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by Ehsan M. Ahrari | Sat, 03/18/2017 - 12:35am | 0 comments

The Trump administration has to clearly understand that North Korea is not going to unravel or abandon its nuclear weapons.

by The Washington Post | Fri, 03/17/2017 - 12:07am | 0 comments

A damn shame, the U.S. Institute of Peace is on the chopping block. The USIP costs the taxpayer $35.3 million. One F-35A costs $102.1 million.

by The Washington Post | Thu, 03/16/2017 - 2:44pm | 2 comments

“Secretary of State Tillerson told agency employees in a letter Thursday morning that next year’s budget proposal is a harbinger of new priorities.”

by The Journal of Culture, Language and International Security | Thu, 03/16/2017 - 12:58pm | 0 comments

The Journal of Culture, Language and International Security announces its Call for Papers for its Fall 2017 issue.

by Keith Nightingale | Thu, 03/16/2017 - 12:42pm | 0 comments

It is very hard to explain combat and its effect on people that have not been there. It requires no explanation for those that have.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 3:24pm | 0 comments

Continue on for information concerning the TRADOC / Georgetown University conference and call for papers.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 2:04pm | 0 comments

Continue on for information on the SRF Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition.

by The Modern War Institute | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 5:18am | 3 comments

“There has been a recent wave of fretting about our inability to train foreign militaries; one attempt to address this has been the establishment of new ‘Advise and Assist’ brigades.”

by The Wall Street Journal | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 3:22am | 0 comments

“The U.S. has been relying too heavily on Shiites and Kurds. It needs to cultivate Sunni Arab partners.”

by Katie Durham | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:22am | 1 comment

Growing up with Distributed Common Ground System-Army has been both painful and insightful.

by RAND Corporation | Tue, 03/14/2017 - 2:46pm | 0 comments

RAND Report: How the Past Can Inform the Present and Future

by The Guardian | Tue, 03/14/2017 - 5:44am | 0 comments

“The White House is asked to designate ‘temporary areas of active hostility’, giving commanders same latitude to launch actions as in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.”

by Ehsan M. Ahrari | Mon, 03/13/2017 - 9:09pm | 4 comments

What does Kim Jung-un want?  He knows that the United States is not going to accept his country’s status as a nuclear weapons state.

by The Independent Journal Review | Mon, 03/13/2017 - 2:19pm | 2 comments

“Dr. Mohib led a vibrant, gracious conversation about the struggles of his home country and displayed deep appreciation to the family members of the Americans lost on its soil.”

by Keith Nightingale | Mon, 03/13/2017 - 1:44pm | 1 comment

No bugs. Thick book on a boring day. The first round of supporting artillery. The lazy red circle of Spooky working your front. Getting to the top.

by Voice of America | Sun, 03/12/2017 - 3:11pm | 0 comments

The U.N. is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since the organization's creation. Without funding and full, safe and unimpeded access for aid workers, people will die.

by The New York Times | Sat, 03/11/2017 - 8:11pm | 0 comments

“President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly declared the war with Boko Haram over. But the radical Islamist terrorist group is still waging deadly attacks across the countryside.”

by Voice of America | Sat, 03/11/2017 - 6:03pm | 0 comments

John Sopko’s message to the Afghan people is simple: Corruption kills.

by Voice of America | Sat, 03/11/2017 - 5:39pm | 0 comments

The new plan by the U.S. to counter Islamic State in Syria and Iraq involves the deployment of 1,000 soldiers to Kuwait, a U.S. military official told VOA on Friday.

by Foreign Policy | Sat, 03/11/2017 - 5:09pm | 1 comment

“In a letter to Congress last month, more than 120 retired military leaders underscored their conviction that elevating and strengthening diplomacy and development are critical to keeping America safe.”

by The Wall Street Journal | Sat, 03/11/2017 - 6:36am | 0 comments

“In a final push to vanquish Joseph Kony’s murderous Lord’s Resistance Army, the U.S. is waging a psychological battle to draw the last rebels from the Central African bush.”

by Adam Twardowski | Fri, 03/10/2017 - 12:48pm | 0 comments

The Trump administration can’t shake off the specter of Russia and it’s well-established why Russian intelligence intervened in the US presidential election.

by Defense One | Fri, 03/10/2017 - 11:37am | 2 comments

“The president’s proposal to boost military spending at the expense of diplomacy and foreign aid won't lead to victory.”

by Voice of America | Fri, 03/10/2017 - 6:12am | 2 comments

"Even if extremist groups in Africa were wiped out militarily, the continent's massive population of young people would continue to be susceptible to terror groups."

by The Washington Post | Fri, 03/10/2017 - 5:57am | 0 comments

"If Tillerson doesn’t develop a stronger voice, control of foreign policy is likely to move increasingly toward Stephen K. Bannon."