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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 | Wed, 11/23/2011 - 7:07am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 5:35pm | 5 comments

State Department Establishes New Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations - DoS Press Release.

by Gian Gentile | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 10:16am | 15 comments

In Iraq and Afghanistan, the American military embraced the idea that better tactics can overcome serious shortcomings in strategy and policy

by Daniel R. DePetris | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 8:20am | 0 comments

Arrests of suspected Baa’thists continue unabated, jarring Iraq’s Sunni community.  If Prime Minister Maliki is not careful, the sectarian disease could once again infect Iraq’s political system.

by Nic Jenzen-Jones | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:34am | 0 comments

Author interviews members of Colombia's national counter-narcotics unit

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 4:30am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/21/2011 - 4:36pm | 0 comments

The (Not So*) Secret War in Africa by Sean Naylor of the Army Times. (*SWJ edit.)

by Robert Haddick | Mon, 11/21/2011 - 2:20pm | 0 comments

The regional backlash against China continues to grow; Myanmar's junta has reached out to the United States while Japan signs up more defense partners.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:04pm | 1 comment

Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples' Wars - Edited by Dr. Andrew Scobell, Dr. David Lai, and Mr. Roy Kamphausen; US Army War College Strategic Studies institute monograph.

by Mike Few | Mon, 11/21/2011 - 7:47am | 0 comments

At what point does reality completely overwhelm the neatly, beautifully constructed theories we’ve used to explain it?


 
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/21/2011 - 3:46am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/20/2011 - 3:08am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Sat, 11/19/2011 - 5:27am | 1 comment

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 8: 230,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mexico and ‘Narco-Refugee’ Potentials for the United States.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/19/2011 - 5:22am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:35pm | 4 comments

My Foreign Policy column discusses the arms race between big bombs and deep tunnels. I also discuss the new Marine Corps base in Australia and the problem of moral hazard.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/18/2011 - 7:07am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/17/2011 - 10:19am | 0 comments

The US Army COIN Center is pleased to host Mr. David Gayvert, a program consultant for the Irregular Warfare Support Program and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office.

 

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/17/2011 - 5:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/16/2011 - 4:00pm | 6 comments

SWJ Book Review of SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden.

 

by Robert Haddick | Wed, 11/16/2011 - 2:35pm | 1 comment

The China Commission describes a Chinese military designed for surprise attack. Meanwhile, China's leaders are struggling to maintain control over a country with deepening problems.

by Alejandro M. Sueldo | Wed, 11/16/2011 - 1:38pm | 0 comments

Missile defense cooperation presents a better opportunity to reduce NATO-Russian tensions and radically transform U.S.-Russian relations

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/16/2011 - 8:42am | 0 comments

Continue on for the latest posted articles from Armed Forces Journal.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/16/2011 - 6:53am | 0 comments

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by Sid Heal, by Robert Bunker | Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:39pm | 0 comments

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note # 6: Cross Border Incursion with SWAT Teams Responding: 15 Cartel/Gang Gunmen Cross into US Near Escobares, Texas.

by Robert Haddick | Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:05pm | 0 comments

Can studying the 2008 Battle of Wanat help the Army and Marine Corps improve small unit distributed operations?