http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/has-operation-enduring-freedom-philippines-been-a-success <span>Has Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines Been a Success?</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 04/05/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Despite success at degrading Philippine terrorist networks, much of the security gains have been transitory, while the underlying socio-economic problems in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago remain.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/has-operation-enduring-freedom-philippines-been-a-success" rel="tag" title="Has Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines Been a Success?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Has Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines Been a Success?</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/has-operation-enduring-freedom-philippines-been-a-success#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">17 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/992/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1365575323" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13966 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/philippines-bangsamoro-a-triumph-of-western-diplomacy <span>Philippines: Bangsamoro, A Triumph of Western Diplomacy?</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Thu, 01/03/2013 - 5:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> This diplomatic triumph is due in large part to legal advances in international relations, peace processes, mediation and conflict resolution designed and applied by Western powers in other conflict-affected areas around the world. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/philippines-bangsamoro-a-triumph-of-western-diplomacy" rel="tag" title="Philippines: Bangsamoro, A Triumph of Western Diplomacy?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Philippines: Bangsamoro, A Triumph of Western Diplomacy?</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/philippines-bangsamoro-a-triumph-of-western-diplomacy#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">14 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/992/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1358291693" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13638 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com