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Blog post - Jun 1 2008 - 11:15am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

...  While there may have been previous iterations, and certainly the feeling was out there before, the "Dear Boss" ... a post-conflict reset:  post-Vietnam, post-Cold War, and post(ish)-OEF/OIF.  These are times when visions of the future ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 19 comments - 0 attachments

... Great powers (and the US is certainly one) tend to privilege stability or order over justice ... MikeF, Why so distant? Just say civil war does break out in Iraq ( I''ve heard rumours) and owing to massive support ...

Blog post - Jan 9 2012 - 5:55am - 36 comments - 0 attachments

... Download the full article: The Tea Fallacy Shock and awe don't leave much room for empathy. The doctrine, technically known as ... has galvanized a profound re-thinking of the concept of war, the process of peace, and the challenges of failing states. This is ...

Journal Article - Mar 16 2010 - 4:49pm - 44 comments

... performances on the Sunday talkies, it's getting harder and harder to avoid the conclusion that the Obama Administration is looking for ... discussions concerning whether or not and how to conduct a war, this is a debate that has a strong sense of urgency about it. It also ...

Blog post - Oct 19 2009 - 7:23pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup and links to the USNI Daily and Real Clear World. ... Kerry: Syria ‘Pretty Close’ to Civil War - WP Russia Opposes UN Moves to Punish Syria - VOA ...

Blog post - Jan 26 2012 - 5:26am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... With the encouragement of COL Dave Maxwell and other senior leader mentors, I'm sharing these thoughts with the ... support.  Changing names/brands can create indecision about working with the re-branded organization, and may even ... success or failure of the "information" and/or influence war against Violent Extremist Organizations. While seemingly simple, the ...

Journal Article - Jun 25 2010 - 12:52pm - 22 comments

... the Most Likely Conflicts by Dr. Roy Godson and Dr. Richard H. Shultz, Jr. Joint Force Quarterly has kindly ... A QDR for All Seasons? The end of the Cold War and the massive changes in the conflict environment that ensued launched ...

Journal Article - Aug 16 2010 - 8:39pm - 21 comments

... [Gates] said, comes down to "How do we signal resolve, and at the same time, signal to the Afghans and the American people that this ... support and risk balancing certainly plays a role: War in Afghanistan is not an existential question, so you have to decide how ...

Blog post - Nov 12 2009 - 5:51pm - 20 comments - 0 attachments

... But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose - and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point. It is evident ... in Afghanistan - the struggle he repeatedly called "a war of necessity." ... More at The Washington Post . ...

Blog post - Nov 15 2009 - 10:02am - 11 comments - 0 attachments