicle (SUV) Commando Engages in Offensive Action in Northwest Harris County, Texas: Ensuing Fire Fight with US Law Enforcement.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/26/2011 - 6:29am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/25/2011 - 8:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/24/2011 - 5:46am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:03pm | 0 comments

An English Thanksgiving, 1942 by Thomas Fleming, Wall Street Journal.

by Paul Olsen | Wed, 11/23/2011 - 7:54am | 13 comments

Science is on the verge of modernizing warfare