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Smart Things Said by David Kilcullen ... and Smart Things to be Said by Craig Mullaney
Many thanks to those of you who stopped by to say hello after yesterday evening's event with David Kilcullen. Dave said a few things last night that I really liked. I did not ...
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This guy was probably Kucinich's foreign policy adviser...
If I'm not being accused of being some wild-eyed reactionary (see yesterday's post on policing and the G20), then I'm being accused of being a godless liberal. A few weeks ago...
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Powell on Obama's Foreign Policy
You guys know how much I hate American TeeVee news of all ideological slants -- and goodness gracious, it boggles the mind that people listen to this freaking guy -- but bear ...
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Transcript: CNAS Book Discussion with David Kilcullen on New Book The Accidental Guerrilla
CNAS hosted a discussion with CNAS Senior Fellow David Kilcullen on his new book, The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One. The book takes an in...
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A Discussion with David Kilcullen on His New Book, "The Accidental Guerrilla"
The Center for a New American Security was honored to host the launch event for CNAS Senior Fellow and counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen on his new book The Accidental ...
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How an Insurgency Ends
My friend Judah Grunstein at World Politics Review really put together a good feature on the "Age of Counterinsurgency." Anastasia Maloney has a particularly good dispatch fro...
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On Lebanon and Lebanese Elections
I posted yesterday to remind our readers that this is not a Middle East policy blog. The comments I received in reply assured me that a) you all understand this and b) any Leb...
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Um, don't invest in SAIC anytime soon...
From the National Journal: As the Pentagon's internal budget negotiations begin to wind down, the future looks bleak for the Army's Future Combat Systems, the service's ambit...
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On Safe Havens
Please read and respond to my latest, in the New Republic: The new White House strategy very much reflects the American experience with counter-insurgency campaigns, which we ...
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Foust on COIN in Kapisa Province
Josh Foust got stuck in Kapisa Province and, with nothing better to do, started asking around about COIN efforts there. The result was this piece in World Politics Review that...
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On that piece in TNR
Will McCants sent me an email this morning about my piece in the New Republic:Great piece. One of the interesting things I've learned about the forums is that many of the part...
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The Newest Counterinsurgent?
Spencer Ackerman has a piece titled "Counterinsurgents in the Halls of Power" in the World Politics Review. The record of guerrilla groups once they have seized power is, of c...
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Nerds? Us? But my readership insists I'm a jock!
Wow, I just saw this post by Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress at Marc Lynch's blog:There are several must-read blogs out there - the COIN nerds have some inte...
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Arguing Safe Havens (Updated)
Pictured: A man who knows all about creating terrorist safe havens. And style. There has been some good commentary and criticism accompanying my piece in the New Republic toda...
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Oh, for the love of all that is holy...
Well, kids, here it is. You knew it was coming. Well, call me old-fashioned if you will, but I have always taken the view that swastika symbols exist for one purpose only—to ...
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Greatest. Arab. Dictator. Ever.
Remember when Moammar Gadhafi was a terrible, evil terrorist? Now he is pretty much the awesomest. Click here to see what he was wearing. What style! (Thanks, Mitch) DOHA, Qa...
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David Petraeus on Torture
I'm not trying to get all partisan on a Monday morning, but Dick Cheney says President Obama's changes in certain policies are making America less safe. Here is the response. ...
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Another Attack in Punjab
Remember, this is not the FATA or the Swat Valley: MANAWAN, Pakistan — Elite police forces overwhelmed more than a dozen gunmen eight hours after they stormed a police trainin...
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Two for a late Sunday night...
I bid farewell to Lady Muqawama this evening, who returns to the West Coast to go be smart and stuff. (Those of you who know L.M. know how ridiculously out-of-my-league I am.)...
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On Metrics in Afghanistan
Sharing a car back from the wilds of Virginia yesterday, I had a long conversation with Dave Kilcullen that improbably ranged from Herodotus to William of Ockham to, finally, ...