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Control and Collaboration
The most important line in this article on the fighting in Swat:The government has not helped, refugees said, with its erratic, seesawing efforts to appease and fight the mili...
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Everytime Obama wants to talk about corruption, Karzai will talk about ...
... air strikes. The New York Times: KABUL, Afghanistan — Dozens of Afghan civilians were killed in American air raids in western Afghanistan, the International Committee of ...
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What I'm reading...
The first rule for success in both Afghanistan and in blogging is to find yourself some dependable local Pashtun allies. So many thanks go out to Londonstani for covering for ...
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Taliban - "a key hole view"
Londonstani's thinking that while Abu M is busy being important, now's a good time to check out a couple of interesting articles on the Pakistan-Afghanistan situation. Want to...
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Big Energy Map Conference: Opening Remarks
On April 29, 2009, the Center for a New American Security brought together over 80 leading experts in the energy and defense industries to discuss energy security in the conte...
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Inbound Pass = Railroads, Effort > Ability
Thanks to all of you who have passed along Malcolm Gladwell's fun article on basketball and insurgents....
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This has nothing to do with COIN
Perhaps it's because I am the son of a retired sports writer, but I always appreciate good sports journalism. I don't even like hockey, but Mike Wise's profile of Donald Brash...
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This has nothing to do with COIN either
Just when you start thinking the U.S. vice president is a clown, he goes and does something kinda cool:Spotted: Vice President Joe Biden joining some members of his Secret Ser...
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Many thanks...
...to the reader who passed along this article on Rwanda from the New Yorker....
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Lang on Pakistan
From the National Journal: Earlier posters are correct in writing that the Pakistani Army remains the dominant institution in the country and the most important political che...
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Pulling Teeth: An Infantry Platoon Leader's Perspective on a Year in Afghanistan
LTC Jim Crider -- one of our military fellows here at CNAS -- passed along this article from Army Magazine (.pdf) that I think you might enjoy. Always good to see Airborne Ran...
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Qifa Nabki ... Unmasked!
Elias Muhanna drops his pseudonym to write this commentary on the Lebanese elections for the National:Despite the hype ... signs increasingly suggest that the actual outcome o...
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Taking the Huskies to School
Barack Obama must be trying to win the State of Tennessee in 2012. Because there is no surer way to the hearts of Lady Vol fans than to beat UConn....
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Bad Days for the British Army
The British Army handed over Basra to the U.S. military yesterday, though cynics would argue it effectively ceded responsibility years ago -- or at least when U.S. units suppo...
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The Best War Reporting on Earth. Period.
More Pulitzer-worthy reporting from C.J. Chivers:On the ground, far from the generals in Kabul and the policy makers in Washington, the hour-by-hour conduct of the war rests i...
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Yeah, Phil!!!
Great, great news for both Phil and the country. I knew this was coming, but now that it is official, I am very proud of my friend and think he is almost uniquely qualified fo...
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Flournoy on COIN in Pakistan
Her testimony from the House yesterday (.pdf). The problems, as she (and Old Boy Vikram, I guess) sees them: Threat perception. A trust deficit. A lack of COIN/CT capabilities...
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Robert Fisk: USA (Who Else?) to Blame for Lack of Evidence in Hariri Tribunal
Yeah, sorry, this is our fault too, I guess. Whew! It sure was tough to hide all that evidence in just 100 days. Go back to the bottle, you old drunk....
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Get Your Nerd On!
And read the prepared statements of John Hamre -- rumored to be the next Secretary of Defense -- and Andrew Krepinevich on the defense budget. I know Hamre admires Gates, but ...
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Reason #572 Why Cable News Sucks
h/t Spencer...