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... . War is dynamic, changing, and unpredictable. The ongoing war in Iraq is no different; it has seen a fundamental shift in how ... they do extra reading. This included a pass around of the latest insurgent TTP battle videos that a number of the Officers refused to ...

Blog entry - Dec 12 2009 - 4:54am - 40 comments - 0 attachments

... how to wage a counterinsurgency campaign. And I think the Australian infantry officer turned political anthropologist/COIN guru is at ... a statistical picture of their battlespace. In the latest effort by Ricks, there's really nothing new here. Since 2003, the ...

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

... is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique for thinking, which helps the possessor to draw correct ... wicked problems.  If we continue to plug and play the latest "new" idea to tame a problem, then we will just muddle along ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... military documents from Iraq war operations is shameful, the Pentagon press secretary said tonight. "This is an extraordinary ... News Opinion Mixed on Significance of WikiLeaks' Latest Revelations - Globe and Mail WikiLeaks Continues to Face ...

Blog entry - Oct 24 2010 - 4:45am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario ... why and it is a judgment call on my part. I'll let your latest stand. You of all people should understand the tight-rope we walk at ...

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

... Obama's Afghan withdrawal speech may mark the end of the U.S. counterinsurgency experiment. Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy : Topics include: ...

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

... The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD by Jimmy A. Gomez ... D3A and F3EAD Since October 2001, combat operations in the Afghanistan Theater of Operations have presented the U.S. Army with ... new FM 2-0, Intelligence. There's no mention in the latest FM 3-0 and no mention in the Joint Doctine for Kill Boxes. Someone ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

... Guest post by Robert C. Jones: The Department of State focuses on governments.  The Department of Defense ... in the deck of this old card game. George Friedman's latest book, "The Next Decade" does a good job of laying out the geopolitics ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

... Feb 2011 According to a just-released article in the Washington Post , U.S. officials have confirmed that Raymond Davis is a ... if Davis is set free. Davis's case is only the latest in a long line of complaints the U.S. government has against the ...

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

... A Combined Arms Response to Death of the Armor Corps by Major James Smith and Major James Harbridge ... a base of competency that's not too compromised by the latest sitrep. The sad thing, of course, is that I'm not sure any officer ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments