- 1 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Syrian Opposition Rejects UN Transition Deal by Dave Dilegge
Syrian opposition groups have rejected a United Nations-backed plan for a political transition in Syria, calling it "ambiguous" and "a farce".
- Late Sunday Night Disruptive Thinking - Balt. Det. Jimmy McNulty (The Wire) by Dave Dilegge
Fictional, from my hometown Baltimore and my all time favorite cable series, but lessons may be learned here...
- 2 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- America's 'Pacific Pivot' Craze by Dave Dilegge
America's 'Pacific Pivot' Craze by Max Boot, Los Angeles Times opinion piece.
- Next COIN Center Webcast by Dave Dilegge
The next COIN Center webcast is scheduled for Thursday, 12 July 2012 at 1000 CDT (1100 EDT,15:00 ZULU). COL (RET) Mike Kershner from the Biometrics Identity Management Agency will be...
- 3 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Professional Military Education: Separate Military Requirements and Academic Degrees by Joan Johnson-Freese
Reconciling competing requirements and upholding academic rigor in PME.
- Independence Day 2012 by SWJ Editors
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty,...
- Long Time SWJ & Personal Friend: Good Man Down by Dave Dilegge
Carl Prine is hurting, damn, damn, damn.
- "Little America" - Doug Ollivant's View by Dave Dilegge
SWJ friend Doug Ollivant takes a contrarian view of Rajiv Chanrasekaran’s new book, Little America.
- Independence Day SWJ News & Opinion Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- American Strategy in Afghanistan Flunks Sun Tzu by Dave Dilegge
Proof of counterinsurgency’s failures is the current state of affairs in Iraq and Afghanistan says Gian Gentile in the Jerusalem Post.
- Lowy Institute: The 'Pivot' in Australia-Indonesia Strategic Relations by Dave Dilegge
The Asia-Pacific ‘US Pivot’, of course, has ramifications (second-third order effects) well beyond US defense strategies, budgets, and service-related in-fighting.
- 50 Years after Algeria: America’s Endgame in Afghanistan by A.A. Cohen
Fifty years on, the US, once very critical of French objectives in Algeria, would yearn for an analogous conclusion to her own protracted war in Afghanistan.
- 5 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 6 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- This Week at War: The Next Afghan War by Robert Haddick
The Afghan conflict may be about to mutate again, this time into an old-fashioned war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- La Revue de Presse Juridique by Dave Dilegge
Introducing the new blog La Revue de Presse Juridique.
- 8 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- CJCS: Let's Continue the Dialogue & Keep Sharing by SWJ Editors
Via CJCS General Dempsey's Facebook Page: "Thanks for sharing your favorite blogs and lectures this week!"
- 9 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Casebooks on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare by Peter J. Munson
Outstanding resources for study of revolutions and insurgencies.
- Testing the Surge: Why Did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007? by Peter J. Munson
Forthcoming from Biddle, Friedman, and Shapiro in International Security.
- 10 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 11 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Parameters Spring 2012 Now Posted by Dave Dilegge
The latest edition of Parameters (Spring 2012 Vol. 42 No. 1) is now available online.
- Misreading Russia in Syria by Matthew Schweitzer
To keep the Syrian war “small,” the US government should learn from the diplomatic mistake it made in June.
- The Future of Special Operations Forces by Dave Dilegge
Via CFR: In her testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Linda Robinson details how U.S. Special Operations Forces can be restructured to...
- What Drones? Philippines is Not Afghanistan by Dave Dilegge
Via Rappler: "What Drones? Philippines is Not Afghanistan". SWJ friend and supporter COL Dave Maxwell (USA Ret.) responds to the New York Times.
- 12 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Preparing for the Third Generation of Conflict, Stabilization, and Reconstruction Operations by Dave Dilegge
Preparing for the Third Generation of Conflict, Stabilization, and Reconstruction Operations - A CSIS report by Johanna Mendelson Forman and Liora Danan; Project Robert D. Lamb.
- This Week at War: Size Matters by Robert Haddick
If the Pentagon wants to save money on weapons, maybe it needs to think big rather than small.
- 14 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Recent InSight Crime articles by SWJ El Centro Fellow Steven Dudley by Robert Bunker
Recent InSight Crime articles by SWJ El Centro Fellow Steven Dudley.
- COIN Center Interview by Dave Dilegge
The U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Center recently interviewed COL Chris Toner upon the return of his brigade from Afghanistan. COL Toner commanded 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division from...
- Snapshots of an Intervention by Dave Dilegge
Snapshots of an Intervention: The Unlearned Lessons of Afghanistan’s Decade of Assistance (2001–11) - Martine van Bijlert and Sari Kouvo (editors).
- 15 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 16 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Must Read at Infinity Journal by Dave Dilegge
The Foundation of Strategic Thinking by LtGen Paul Van Riper (USMC Ret.).
- The Presidential Elections in Mexico: A “Narco Spring”? by Paul Rexton Kan
The apparent election of Enrique Pena-Nieto as President of Mexico is a development that is full of irony and contradictions
- 17 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 18 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Tipping Point in Syria? by Dave Dilegge
Syrian forces and rebels have clashed in several neighborhoods of Damascus, and helicopters are reported to have fired on targets from the air, after at least three top government officials...
- U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Five Lessons We Should Have Learned by Dave Dilegge
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Five Lessons We Should Have Learned by Joshua Foust, American Security Project.
- Why Bringing Back the Draft Makes No Sense by Don Gomez
Don Gomez of Carrying the Gun weighs in.
- 20 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- This Week at War: If You Build Up, Who Will Come? by Robert Haddick
Iran is tripping up the "Pacific Pivot." Contrary to its plans, the Pacific is now the Pentagon's "economy of force" theater of operations.
- COIN Center Webcast Invitation: Dynamics of Insurgency by Dave Dilegge
Counterinsurgency Center: Dynamics of Insurgency: Join the COIN Center for a Webcast (26 July) featuring LTC Mark Ulrich who will discuss the eight dynamics of an insurgency.
- 21 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 22 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 23 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- To Remove Assad the Opposition Must be Empowered by Jeffrey Payne and Chris Chapman
If the international community will not directly intercede in the conflict, then it must support the opposition.
- Recent Article and Report by SWJ El Centro Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown by Robert Bunker
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- 24 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- July 2012 CTC Sentinel Released by Dave Dilegge
West Point's Combating Terrorism Center has released the July 2012 Issue of the CTC Sentinel. The new issue can be downloaded here.
- 25 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Military Intelligence Fusion for Complex Operations by Peter J. Munson
A new RAND occasional paper from Ben Connable.
- Deconstructing Civil War: An Interview with Iraq Writer Fanar Haddad by Peter J. Munson
Pointer to an interview by frequent SWJ contributor Bob Tollast.
- The Assault in Damascus by Daniel R. DePetris
The Free Syrian Army has taken the fight into Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power, invalidating the regime’s narrative of total control.
- 26 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues by Dave Dilegge
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- No SWJ News Roundup Tomorrow by Dave Dilegge
A one-day break, have a big event on Friday concerning my 'day job'.
- The Vital Need for a New Foreign Policy Consensus by Gabriel Lajeunesse
Without smart choices and course corrections in the near term, the much debated decline of America could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- 28 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- 29 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- July's IW Fusion Center Newsletter by Dave Dilegge
July’s IW Fusion Cell Newsletter has been distributed. This issue includes updates on the proposed Army 7th Warfighting Function, Building Partner Capacity and FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency revision.
- USNI Debate on Afghanistan End Game: Stavridis Weighs In by Peter J. Munson
Punch them in the nose and leave? Or are we conducting a responsible, managed transition?
- Meet An Urban Planner For Cities That Don't Yet Exist by Dave Dilegge
After 25 years in the military, Dr. David Kilcullen needed a change. So he started Caerus Associates, which is "two-thirds tech, one-third social science, with a dash of special operations."
- 30 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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- Grandmother's Footsteps: Hezbollah Hedging by Robert Sharp and Sterling Jensen
In a game of surrepititious steps, whom is grandmother?
- 31 July SWJ Roundup by Dave Dilegge
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