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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/04/2016 - 11:44am | 0 comments

Continue on for Ft. Bragg and Major League Baseball…

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/04/2016 - 9:58am | 0 comments

The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription by The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration

by Voice of America | Mon, 07/04/2016 - 7:37am | 0 comments

Iraqi officials said Monday at least 142 have died from Sunday's suicide truck bombing in the country's capital.

by National Public Radio | Sun, 07/03/2016 - 5:12pm | 0 comments

Is ISIS expanding its territory into Bangladesh? National Public Radio's Rachel Martin talks to Georgetown University's Bruce Hoffman.

by The New York Times | Sun, 07/03/2016 - 7:08am | 0 comments

"Saudi Arabia has recklessly financed and promoted a harsh and intolerant Wahhabi version of Islam around the world in a way that is producing terrorists."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/02/2016 - 12:53pm | 4 comments

Continue on for two older articles read daily.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/02/2016 - 10:58am | 2 comments

Continue on for a link to H-War, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online.

by The New York Times | Sat, 07/02/2016 - 5:26am | 1 comment

"The news is shocking in part because the United States has long considered Jordan one of its closest allies in the region."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/02/2016 - 3:52am | 0 comments

White House Fact Sheet on the Executive Order on the US policy on pre & post-strike measures to address civilian casualties.

by The Center for a New American Security | Fri, 07/01/2016 - 1:09pm | 4 comments

Continue on for an overview and a link to the full CNAS Game of Drones report.

by The New York Times | Fri, 07/01/2016 - 7:43am | 0 comments

"The first day of the battle produced a frenzy of bloodletting. Unaware that its artillery had failed to obliterate the German dugouts, the British Army rushed to slaughter."

by The Daily Signal | Fri, 07/01/2016 - 7:15am | 0 comments

"This change was not precipitated by military needs but by political correctness."

by Voice of America | Thu, 06/30/2016 - 5:09pm | 0 comments

The detention of 10 U.S. sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps was “wholly preventable," according to the commander of naval forces in the Middle East.

by The Wall Street Journal | Thu, 06/30/2016 - 6:42am | 0 comments

"For Islamic State, this city was unlike any other: the birthplace of its movement and the first urban center it seized in a blitz that began the occupation of a third of Iraq."

by Christopher Kelly | Thu, 06/30/2016 - 6:07am | 0 comments

Thanks to the courage and sacrifice of those American patriots who have served in our military and those that serve today, we are able to celebrate the Fourth of July.

by Voice of America | Thu, 06/30/2016 - 5:30am | 0 comments

Riding high on Iraq’s victory over Islamic State fighters in Fallujah, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confidently said the northwest city of Mosul would be next.

by Ozer Khalid | Wed, 06/29/2016 - 3:44pm | 0 comments

It is likelier that Turkey will now strategically prioritize the ISIS security threat, giving it equal weight to both Kurdish terrorism and the dangers posed by Syria’s Assad.

by The Christian Science Monitor | Wed, 06/29/2016 - 1:17pm | 0 comments

“The attack on Istanbul’s main airport by ISIS showed that the jihadist group can still strike with devastating effect despite losing ground and fighters in Syria and Iraq.”

by Infinity Journal | Wed, 06/29/2016 - 9:56am | 0 comments

Continue on for links to IJ’s special edition "The Post-Operational Level Age of War".

by Center for Strategic & International Studies | Wed, 06/29/2016 - 8:26am | 0 comments

Continue on for links to the Center for Strategic and International Studies report and this morning’s live webcast.

by Voice of America | Wed, 06/29/2016 - 4:45am | 0 comments

U.S. lawmakers say they want to make sure a program that enables Afghan military interpreters to immigrate to the U.S. continues without interruption.

by The Foreign Policy Initiative | Fri, 06/24/2016 - 12:21pm | 0 comments

“ISIS invests a substantial amount of time and effort to cultivate Western recruits via social media. There are several different approaches toward countering online radicalization.”

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/24/2016 - 10:20am | 0 comments

"The effort to create the National Desert Storm Veterans War Memorial is gaining strength. The memorial is planned for the northwestern corner of the National Mall."

by CNN News | Fri, 06/24/2016 - 7:28am | 0 comments

“There have been several meetings to begin to determine if more troops are needed for the upcoming battle for Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul.”

by The Washington Post | Fri, 06/24/2016 - 7:19am | 0 comments

“We have a military plan to defeat the Islamic State but we have yet to articulate a political plan to ensure Iraq’s long-term stability.”