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by The Daily Beast | Thu, 10/20/2016 - 2:51pm | 17 comments

“Four days ago, the U.S. Defense Secretary was predicting a ‘lasting defeat’ of ISIS. Now, a top general is warning that the terror group is preparing for a guerrilla war.”

by U.S. News & World Report | Thu, 10/20/2016 - 11:43am | 0 comments

“The Obama administration's willingness to appease Tehran is costing us in Yemen.”

by Voice of America | Thu, 10/20/2016 - 9:52am | 0 comments

Zipline International is using drones to deliver vaccines, medicine and blood to some of the most hard-to-reach populations in Rwanda.

by The Wall Street Journal | Thu, 10/20/2016 - 9:22am | 0 comments

“All Colombians want peace. Any future deal with FARC, however, must address citizens’ concerns.”

by The Washington Post | Wed, 10/19/2016 - 5:42pm | 0 comments

"American troops are poised to expand their hands-on support to local forces battling the Islamic State."

by Associated Press | Wed, 10/19/2016 - 8:29am | 0 comments

AP analysis: "While the long-awaited Mosul offensive began earlier this week, there's no sign of an imminent campaign against Raqqa."

by The Wall Street Journal | Tue, 10/18/2016 - 12:10pm | 0 comments

“On second day of the offensive, Kurdish fighters accuse the Iraqi army of inaction.”

by The Modern War Institute | Tue, 10/18/2016 - 9:24am | 1 comment

In this MWI report, CPT John Chambers draws on this case study to recommend ways the US Army can improve its capacity to counter gray-zone hybrid threats.

by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Tue, 10/18/2016 - 7:56am | 0 comments

This work is our fifth Small Wars Journal--El Centro anthology, covering writings first published in 2015.

by Think Broader | Mon, 10/17/2016 - 10:30am | 1 comment

All women in the military and female veterans are invited to join LeanIn.org Military Women /  Women Veterans and Think Broader Foundation to create a PSA.

by Georgetown University Center for Security Studies | Mon, 10/17/2016 - 10:16am | 1 comment

Dr. Sean McFate discusses the future of warfare, what it might look like, and why.

by Voice of America | Mon, 10/17/2016 - 6:31am | 0 comments

The long-anticipated campaign to reclaim Mosul from the Islamic State began Monday. It is the largest military operation in Iraq since U.S. forces left five years ago.

by The Daily Beast | Fri, 10/14/2016 - 5:27pm | 7 comments

"But hope, as the old military saw goes, is not a plan."

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/13/2016 - 7:50am | 0 comments

Continue on for all the details.

by Voice of America | Thu, 10/13/2016 - 7:44am | 0 comments

The U.S. military said Thursday it struck three radar sites in Yemen in response to missile launches from territory controlled by Houthi rebels that targeted a U.S. Navy destroyer.

by The New York Times | Tue, 10/11/2016 - 3:36am | 0 comments

"The vaunted propaganda operations of the Islamic State, which helped lure more than 30,000 foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq, have dropped off drastically."

by Voice of America | Mon, 10/10/2016 - 5:35pm | 0 comments

"The terror state would survive the loss of Mosul, but not the fall of Raqqa."

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2016 - 9:18am | 1 comment

"A Critical Exploration of America’s Role as the Policeman in a Globalized World"

by The New York Times | Sun, 10/09/2016 - 9:42am | 1 comment

"One strain of thought holds that America has a mission to champion democracy and human rights, granting it a unique role in the world, along with special powers and obligations."

by Voice of America | Sun, 10/09/2016 - 8:56am | 0 comments

The visit to Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand, the largest Afghan province, came after overnight battlefield advances brought the insurgents extremely close to the city.

by Gabriel White | Sat, 10/08/2016 - 9:49pm | 63 comments

Should Aleppo fall, the options for a military solution will require significantly higher levels of risk and a political solution will rely on terms dictated by Moscow and Tehran.

by The Washington Post | Sat, 10/08/2016 - 6:10pm | 6 comments

"It may be no small irony that Obama’s peripatetic secretary of state will travel next week to Rwanda, where up to a million people were killed in a three-month ethnic genocide."

by Association of the United States Army | Sat, 10/08/2016 - 8:45am | 0 comments

A discussion of the changing character of war at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2016 Annual Meeting.

by Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction | Sat, 10/08/2016 - 8:25am | 0 comments

SIGAR letter to DOD regarding continued reports of absentee or non-existent Afghan National Defense and Security Force personnel, or "ghost" soldiers.

by The New York Times | Fri, 10/07/2016 - 9:20pm | 1 comment

"Booz Allen, a consulting firm that earns billions by working for American intelligence agencies, has been called the world’s most profitable spy organization."