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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, 11/06/2011 - 6:19am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:51am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 11/04/2011 - 7:13pm | 1 comment

My column at Foreign Policy wonders what the possible unraveling of the European Union might mean for NATO. Also, the Pentagon takes a Mulligan on the 2010 QDR -- and will likely deliver a better product on the second try.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/04/2011 - 4:53pm | 5 comments

Behavioural Conflict: Why Understanding People and Their Motives Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict by Andrew Mackay and Steve Tatham ; foreword by Stanley McChrystal.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/04/2011 - 5:50am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/03/2011 - 5:14pm | 17 comments

The military has institutionalized lessons learned from the past decade of nonconventional warfare and will work to maintain doctrine and skills that allow the services to balance readiness for traditional defenses as well as irregular fighting, service leaders told a congressional committee today.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/03/2011 - 4:55am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/02/2011 - 5:25pm | 0 comments

Two years after setting the new standard in war combat documentaries with its Emmy-winning masterpiece WWII in HD, HISTORY shifts its focus to a different generation and to one of the most controversial wars in American history.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/02/2011 - 5:23am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Tue, 11/01/2011 - 6:07pm | 3 comments

The Pentagon killed the Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program. But a Marine Corps strategist has come up with its replacement - a robot.

by Doctrine Man | Tue, 11/01/2011 - 6:03pm | 1 comment

Doctrine Man, Doctrine Man, spits out the comics no one can. Doctrine Man, Doctrine Man, saves the world without a plan!!

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/01/2011 - 4:06am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:04am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/30/2011 - 2:12pm | 5 comments

An Open Letter to All Marines: A Response to Lieutenant General Robert B. Neller by Major Gregory A. Thiele, Marine Corps Gazette.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/30/2011 - 4:41am | 0 comments

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by Gene C. Kamena, by Roy F. Houchin II | Sat, 10/29/2011 - 6:57am | 5 comments

As the specter of serve budget reductions become reality, leaders at all levels will face tough choices; what to keep, what must go, what to cut back--what will and will not get done.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/29/2011 - 3:55am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 10/28/2011 - 6:04pm | 1 comment

My Foreign Policy column wonders whether recent cross-border raids by Turkey and Kenya will solve anything. Meanwhile a new critique of the Pentagon's forecasting habits focuses too much on machines and not enough on people.

by Robert Haddick | Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:05pm | 0 comments

Paul Wolfowitz and Michael O'Hanlon believe Colombia could be a model for Afghanistan. I agree -- not least because that idea appeared here and at 'The American' almost two years ago.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 10/28/2011 - 8:09am | 3 comments

Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present, and Future and Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 10/28/2011 - 7:39am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/27/2011 - 8:30pm | 0 comments

Catch-22: Is the Novel Still Relevant to Modern Soldiers? By Virginia Brown of BBC News Magazine.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/27/2011 - 7:55pm | 0 comments

Mexico’s Drug War by Tim Noonan, Yahoo 7 News, Australia, video report.

by Robert Haddick | Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:06pm | 2 comments

Political sensitivities kept U.S. ground forces out of the Libyan war. It appears that Qatar, punching far above its weight, executed a classic unconventional warfare campaign in Libya.

by Mike Few | Thu, 10/27/2011 - 11:47am | 6 comments

Sometimes, despite our best intentions and desire to help, a strategy of non-military intervention might be in the best interest of our National Security Policy