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Random Saturday Musings
Abu Muqawama was reading The Times of London yesterday and came across this amusing observation from Eddie Izzard on one of Abu Muqawama's favorite films, The Great Escape: “A...
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Text-message Massacres
This week has seen some good reporting on the ongoing unrest in Kenya. Excellent journalist, bleeding heart liberal, and R2P advocate (who Kip believes actually walks the walk...
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Surge! ... and the treachery of the Georgia State Legislature
Charles Krauthammer and Michael Kinsley have opposing op-eds in the Washington Post on whether or not the "surge" has been successful.* Without reading the op-eds, you pretty ...
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Killing and Building in the Korengal
Kip has previously discussed some of the challenges of the Korengal Valley, and a good overview of the work by CDR Legree, well-regarded commander of the Asadabad PRT in Kunar...
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Grand (and not so grand) Strategy
We don't talk much about strategy, much less grand strategy, around here. But earlier this week, Charlie had the privilege of participating in a day long workshop on just tha...
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We'll make sure we don't bomb the Chinese Consulate this time
If we can figure out where, exactly, this "Belgrade" place is where they apparently think it's kosher to burn our embassy, we're going to bomb the hell out of it. Again. Unfor...
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Double the Petraeus, Double the Fun in the Times of London
You may recall that I said this is going to get harder before it get easier, but that was very, very hard. And there were moments when General Odierno [Commanding Genral of US...
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R2P, Post-colonialism, and the Incoherence of Western Liberals
We here are Abu Muqawama had grown used to unintelligible metaphors being the only notable contribution of New York Times columnists toward foreign policy debates. But things ...
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Setting the Desert on Fire
Seen from today's perspective, then, Lawrence's story looks less like a chivalric romance than like a case of imperial arrogance run amok. Only by taking advantage of the incr...
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National Security Strategy Solarium II Part 3
On February 20, 2008, the Center for a New American Security hosted "Solarium II: American Grand Strategy" at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event...
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Last Thoughts on Imad Mughniyeh. We Promise.
When Imad Mughniyeh was first killed, there was a great deal of speculation as to whether or not Syria played a role in the assassination. Analysts who have been particularly ...
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So there was this punk band, Minor Threat?
Spencer Ackerman was at the Center for a New American Security last night to hear Tom Ricks speak. Ricks, just back from a trip to Baghdad, remains a pessimist:"The surge is w...
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National Security Strategy Solarium II Part 2
On February 20, 2008, the Center for a New American Security hosted "Solarium II: American Grand Strategy" at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event...
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National Security Strategy Solarium II Part 1
On February 20, 2008, the Center for a New American Security hosted "Solarium II: American Grand Strategy" at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event...
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National Security Strategy Solarium II Part 4
On February 20, 2008, the Center for a New American Security hosted "Solarium II: American Grand Strategy" at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event...
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Iraq Workshop: Voices from the Field with Thomas Ricks
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You've Been Selected for an ETT
[One of the best parts about Charlie's job is the hilariously cynical email she occasionally receives from the field.] Dear Army Soldier: Congratulations! You have been select...
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The Air Force says COIN, what COIN? We charge by the billion, thank you very much.
For a brief moment, Kip thought the Air Force had made a turn around, a brief nod to civilian control, a nod to warfare in the 21ST Century. How wrong I was... Remember, ladie...
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A Marriage Made in Heaven?
Princeton is providing its new students with a fully structured "gap year" (which kind of defeats the purpose, by the way). Proponents of the year off say it allows students ...
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AFRICOM, Spectacular Flop
It may be difficult to imagine Matt Damon in a Hamburg mosque. It might be more difficult to imagine AFRICOM in, say, Africa. That AFRICOM will be in Germany represents a spe...