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... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David Wood, Politics Daily . BLUF: "Experts on Afghanistan and on counterinsurgency, among them active-duty and retired ...

Blog post - Jan 12 2011 - 8:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... Thinking Critically about COIN and Creatively about Strategy and War An Interview with Colonel Gian Gentile by ... read your commentary concerning David Galula's work on counterinsurgency and its applicability for today's COIN campaigns and you ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 8:37pm - 83 comments

... Strategy for Military Counter Drug Operations   by ... counter-drug (CD) operations are making a limited impact on narco-trafficking in Mexico. If they continue their current CD tactics, they ...

Journal Article - Jan 24 2011 - 8:40am - 37 comments

... Or at least, change that wasn’t decreed from on high. Part of this stems from an antiquated, 1950s career model ... We educate them in the art of war, but do so with a focus on mere tactics.  We educate them when they are well past the age of agile ... Behavioral economics and psychology?  Investment strategy?  Creating and adapting a dynamic balance sheet?  True ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... America's Flawed Afghanistan Strategy - Dr. Steven Metz, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute ... scrutiny. The new strategy, like the old one, totters on a dangerously flawed foundation. Both the Bush and Obama strategies ...

Blog post - Aug 11 2010 - 4:47pm - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... I'd like to digress from my usual analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Philippine Counterinsurgency Strategy: Then and Now by Mike Fowler Download The Full ... He is currently researching the effects of violence on state political development. ... charismatic figures that depend upon allegiance based on the leader's personality. Without the personality, the cause can flounder. ...

Journal Article - Jan 18 2011 - 7:40am - 19 comments

... Theory, Policy, and Strategy A Conceptual Muddle by Adam Elkus and Mark ... or annihilation (the Weigley thesis, and hyped up on steroids by the coindinistas) but instead one of adaptation and flexibility. ...

Journal Article - Sep 18 2009 - 8:50am - 25 comments

... the investor is trained to realize one thing only, Return on Investment. And in a world now driven almost solely by economics and finance ... those constraints were appropriate based on our national strategy and objectives. That didn't mean we didn't desire to operate ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

... article from 1978 - Vietnam Postmortem: A Senseless Strategy . COL Collins' article should probably be mandatory reading for decision makers before we embark on any future Afghanistans or Iraqs so we do not have a failure to learn, ...

Blog post - Jul 3 2011 - 9:32pm - 37 comments - 0 attachments