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... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... Policy : Topics include: 1) By tossing the COIN to Afghanistan, Obama can now aim at Pakistan 2) Are the Pentagon's plans ... a favorable negotiated settlement. Nor can anyone be sure how permanent the apparent progress in stabilizing southern Afghanistan really ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2011 - 12:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... I'd like to digress from my usual analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak ... in most articles was that SERE was designed to show how an evil totalitarian, enemy would use torture at the slightest whim. If ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... How does your organization think, and how does it not think? ... or become a step within a planning process… to think about Design requires us to think from a different perspective - a ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

... Kilcullen (I): Here's What Not to Measure in a COIN Campaign - Tom Ricks at FP's Best Defense. ... Kilcullen is at his best, he is unexcelled at discussing how to wage a counterinsurgency campaign. And I think the Australian infantry ...

Blog entry - Feb 8 2010 - 1:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments

... military officers, analysts and academics, are pushing to have the U.S. mission in Afghanistan significantly narrowed in scope. Their ... in the hands of the Taliban. Frankly, I am not sure how the suppression operations going on currently in Afghanistan or a ramped up ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... of the female exclusion in combat policy?  Is it time to adjust the policy? As noted widely ... Commands (RCs)?  What does this tell us about how to structure and use this resource in the future? (e.g., mix of male to ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

... horrible leaders. From my vantage point I think it's time to start resetting year groups and/or pushing promotion timelines back toward ... it at happening at the Division level, then get word about how it was happening at some BCTs. But now I see it firsthand at BNs. ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... When you are a stranger in a strange land, you need to be aware of, and hold on to, and be proud of your culture. In my experience ... fighting words to me." I asked my Pashtun buddy to show me how westerners greet each other. He extended his hand in a wave. I pointed out ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... UPDATE : 21 Feb 2011 According to a just-released article in the Washington Post , U.S. officials have ... "He was very peaceful and confident. I was wondering how he could be like that after killing two people," he said. The American ...

Blog entry - Feb 21 2011 - 2:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments