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U.S. Army War College "Panel V - State Sponsored Crime and Non-State Actors: Gangs, Guns, and Graft" Conference Video.

Presidents are Breaking the U.S. Foreign Service - Washington Post Op-Ed by Susan R. Johnson, Ronald E. Neumann and Thomas R. Pickering.

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Personal Memories of Operation White Star in Laos, 1961 by Colonel Alfred H. Paddock, Jr., US Army (Retired).

Partner Capacity Moves to Counterterrorism Forefront by Ammanni Lyle, American Forces Press Service.

Rethink, But Don’t Dismiss U.S. Training of Foreign Troops by Robert Egnell, Kings of War.

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Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners: News from the Associate Director, Security Studies Program, at Georgetown University.

Via e-mail: North Korean Officers in Full Dress Uniform Should Beware of Giant Magnets. Continue on for this inane and insane image.

Building Allied Capability, Capacity Best Approach, McRaven Says via AFPS.

The US Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Center is hosting a public webcast with Dr. Kevin Benson of the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies.

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3 Strategic Studies Institute Research and Analysis Reports.

Via Borderland Beat: The Mexican Office of Attorney General (PGR: Procuraduria General de la Republica) has decided to restrict official reports about organized crime in the country for 12 years.

A Lesson in Futilty for the Pentagon? A New York Times debate featuring six points of view.

The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces by Linda Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations.

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Announcing a three day event, to be held at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business over Columbus Day Weekend 2013 to match warfighters “in the arena” with...

A Baker Institute analysis from SWJ's El Centro Fellow Nathan Jones.

Military Sees Broader Role for Special Operations Forces, in Peace and War by Thom Shanker, New York Times.

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A new Texas Department of Public Safety Threat Assessment report states that criminal cartels are operating in Texas and are the No. 1 threat to the Lone Star State. Narcobloqueos (narco-...

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Women (and Men) Face Big Hurdles in Training for Marine Infantry Units by James Dao, New York Times.