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"President Obama’s most senior national security advisers have recommended measures that would move U.S. troops closer to the front lines in Iraq and Syria."

"So why is it that counterinsurgency does not come easily to regimes in the Middle East and North Africa?"

"Twitter forces users to 'think before they click,' a tactic encouraged by U.S. Army Social Media guidance."

"Until Russia launched its military operation in Syria last month, the war in Georgia was the last time its air force had conducted air strikes in combat."

"The service has resorted regularly to underhanded, dishonest, and sometimes unlawful tactics. Doing so has backfired."

"It's been a humbling few weeks for the Pentagon's central strategy of training and equipping foreign forces to fight on the ground so U.S. troops don't have to."

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"The raid to free captives held by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is bringing up uncomfortable questions for the Obama administration."

This NDU Book began as two questions: What were the costs and benefits of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what were the strategic lessons of these campaigns?

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"The United States is facing an unprecedented challenge in countering the propaganda of adversaries who recruit and easily spread misinformation through the Internet."

"Combating Islamic State and other successful propagandists cannot be done by matching them tweet for tweet because that only validates their messages."

Continue on to read the first edition of The Norwich Review of International and Transnational Crime.

“You will not make Chief of Naval Operations in this country, you will not make First Sea Lord in the United Kingdom if you tell the truth, it’s as simple as that.”

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It is time for the United States to seriously consider a declaration of war on the Islamic State; it has already declared war on us.

"The Bridge offers some sage advice on leadership and strategic thought that was originally given in the form of a speech in 2010 by Lieutenant General Sir Graeme C.M. Lamb."

Colonel Steven Warren, spokesperson for the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, briefed reporters from Baghdad about military operations in Iraq and Syria.

“Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came to office a year ago promising to rebuild his country. But the Iraqi state has grown weaker as power has leaked to Shi’ite militia leaders.”

"Syrian President Assad returned home Wednesday after making a rare trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and discuss the 3-week old Russian military campaign."

"Generals and admirals are mistaken if they believe their only job in war is to execute the policymaker’s war aims."

"U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford flew into Iraq Tuesday to get an in-person assessment of the ongoing fight against Islamic State militants."

“The task goes far beyond what U.S. soldiers are trained to teach.”

“In capacity, capability, and readiness, the US military is currently performing a juggling act that could come crashing down in the event of a significant contingency.”

"As the administration rethinks its Syria strategy, it should start by redefining U.S. interests in the face of an increasingly fractured Syrian conflict."