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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 9:19pm | 1 comment

The United States recently sent a small number of special forces soldiers to Jordan to train with counterparts from Iraq and Jordan.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 8:26pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 12:33pm | 0 comments

Introducing Defense in Depth - Council on Foreign Relations blog by Janine Davidson

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 12:20pm | 4 comments

Pentagon’s Proposed Cuts to Ground Forces: Not as Bad as You Might Think (For Now)…

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 4:06am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 03/07/2014 - 2:00am | 0 comments

Helped by the Arab Spring, terrorist groups in North and West Africa have expanded their operations.

by Scott Forster | Thu, 03/06/2014 - 4:17pm | 0 comments

We have added three new articles to Landpower focused on future operations.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 03/06/2014 - 1:52am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 03/05/2014 - 7:16am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 03/05/2014 - 6:29am | 0 comments

Across Africa, affiliates of Al Qaeda and other Islamist militants are proving resilient and in some cases expanding their influence.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 03/04/2014 - 5:27pm | 4 comments

When someone says “tell me how it ends,” it’s another way of saying: “I just don’t happen to like this particular case for intervention”.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 03/04/2014 - 3:56pm | 9 comments

“By betting on technology over size, the FY 2015 budget intensifies the debate over whether to prioritize men or material as defense spending declines.”

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 03/04/2014 - 12:14am | 2 comments

Countering Others' Insurgencies: Understanding U.S. Small-Footprint Interventions in Local Context

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 03/04/2014 - 12:12am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 03/03/2014 - 8:59am | 0 comments

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in an interview broadcast Sunday defended the Obama administration's proposed downsizing of the military.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 03/03/2014 - 7:57am | 76 comments

"The Crimean crisis has energized those who wallow in a conventional wisdom."

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 03/03/2014 - 12:09am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Sun, 03/02/2014 - 2:39pm | 0 comments

Sinaloa Drug Cartel Can Continue Without 'Chapo' Guzman, Experts Say by Diana Washington Valdez, El Paso Times

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 03/02/2014 - 11:18am | 19 comments

The Crimean situation, or the “Situation Formerly Known as the Ukrainian Situation,” has no good solutions. But there are some worse than others.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 03/02/2014 - 3:12am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/01/2014 - 5:30pm | 70 comments

Action may provoke -- but so does doing nothing.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/01/2014 - 3:25pm | 0 comments

Attacking America: Al Qaeda’s Grand Strategy in Its War with the World by Mary Habeck, Foreign Policy Research Institute

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/01/2014 - 10:04am | 0 comments

AirLand “Reversal” or Continuing Tactical Adaptation? By Christopher Mewett, War on the Rocks

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/01/2014 - 7:37am | 1 comment

Armies are like newspapers. They have become 21st-century anachronisms. To survive, they must adapt.