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... years of non-stop general and limited war in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines and elsewhere, Village Stability Operations are returning ... chasing after this myth for years making no progress in "stabilizing" these challenged regions. However, I do agree with him that ...

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

... Wading through all the Iraq five years on commentary plastered across op-ed pages this week? Make ... Flournoy's piece in today's Washington Times -- Stabilizing Iraq . Flournoy, president and co-founder of the Center for a ...

Blog post - Mar 20 2008 - 5:37am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... Afghanistan.  Our goal is to improve the economy by stabilizing the supply-demand relationship in the district by executing four ... an mba, who is also a part-time ca-bubba with two tours in iraq, and who has never been to Afghanistan. Organization aka ...

Journal Article - Sep 4 2011 - 7:55am - 11 comments

... commitment to Afghanistan. A former tank commander in Iraq and co-author of the Army's landmark 2006 counterinsurgency manual, Nagl ... the FOB-oriented force incapable of securing or stabilizing a deteriorating situation into a more effective stability ... the FOB-oriented force incapable of securing or stabilizing a deteriorating situation into a more effective stability ...

Blog post - Jan 4 2010 - 1:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... China Sea and elsewhere will provide the reassuring and stabilizing presence that the visible presence of Navy ships has heretofore ... taking old ones away (other than large-scale COIN ala Iraq/Afg), and says to rely more on sea, space, air, cyber and SOF; but does ...

Blog post - Mar 30 2012 - 4:22pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... 2010. The Sunni tribal uprising against Al Qaeda in Iraq, known as the Anbar Awakening, was the decisive event in the ... on that underlying social order is critical to stabilizing remote areas and undermining insurgencies, especially when the ... on that underlying social order is critical to stabilizing remote areas and undermining insurgencies, especially when the ...

Blog post - Jul 11 2010 - 7:12am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... first 8 years while the Bush administration went off to Iraq and flushed any international legitimacy associated with Afghanistan down ... we/GIRoA help local Afghans with will be more of a stabilizing influence than not could also be wrong: instead believing that many ...

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

... can anyone be sure how permanent the apparent progress in stabilizing southern Afghanistan really is. The real permanent leverage ... at a much lower cost than the United States paid in Iraq and Afghanistan. Click below to read more ... ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2011 - 1:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... however, projects must be sustainable.  Progress in stabilizing the developing world is slow and requires continued efforts.  ... to properly lead such efforts.  Persistent needs in Iraq and Afghanistan have required Army units to address these humanitarian ...

Journal Article - Apr 19 2012 - 11:07am - 1 comment

... we need to be prepared to fight another Afghanistan or Iraq. It is more that the COIN concept merely acknowledges that military ... a great explanation as to why we are now so concerned with stabilizing the world -- developing a foreign policy tailored to dealing to ...

Blog post - Sep 16 2010 - 12:47pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments