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... Tom Ricks on three things we need from Obama on Afghanistan - "corruption and abuses? - security problems in Pakistan? - U.S. ...

Blog post - Nov 30 2009 - 7:41pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

... case of Private Danny Chen, who took his own life in Afghanistan this past October after being physically and verbally abused by up ... Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued a statement on 23 December 2011 on his Facebook page stating "hazing is simply ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda ... the political effects that must be achieved; 2) emphasis on bottom-up measures that can produce momentum in the short term, and 3) a ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... and tactics to those in Mexico today and were placed on America’s terrorist list in order to level the playing field.  ... years, including the raging insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. When dealing with the issue of narco-trafficking it is ...

Journal Article - Apr 20 2012 - 4:54am - 7 comments

... to fully cooperate with the U.S. campaign plan in Afghanistan. The U.S. government no doubt already knows that its ability to ... "Af-Pak" contemplates larger long-term diplomatic staffs on both sides of the border, which will include security force assistance ...

Blog post - Feb 21 2011 - 3:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... 16 Afghans in the Panjway district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. In a developing situation, a ... be all over the internet, as it is for readers to comment on the developing situation.   Missy Ryan, a Reuters correspondent, ...

Blog post - Mar 11 2012 - 11:02am - 14 comments - 0 attachments

... of insurgency in Mexico with the drug cartels that's right on our border " on Monday at the Hinckley Institute of Politics . Westphal ... the thorn is removed from the Lion's paw. (Note, in Afghanistan currently we have created a "functional sanctuary" for the Karzai ...

Blog post - Feb 9 2011 - 4:18pm - 37 comments - 0 attachments

... in the 21st century are states that are too weak (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico). The weak states rather than strong ones are the ... I am currently teaching a course at the US Naval Academy on the history of modern counterinsurgency campaigns. And it is interesting to ...

Journal Article - Feb 6 2012 - 4:22am - 38 comments

... U.S. Military documents pertaining to the insurgency in Afghanistan has generated immense media and public interest and is being ... concerning unnecessarily placing troops in harm's way, on the one hand, combined with war crimes accusations, on the other, have only ...

Journal Article - Aug 15 2010 - 7:17am - 72 comments

... patrol car at a traffic light at Loop 410 and Rigsby Road (on San Antonio's southeast side) on his way to a call. Why: ... control the cartels. Personally, while I do not "study" Afghanistan beyond the belief that tribal cultures transcend any need or desire ...

Blog post - Jun 1 2011 - 8:26pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments