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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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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, ...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...