Robert Haddick

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Robert Haddick is a contractor at U.S. Special Operations Command. From January 2009 to September 2012 he was Managing Editor of Small Wars Journal. During this time, he wrote the “This Week at War” column for Foreign Policy. Haddick was a U.S. Marine Corps officer, served in the 3rd and 23rd Marine Regiments, and deployed to Asia and Africa. He has advised the State Department, the National Intelligence Council, and U.S. Central Command.



	In the private sector, Haddick was Director of Research at the Fremont Group, a large private investment firm and an affiliate of the Bechtel Corporation. He established the firm's global proprietary trading operation and was president of one of Fremont's overseas investment subsidiaries.



	In addition to Foreign Policy and Small Wars Journal, Haddick's writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Air & Space Power Journal, and other publications. He has appeared in many radio and television interviews.



	Contact Robert at robert@smallwarsjournal.com.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Remember your weekend homework

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Haddick 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 26, 2009 03:56 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
Remember readers, your homework assignment is to download the current draft of the U.S. Army's Capstone Concept, read it, and provide comments. BG H.R. McMaster and his staff at TRADOC will read...


  

		  
  

                
This Week at War: America's Last Counterinsurgent?

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Haddick 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 25, 2009 05:59 PM | Comments(14)

  

  
  

                
Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy:
Topics include:
1) McChrystal report unwittingly slays counterinsurgency doctrine,
2) The Obama team doesn't understand irregular warfare....


  

		  
  

                
The Army wants your comments on its new Capstone Concept

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Haddick 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 22, 2009 12:24 PM | Comments(21)

  

  
  

                
Brigadier General H.R. McMaster has sent to Small Wars Journal the latest draft of Army Capstone Concept version 2.7. McMaster leads a team at TRADOC that is charged with revising the Capstone...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
This Week at War: A work in progress

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Haddick 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 18, 2009 07:43 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy:
Topics include:
1) Obama's Afghan strategy - a blank page,
2) America's spies adjust to the post-al Qaeda era.
Obama's Afghan strategy - a...


  

		  
  

                
Obama's Europe missile defense plan -- the good and the bad

  

  
  

                
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Posted On September 17, 2009 05:36 PM | Comments(8)

  

  
  

                
Today President Obama scrapped the Bush administration's plan to install 10 ground-based interceptor (GBI) missiles and a high-powered radar in Poland and the Czech Republic. Instead, Obama proposed...


  

		  
  

                
Recent Small Wars Journal themes are in today's news

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Haddick 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 15, 2009 11:56 AM | Comments(2)

  

  
  

                
Three stories in today's news connect directly to themes discussed here at the Small Wars Journal blog. These three themes are central and unresolved questions about how the U.S. and the West should...