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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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And another reading list..
As we are much into reading lists on this site, Londonstani thought he'd contribute a list of what the other side recommends you read. In his March 14 statement, Osama Bin Lad...
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Unrelated Lebanon News
The PLO's #2 in Lebanon was killed in a bomb blast this morning in Mieh Mieh. Not good. And completely unrelated to that, momentum is gathering in both Washington and Bogota t...
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Gates Against "The Complex"
The Boston Globe has a staff editorial this morning in support of Sec. Robert Gates and his heroic (in their eyes) struggle against the military-industrial complex. Most impo...
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COIN as Doctrine and Strategy
I just noticed this post written by Eric Martin criticizing the COIN community -- and me especially -- for promulgating COIN doctrine and then ducking responsibility when poli...
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God and War
An article in Maariv is claiming Israeli soldiers went into Gaza encouraged by IDF rabbis to think of their mission as a holy one."The military rabbinate brought many magazine...
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Attention, readers
After the first round of games, Abu Muqawama is tied for fifth (out of sixteen) in the CNAS office pool. I will provide constant updates on this pressing matter of national se...