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by Keith Nightingale | Tue, 04/05/2016 - 5:22am | 2 comments

Our Nation in this election year is consumed by a search for the desired verities and qualities of the respective candidates each of us may wish for our next President.

by The National Interest | Sun, 04/03/2016 - 10:05pm | 2 comments

“Senior U.S. military leaders, held by many Americans to be above moral reproach, are rapidly becoming indistinguishable from their political counterparts.”

by The Daily Beast | Sun, 04/03/2016 - 9:31pm | 0 comments

"The growing scandal over cooked intelligence just got much worse. Now, analysts are saying they’re being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration’s line on the war."

by The Washington Post | Sun, 04/03/2016 - 7:52pm | 0 comments

"The shaky debut last week of a new unity government in Libya brings Western nations, including the United States, much closer to a renewed military mission there."

by The Washington Post | Sun, 04/03/2016 - 7:36pm | 0 comments

"U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets."

by Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy | Sun, 04/03/2016 - 6:42pm | 1 comment

“One of the most historically significant efforts to encapsulate lessons from irregular wars, or ‘small wars,’ comes from the pen of British officer C. E. Callwell.”

by The Daily Mail | Fri, 04/01/2016 - 11:56am | 3 comments

“A bullet found in the Jordan desert was from a pistol only Lawrence would have had.”

by Elad Popovich | Fri, 04/01/2016 - 4:00am | 0 comments

In the era of cyber-threats, small waves can create a tsunami.

by Best Defense | Thu, 03/31/2016 - 3:19pm | 5 comments

Review of Game Changers: Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 03/31/2016 - 10:13am | 0 comments

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by Parameters | Thu, 03/31/2016 - 9:00am | 5 comments

Continue on for U.S. Army War College’s Parameters, Winter 2015-16, Vol. 45 No. 4.

by The Wall Street Journal | Wed, 03/30/2016 - 1:49pm | 0 comments

"Banks are closing the accounts of customers they fear may be up to no good, evicting from the financial system those the government most wants to watch."

by Reuters | Wed, 03/30/2016 - 1:00pm | 0 comments

"Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll."

by Center for International Maritime Security | Wed, 03/30/2016 - 12:22pm | 0 comments

“HA/DR operations entail unique, unscripted collaboration with joint and interagency partners with unity of effort and time as the common enemy.”

by USNI News | Wed, 03/30/2016 - 8:42am | 0 comments

"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the next military strategy document will be kept classified."

by Stars & Stripes | Tue, 03/29/2016 - 7:26pm | 0 comments

"The United States must adjust its approach to preparing for wars that in the future will likely be fought across multiple regions and in a variety of domains."

by The Christian Science Monitor | Tue, 03/29/2016 - 1:58pm | 0 comments

"Such efforts also would confront a fundamental problem of differing priorities and approaches – and even distrust."

by The Washington Post | Mon, 03/28/2016 - 12:24pm | 0 comments

“The carnage is a direct result of Europe’s refusal to accept that terrorists must be treated differently than common criminals.”

by The British Broadcasting Corporation | Sun, 03/27/2016 - 11:44pm | 0 comments

“A Taliban splinter group says it carried out a suicide attack on a park in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which killed more than 70 people, including children.”

by The New York Times | Sun, 03/27/2016 - 11:19pm | 1 comment

“Despite millions of dollars of government-sponsored research there is still nothing close to a consensus on why someone becomes a terrorist.”

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/26/2016 - 6:20pm | 0 comments

Just day-dreaming on a Saturday…

by The Daily Beast | Sat, 03/26/2016 - 5:02pm | 5 comments

“He’s retired Marine General James Mattis. He’s an extraordinary American. Yes, it’s a longshot. But he is exactly what we need.”

by The Military Leader | Sat, 03/26/2016 - 1:19am | 0 comments

"When was the last time you participated in a unit leader development event that was focused on the practice of leadership?"

by Agence France-Presse | Sat, 03/26/2016 - 12:55am | 0 comments

"The Pentagon will submit proposals to President Barack Obama for strengthening military support to Iraqi forces in the near future."

by Masoud Kazemzadeh | Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:20pm | 5 comments

There is no doubt that we have been at war with Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. However, we have not been at war with the overwhelming majority of Muslims.