culture https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en Arab Cultural Manifestations in the Iraqi Army https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/arab-cultural-manifestations-iraqi-army <span>Arab Cultural Manifestations in the Iraqi Army</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Fri, 11/01/2019 - 12:11am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Underpinnings of ethnic, religious, tribal, and demographic factors as well as their associated social identities remain a recurrent player in Iraqi politics and has affected the building of the Iraqi Army over the past 16 years. Researching Iraqi culture, social identities and their historical context is paramount to understanding the challenges the U.S. has faced in its efforts to train, equip, and advise the Iraqi Army. Independent thinking, creative ideas, information sharing, individual initiative, decentralized control, delegation of responsibility, and personal merit are all keys to success in U.S. military doctrine but contradict Iraqi sociocultural norms of centralized power, groupthink, and avoiding shame, embarrassment, and admission of mistakes. Training, equipping, and advising Arab militaries to follow Western military doctrine has had a history of at best mediocre results and rarely outlives the departure of Western advisors. U.S. capacity building doctrine in Iraq did not adjust to take into account Iraqi culture, instead it expected the Iraqi military to adapt to American military doctrine.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/arab-cultural-manifestations-iraqi-army" rel="tag" title="Arab Cultural Manifestations in the Iraqi Army" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Arab Cultural Manifestations in the Iraqi Army</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/arab-cultural-manifestations-iraqi-army#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632488639" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:11:31 +0000 SWJED 128654 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Modern War and Cultural Change https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/modern-war-and-cultural-change <span>Modern War and Cultural Change</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Thu, 08/08/2019 - 1:56am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Cultural knowledge and cultural change are – on various levels – of significant importance for modern Western warfare. What does this mean for strategy?</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/modern-war-and-cultural-change" rel="tag" title="Modern War and Cultural Change" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Modern War and Cultural Change</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/modern-war-and-cultural-change#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632571913" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:56:29 +0000 SWJED 123714 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Lost In Translation: How Language Affects Perception During Armed Conflict https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/lost-translation-how-language-affects-perception-during-armed-conflict <span>Lost In Translation: How Language Affects Perception During Armed Conflict</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Tue, 05/07/2019 - 1:39pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Military professionals need to be cognizant of language on both a macro level (translation issues) and a micro level (within one’s native language) because it affects perception in international conflict.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/lost-translation-how-language-affects-perception-during-armed-conflict" rel="tag" title="Lost In Translation: How Language Affects Perception During Armed Conflict" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Lost In Translation: How Language Affects Perception During Armed Conflict</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/lost-translation-how-language-affects-perception-during-armed-conflict#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">2 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1658916155" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 07 May 2019 17:39:54 +0000 SWJED 120291 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Understanding Culture Requires a New Approach to Its Analysis https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/understanding-culture-requires-new-approach-its-analysis <article data-history-node-id="83278" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/understanding-culture-requires-new-approach-its-analysis" rel="bookmark"><span>Understanding Culture Requires a New Approach to Its Analysis</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Sun, 01/21/2018 - 5:04pm</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Culture analysis may be the key that wins wars, not just terminate fighting. This analysis is complex, time consuming, and often not conducted.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/understanding-culture-requires-new-approach-its-analysis" rel="tag" title="Understanding Culture Requires a New Approach to Its Analysis" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Understanding Culture Requires a New Approach to Its Analysis</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:04:13 +0000 SWJED 83278 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Joint Regional Experts: We Can Do Better https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/joint-regional-experts-we-can-do-better <span>Joint Regional Experts: We Can Do Better</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Fri, 04/07/2017 - 2:22am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> If success was measured by how often a subject is mentioned or written about the U.S. military would surely be a smart culture-savvy force to be reckoned with.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/joint-regional-experts-we-can-do-better" rel="tag" title="Joint Regional Experts: We Can Do Better" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Joint Regional Experts: We Can Do Better</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/joint-regional-experts-we-can-do-better#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1635432866" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:22:15 +0000 SWJED 66327 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The Importance of Cross-Cultural Capabilities to Win Armed Conflicts https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/importance-cross-cultural-capabilities-win-armed-conflicts <span>The Importance of Cross-Cultural Capabilities to Win Armed Conflicts</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:21pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> This essay addresses solutions for how the Army can strengthen its landpower in terms of the comprehensible understanding and awareness of the human dimension of the environment.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/importance-cross-cultural-capabilities-win-armed-conflicts" rel="tag" title="The Importance of Cross-Cultural Capabilities to Win Armed Conflicts" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Importance of Cross-Cultural Capabilities to Win Armed Conflicts</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/importance-cross-cultural-capabilities-win-armed-conflicts#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">6 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1489687138" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 14 Mar 2017 02:21:39 +0000 SWJED 65062 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Things Americans Need to Know: How to Be Better Partners https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/things-americans-need-to-know-how-to-be-better-partners <span>Things Americans Need to Know: How to Be Better Partners</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Tue, 06/25/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> While we pay lip service to ‘partnership’, the US military is still used to being the dominant player. This  ‘reality’ is changing. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/things-americans-need-to-know-how-to-be-better-partners" rel="tag" title="Things Americans Need to Know: How to Be Better Partners" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Things Americans Need to Know: How to Be Better Partners</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/things-americans-need-to-know-how-to-be-better-partners#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">6 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1666295954" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14148 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com On Targuité, Nomadism and the Nation: The Origins of Tuareg Militant Nationalism in North Africa https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/on-targuit%C3%A9-nomadism-and-the-nation-the-origins-of-tuareg-militant-nationalism-in-north-afr <span>On Targuité, Nomadism and the Nation: The Origins of Tuareg Militant Nationalism in North Africa</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Wed, 06/12/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> As contemporary North African societies continue to re-arrange themselves , one of the enduring dilemmas that continues to rise to the fore is what has been described as “the Tuareg question."</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/on-targuit%C3%A9-nomadism-and-the-nation-the-origins-of-tuareg-militant-nationalism-in-north-afr" rel="tag" title="On Targuité, Nomadism and the Nation: The Origins of Tuareg Militant Nationalism in North Africa" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about On Targuité, Nomadism and the Nation: The Origins of Tuareg Militant Nationalism in North Africa</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14129 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com A Tale of Two Warriors: Finding Belongingness after Battle https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-tale-of-two-warriors-finding-belongingness-after-battle <span>A Tale of Two Warriors: Finding Belongingness after Battle</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Tue, 06/04/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <span style="line-height: 18px; ">Together the tribe bears the burdens of war, while the American Soldier reflects in solitude, wondering who he truly is and how he can ever belong.</span></p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/a-tale-of-two-warriors-finding-belongingness-after-battle" rel="tag" title="A Tale of Two Warriors: Finding Belongingness after Battle" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about A Tale of Two Warriors: Finding Belongingness after Battle</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/a-tale-of-two-warriors-finding-belongingness-after-battle#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">7 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1523290347" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14122 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Religious Advising For Strategic Effect: US Army Chaplains as Change Agents https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/religious-advising-for-strategic-effect-us-army-chaplains-as-change-agents <span>Religious Advising For Strategic Effect: US Army Chaplains as Change Agents</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The failure to understand and appreciate the religious dimension of political action is not without consequence.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/religious-advising-for-strategic-effect-us-army-chaplains-as-change-agents" rel="tag" title="Religious Advising For Strategic Effect: US Army Chaplains as Change Agents" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Religious Advising For Strategic Effect: US Army Chaplains as Change Agents</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/religious-advising-for-strategic-effect-us-army-chaplains-as-change-agents#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">2 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1369319818" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14088 at https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com