THEORY AND NATURE OF WAR
Needed: An Entry Strategy - Gerson and Hasan, Washington Times opinion
The Strategy Deficit - Nathan Freier, Strategic Studies Institute
Long Haul Security Strategy - Jim Thomas, Center for a New American Security
The Counterinsurgency Clff Notes - Craig Coppock, Small Wars Journal Magazine
Lawrence and his Message - Robert Bateman, Small Wars Journal Blog
Counterinsurgency and Constitutional Design - Harvard Law Review
IRAQ
US Troops Kill 28 Mahdi Fighters - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
US Forces Kill 34 Militants in Baghdad - Cocks and Yates, Reuters
Tareq Aziz Trial Begins - Waleed Ibrahim, Reuters
Iraq's Refugee Crisis - Washington Times editorial
Iranian General the Most Powerful Man in Iraq? - McClatchy News
The Most Powerful Man in Iraq - Dr. iRack, Abu Muqawama
History Will Condemn Us If... - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett
Wolfowitz Admits 'Clueless' on COIN - Eli Lake, New York Sun
Clueless on Counterinsurgency - Abu Muqawama, Abu Muqawama
AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN TRIBAL AREAS
US Marines Pour in to British Zone - Richard Beeston, London Times
Aussie Push for 1500 More Troops - Mark Dodd, The Australian
An Afghan Officer Leads an Assault - Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor
Pakistan’s Accord With Militants Alarming - Schmitt and Mazzetti, New York Times
Suicide Bombing Kills at Least 18 - Candace Rondeaux, Washington Post
Attack on Anti-drug Forces Kills 19 - Faiez and King, Los Angeles Times
Pakistan Gambles on Militant Peace Talks - Stephen Graham, Associated Press
Marines Expand NATO's Presence in South - Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
Karzai Was Warned of Attack - Wafa and Gall, New York Times
Karzai Warned of Assassination Plot - Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press
Suicide Bomb on Poppy Team Kills 19 - Jon Hemming, Reuters
Marines Engage Taliban in Helmand Province - Herschel Smith, The Captain's Journal
Kapisa: Taliban's Gateway to Kabul - Mark Dupee, The Long War Journal
Taliban’s Propaganda of Deed Strategy - John Mackinlay, Insurgency Research Group
THE LONG WAR
The Necessary Three-Front War - Michael Gerson, Washington Post opinion
Fight AQ's Plan, Not Ideas - Howard and Iverson, Christain Science Monitor opinion
The Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism - Bruce Hoffman, Foreign Affairs
After Guantánamo - Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs
Precision in the Global War on Terror - Sherifa Zuhur, Strategic Studies Institute
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Repairs Underway in Barracks, Army Says - Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post
When You Wish Upon a Star - Phillip Carter, Slate opinion
Wrong-headed Thinking from Another Age - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett
AFRICA
Zimbabwe: Security Council Reluctant to Act - Hoge and Dugger, New York Times
S. Africa shields Robert Mugabe at UN - Bone and Philp, London Times
Zimbabwe Opposition Makes UN Plea - BBC News
200 Zimbabwe Opposition Supporters Released - Angus Shaw, Associated Press
Mr. Mugabe's Violence - Washington Post editorial
Zimbabwe Chose Change - New York Times editorial
Darfur Rebels Accuse Sudan of Bombing - Opheera McDoom, Reuters
Darfur Capital a Humanitarian Boom Town - Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times
The Trouble With Congo - Séverine Autesserre, Foreign Affairs
Somalia: Mapping Sub-State Violence - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
AMERICAS
Mexico Security Force Moves into Tijuana - Los Angeles Times
Life Stalls in Venezuela as Power Shuts Off - Simon Romero, New York Times
ASIA
Revealing Reactor to Pressure N. Korea - Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post
Disclosure Intended to Prod N. Korea - Steven Lee Meyers, New York Times
US Blundered by Crying Wolf - Bronwen Maddox, London Times opinion
S. Korean Principles Vs. Hunger in N. - Blaine Harden, Washington Post
The U.S. and Korea - Yearn Hong Choi, Washington Times opinion
Prospects from Korean Unification - David Coghlan, Strategic Studies Institute
China Sends 30 to Prison in Tibet Riots - Andrew Jacobs, New York Times
Philippine Troops Seize Militant Camp - Oliver Teves, Associated Press
Philippine Army Seizes Islamic Militant Base - Reuters
E. Timor President Faces his Assailant - Paul Toohey, The Australian
THE CAUCASUS
Chechnya’s Capital Rises From Ashes - Andrew Kramer, New York Times
EUROPE
Russia: Georgia 'Plans War in Abkhazia' - BBC News
EU and Serbia Sign Pact on Closer Ties - Brunnstrom and John, Reuters
Serbia and EU Sign Pact on Ties - BBC News
UK to Send 600 Soldiers to Kosovo - Adrian Croft, Reuters
Russia Steps Up Forces in Georgia Conflict Zone - Christian Lowe, Reuters
In France, Prisons Filled With Muslims - Molly Moore, Washington Post
NATO Allies Put Pressure on Russia - Helle Dale, Washington Times opinion
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia Death Fatwa - Caryle Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Israel Gets Ready to Deal - Boston Globe editorial
Deterrence or Olive Branch? - Claude Salhani, Washington Times opinion
Iran and AQI, the Prequel and the Sequel - March Lynch, Abu Aardvark
SOUTH ASIA
Iranian President’s Visit a Test for India - Sengupta and Timmons, New York Times
Rebel Chief Killed in Indian Kashmir - Reuters
Zardari-Sharif Accord Likely to Fail - Bruce Loudon, The Australian
Pakistan's Moment to Fight Terror - Yousaf Raza Gillani, Washington Post opinion
Changing Context of Separatism - Robert Wirsing, Strategic Studies Institute
WORLD
The Global Food Crisis - Washington Post special report
The New Economics of Hunger - Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice - Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS
UN Sets Up Food Crisis Task Force - BBC News
Durban II Double Standard - Anne Bayefsky, National Review opinion
RECOMMENDED READING
Ubiwar: Excellent New Blog - David Betz, Kings of War
What We're Reading - Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
Worth Reading - Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner
UK CT & COIN Features - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
Recomended Reading - Mark Safranski, ZenPundit
Readings on Military Intelligence - Norfolk, The Norfolk Blog
