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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/12/2014 - 6:07pm | 10 comments

The US and its military partners are reaching for new tools to counter an unconventional ''3 warfares'' strategy that China is using to advance aggressive territorial claims.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/12/2014 - 11:59am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/12/2014 - 11:31am | 3 comments

"The world’s best military establishment didn’t win in Iraq, and it won’t win in Afghanistan. Why is that?"

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/11/2014 - 1:38pm | 5 comments

"The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader believes the Marine Corps' quality of life is so good right now that if the service cuts back, it would actually raise morale."

by Scott Forster | Fri, 04/11/2014 - 12:34pm | 0 comments

We have added three strategy articles...

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/11/2014 - 9:55am | 8 comments

"With the war in Afghanistan ending, FBI officials have become more willing to discuss a little-known alliance between the bureau and JSOC."

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/11/2014 - 9:35am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/11/2014 - 7:54am | 0 comments

"Supporters of the A-10 have launched an aggressive campaign to save an aircraft they say is unlike any other in the history of American aviation."

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/10/2014 - 11:29am | 1 comment

"We will continue to oppose the Air Force’s proposed premature divestment of the A-10 until an equally effective replacement reaches full operational capability."

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/10/2014 - 6:01am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/09/2014 - 9:03pm | 0 comments

The Smith Richardson Foundation is pleased to announce its annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/09/2014 - 1:43pm | 2 comments

The decision to retire a plane built specifically to support ground forces has ignited a firestorm of criticism from the airmen whose job is to embed with ground forces and spot enemy targets.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/09/2014 - 8:20am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/08/2014 - 4:23pm | 0 comments

With a rapidly shrinking force and fewer amphibious ships available, the Marine Corps is questioning whether it can support the strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific region.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/08/2014 - 7:28am | 0 comments

In a staggering loss of money even by Pentagon standards, the U.S. military and two contractors left American taxpayers on the hook for more than $700 million.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/08/2014 - 6:46am | 2 comments

“Acute corruption can no longer be seen as just a nuisance or a “values issue” to be handed off.”

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/08/2014 - 6:40am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:33am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 04/06/2014 - 5:30pm | 0 comments

"A clear-eyed look at this year’s QDR suggests there is much to applaud — if also room for criticism."

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 04/06/2014 - 1:24am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/05/2014 - 9:01pm | 4 comments

What I Wish I Knew: From Cadet to Lieutenant in Afghanistan by 1st Lieutenant Scott Ginther, War Council

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/05/2014 - 3:15pm | 0 comments

"Polling stations in Afghanistan have closed after a heavy turnout for Saturday's historic presidential election."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/05/2014 - 8:15am | 0 comments

Continue on for the latest concerning the Afghan election...

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/05/2014 - 12:17am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/04/2014 - 10:16pm | 1 comment

Tensions flared Thursday between a special watchdog and the agency charged with planting seeds of development in war-torn Afghanistan.