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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 4:40pm | 0 comments

Adapting, Transforming, and Modernizing Under Fire: The Mexican Military 2006-11 by Inigo Guevara Moyano, Letort Papers, U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.

by Don Gomez | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 3:34pm | 4 comments

How the hell do veterans reintegrate into American society?

by Teun van Dongen | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 12:30pm | 0 comments

Dealing with security failures in the midst of globalization, urbanization, and modernity

by Andrew Shaver | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 12:13pm | 0 comments

At what costs and to what ends are we leaving Afghanistan?

by Mike Few | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:00am | 2 comments

My thoughts on CourtneyGate

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/09/2011 - 7:28am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Thu, 09/08/2011 - 2:45pm | 0 comments

What is the state of the U.S. military a decade after 9/11? This morning, the defense think tank CSBA delivered its appraisal. Here are some highlights.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:57am | 3 comments

Is Naval Aviation Culture Dead? By John Lehman, Proceedings. “A Navy led by men and women who have never made a serious mistake will be a Navy that will fail.”

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:16am | 2 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 09/07/2011 - 6:31am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 09/06/2011 - 3:57am | 0 comments

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by Nic Jenzen-Jones | Mon, 09/05/2011 - 8:11am | 4 comments

Counter-Narcotics Efforts in Afghanistan

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 09/05/2011 - 5:10am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:49pm | 0 comments

A Decade after the 9/11 Attacks, Americans Live in an Era of Endless War by Greg Jaffe, Washington Post.

by Youssef Aboul-Enein | Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:58am | 4 comments

A review of Warren Wilkin's book on the early phases of the US involvement in Vietnam.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:48am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 09/03/2011 - 7:30pm | 0 comments

Soldier, Thinker, Hunter, Spy: Drawing a Bead on Al Qaeda by Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 09/03/2011 - 6:10pm | 4 comments

Are We Finished in the Philippines? - By Travis Tritten, Stars and Stripes. BLUF:

Fight against terrorism threat in country deemed a success, but the way out is unclear…

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 09/03/2011 - 5:40am | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 09/02/2011 - 7:34pm | 3 comments

My column at Foreign Policy discusses how the Pentagon's report on China's military power could start a budget war inside the Pentagon. I also discuss the hard choices ahead for U.S. naval aviation.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/02/2011 - 5:35pm | 12 comments

‘Top Secret America’: A Look at the Military’s Joint Special Operations Command by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/02/2011 - 4:27am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/02/2011 - 3:31am | 0 comments

Groundhog War: The Limits of Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan by Bing West, Foreign Affairs.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:28pm | 0 comments

Can Petraeus Handle the CIA’s Skepticism on Afghanistan? - Washington Post opinion piece by David Ignatius.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 09/01/2011 - 4:16pm | 0 comments

The US Army COIN Center will be hosting Dr. Christopher Paul for a Webcast briefing on 8 September.