Afghanistan

Enabling our partners to conduct their own IO. There is no other way to get the message across the cultural divide.

Bringing time into the assessment of counterinsurgency warfare.

Ten easy to follow recommendations to help you become an effective military advisor.

An interview with MIT Professor Roger D. Petersen.

The issue of the reach of the state needs to be put into a wider focus by including women and gender issues as part of the narrative.

If physical success on the battlefield cannot be translated into part of a larger aim, it is largely irrelevant even if it does a great deal of physical damage to the enemy.

Unlike other major wars the US has fought, Iraq & Afghanistan demonstrate extremely low occurrence of troops who become POW/MIA & high injury survival rates.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in the Middle East and South Asia spreads to the world.

While COIN remains the convention, to varying degrees, in post-conflict and steady-state operations, rule of law will be an essential part of the US security mission.

Do the terrain and the friendly and enemy situations allow stability operations at the village or district level?

The realities of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan necessitated “just-in-time” cultural training that focused heavily on the “do’s and don’ts.” A more deliberate...

Under certain conditions, supporting rebels can achieve strategic objectives without causing instability or humanitarian catastrophe.