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The Best Excuse
As Josh Foust pointed out in the comments of the below post, the New York Times has some of the very best coverage of the war in Afghanistan because it employs smart, experien...
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A Freed Reporter -- and Blogging Ethics
So early this morning, a New York Times reporter taken captive in Afghanistan was freed by ISAF commandos. (His interpreter, Sultan Munadi, was killed in the rescue attempt, a...
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Much Ado About Oil
In the pages of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy this past month, the country’s leading energy experts have been debating the future of oil, the most important drivers of th...
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Damn you, subtitles! You're never there when I need you!
I can't speak Hebrew, but I can't wait to see the latest Israeli film to explore the troubled invasion and occupation of Lebanon....
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Laura Rozen Moves to Politico...
...and her first post is on The Little Bi-Partisan Thank Tank That Could. But she also has a post on the very good civ-mil action plan developed between the U.S. military and ...
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The Worst-Case Scenario
Before the Afghan elections, every assessment you could read and every opinion you could solicit from policy-makers was the same: the worst outcome of the Afghan elections wou...
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Thorium and the Navy in the NDAA
As we have posted on this blog before, the Navy has long been researching greener technologies for its transportation needs, proposing everything from seawater-based fuels in ...
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Outrage in Germany, Resignation in Kunduz
Today's Washington Post has a fascinating pair of articles on the Kunduz bombing. The first details the way in which the Kunduz bombing has been received in Germany, while the...
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Ah, the E17... (updated)
Two years ago, Londonstani convinced me to move to the Baker's Arms in between Walthamstow and Leyton, East London, to study counter-terrorism and counter-isurgency. Today, tw...
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Yes, you did! You invaded Poland!
A rift has opened up between the Germans and the United States over what happened in Kunduz. Given how smug the Germans were about the job they had been doing in the north, th...
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Georg Klein (and the Bundeswehr) on the Carpet
Rajiv Chandrasekaran has been allowed access into ISAF's investigation of what happened in Kunduz: Instead of sending troops to the scene for an assessment of casualties -- as...
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What Abu Muqawama Is Reading This Weekend
I'll be reading LTG (ret.) Dubik's report on building security forces (.pdf). My mother, meanwhile -- who thinks you guys curse too much but once sent me off to war with the i...
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Kunduz: What It Means for NATO
Smart Afghanistan watchers -- like Joshua Foust and Gilles Dorronsoro -- have been worried about Kunduz Province, a province in northern Afghanistan with a signficant Pashtun ...
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Weekly News Roundup: Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements are the big theme this week. The New York Times focused much attention to China's ability to corner the market for rare earths. Some have accused it of art...
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Veterans Applaud, Ladies Swoon
The Washington Post profiles veterans' advocate Matt Flavin: Flavin, director of the new White House Office of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy, is the administration's lia...
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Reading Old Magazines: “Environment and Security: The Clear Connections”
In medieval times, sieges were used to prevent an enemy from accessing fresh water, food and other supplies. Using the natural environment against foes has been a common warti...
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The Obama Administration: MIA on Afghanistan?
So I was on the Newshour last night debating Afghanistan with a favorite of this blog and its readers, Andrew Bacevich. As readers of this blog know, I am uncomfortable when p...
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Before FM 3-24
Reading Grant's memoirs, it's hard -- even for a Southerner -- not to admire the cold-blooded competence of William Tecumseh Sherman. But then... What Sherman finally decided ...
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Beware of Climate Change Denialism: You’re the Target
I love my job. Not many scientists get to work with a Congressional staffer one day, a military expert the next, and a business exec the day after that. These are all smart, r...
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ISAF DNE USSR?
From The New Republic, erstwhile whipping boy of this blog's readership: We are now conducting a military operation completely different from the Red Army's stupidly brutal ap...