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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, ...
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The following in no way confirms every stereotype about Richard Holbrooke
After Bruce Reidel and Michèle Flournoy spoke a little about the balance between counter-terror and counter-insurgency in yesterday's press conference, this was the very first...
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The IDF in Gaza: The Other Side
Israeli officers, realizing this hasn't been the best few weeks for their institution, are pushing back on stories of abuse and indiscipline in Operation Cast Lead. In the sam...
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The Report of Reports
Posting will be light today, which will strike some of you as odd considering how today is the day when the White House Afghanistan-Pakistan Review is presented to the public....
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Jim Miller Before the Senate
I never got a chance to work with Jim Miller at CNAS before he was nominated to work as Michèle Flournoy's deputy at the Pentagon. And though this blog does not exist to scrat...
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Kalev Sepp vs. The Gangs of Salinas
My money is on Gunner:Federal violence and terrorism experts from the Naval Postgraduate School, who deal with the likes of Al-Qaida, have been recruited to help fight the dee...
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To the Point
I was just on NPR talking about Afghanistan. I am afraid I did not make as much sense as I normally do. Not on my "A" game today for some reason, but if you heard me, let me k...
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Well, no [expletive deleted]
From today's New York Times. Hot scoop! WASHINGTON — The Taliban’s widening campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pak...
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On the Interwebs Today
First up is Fred Kaplan's post on Slate on COIN vs. CT. I have a lot of thoughts on this which I will share later. Until then, discuss this in the comments. Second is Jason Ga...
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COIN in Oakland?
I just read in the newspaper that a fourth Oakland police officer has died after being taken off of life support. A reader from California wrote in a few days back to ask whet...
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Afghan Horror Story
Via aldaily.com, I came across this article on the efforts of an Afghan AUB graduate to reconstruct Ariana Airlines, once a jewel of an airline in antebellum Afghanistan. The ...
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USJFCOM Vision on Irregular Warfare
Mattis isn't stopping with pretty words to the Congress. By all means, this six-page memorandum (.pdf) is worth your time....
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Contesting extremism - UK style
The British government today published its new strategy for counter terrorism, which is being referred to as Contest Two. This is possibly the most eagerly awaited government ...
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Rid on Deterrence and Political Violence
You guys missed a great presentation by Thomas Rid at SAIS on deterrence and political violence. It should have been open to the public......
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Attention, DC Residents
What a fantastically, hilariously bad idea this is. Imagine a family visiting from North Dakota and crossing the Key Bridge on the morning of 25 March. And straight ahead, kid...
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New Afghanistan Report
In advance of a report from the Council on Foreign Relations -- not to mention the report from the White House -- the Center for American Progress is weighing in with their ne...
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Virtual War on Hizballah
The most significant thing about this story -- and this technology -- is the way in which ordinary Israelis can now carry out DOS attacks on a declared enemy of the state. If ...
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You can lead the indigenous political leadership to water ...
I am a big believer in the theory that even the most sophisticated and well-executed COIN campaign cannot, when executed by a third party (such as the United States in Iraq or...