Military Culture Still Refuses to Include Women by Major General (USA Ret.) Robert Scales, Washington Post op-ed.

Millionaire’s Private Navy Ready to Take on Somali Pirates - Mike Schuler at gCaptain.

When a state is unable to maintain its monopoly on violence, power-vacuums inevitably arise.

If Patriot and Iron Dome made Israelis feel more secure, then they succeeded at their most important task.

Special Ops Bravado Hurts National Security - CNN Op-Ed by Michele L. Malvesti and Nancy Walbridge Collins.

An important article in yesterday's NY Times by Randal Archibold, Damien Cave, and Ginger Thompson.