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Nerds? Us? But my readership insists I'm a jock!
Wow, I just saw this post by Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress at Marc Lynch's blog:There are several must-read blogs out there - the COIN nerds have some inte...
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The Newest Counterinsurgent?
Spencer Ackerman has a piece titled "Counterinsurgents in the Halls of Power" in the World Politics Review. The record of guerrilla groups once they have seized power is, of c...
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Um, don't invest in SAIC anytime soon...
From the National Journal: As the Pentagon's internal budget negotiations begin to wind down, the future looks bleak for the Army's Future Combat Systems, the service's ambit...
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On that piece in TNR
Will McCants sent me an email this morning about my piece in the New Republic:Great piece. One of the interesting things I've learned about the forums is that many of the part...
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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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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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Arguing Safe Havens (Updated)
Pictured: A man who knows all about creating terrorist safe havens. And style. There has been some good commentary and criticism accompanying my piece in the New Republic toda...
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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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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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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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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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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...