The authors propose implementing F3EAD methodology, which has met with success in the SOF community, across the force.
Developed to streamline and expedite the orders process, the CONOP has forced leaders to expend time, effort and energy to push the CONOP through the approval process from the lowest to the highest...
The perhaps-unsurprising second- and third-order effects of VSO and ALP.
Fear and Loathing in Waziristan
Al Qaeda Propaganda
by Major Matthew Orris, Small Wars Journal
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the myth that...
Fighting a Small War during The Great War
British Strategic Planning and Operations in Central Asia, 1917-1919
by Frederick Dotolo, PhD
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Fighting for a Narrative:
A Campaign Assessment of the US-led Coalition's Psychological and Information Operations in Afghanistan
by Oleg Svet
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The insurgents have adapted in their ability to deny space to the adversary; rather than settling to eat soup with a knife they attempt to recast the knife as a spoon.
This article proposes a positive vision for how disruptive junior officers and established senior officers should advance the discussion about improving their services.
What is operational art? An example from the Normandy breakout in WWII.
Population-centric COIN should only mean you understand the people—not that you necessarily do anything for them.
In the first of a three part series, Guillermo Vázquez del Mercado Almada describes organized crime in Mexico and lays a basis for his "five Ps" proposal to reduce violence...
Guillermo Almada offers the second in his three-part series on reducing violence in Mexico.
Guillermo Almada offers part three of his series on how to reduce violence in Mexico.
Five very intricate questions as to how we should look at the challenges at hand.
The uniformed analytic community largely lacks institutional expertise and struggles to provide commanders with meaningful intelligence products.
Fixing Intelligence... Again
by Matthew Collins
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Winter was a cruel season for the US Intelligence Community. The Christmas bomb plot and...
Flawed Doctrine or Flawed Strategy?
by Sergeant First Class Morgan Sheeran, Small Wars Journal
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The United States and her allies are in trouble...
Will Flynn exercise some disruptive thinking at DIA?
Complex operations require complex mental models.
The lack of guidance regarding how to identify which form of legitimacy a population recognizes and what steps need to be taken to alter a population’s perceptions is a glaring problem
A Civilian's Comprehensive Critique of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual...In 5-6 Pages
by Braden Civins
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The U.S. Army...
Force Structure for Small Wars
by Andrew C. Pavord, Small Wars Journal
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Since 9/11 the armed forces of the United States have paid a steep price to acquire...
Foreign Fighters: How Are They Being Recruited?
Two Imperfect Recruitment Models
by Clinton Watts, Small Wars Journal
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Currently, debate focuses on two...
Examing small wars in Indonesia, East Timor, Sudan, and Kenya to see what lessons apply to Afghanistan
A Foucauldian approach to military history exposes 4GW as a crock.
Fourteen Rules for Advisors in Iraq
by Norman Ricklefs, Small Wars Journal
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These thoughts were initially penned on my way to RnR, while stuck at...
Frakin' Cool and Winning Wars (SWJ Book Review)
by Robert L. Goldich
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After Operation Desert Storm in 1991, there was a fusillade of remarks about how...
French Counterinsurgency in Algeria:
Forgotten Lessons from a Misunderstood Conflict
by Commander H. Canuel
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While Henry Kissinger...
From Canada: A Thank You to U.S. Service Members
by Michael Yon
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Dear Michael Yon,
Today we were sent your story of February 14, 2010....
From Conception to Policy:
Evolution of Thinking on the War against Terrorism 2002-2004
by D. Robert Worley
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This paper provides a synthesis of...
Waiting to Win
From Deterrence to Deferrence in the War on Terror
by Dr. Anthony Vinci
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Since the War on Terror began with...
From Mars to Minerva: Clausewitz, Liddell Hart, and the Two Western Ways of War
by Tony Corn
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From Nightmares to Dreams
The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa
reviewed by Nick M. Masellis
Small Wars Journal
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While some have called the U.S. involvement in...
From Tal Afar to Marja:
Applying Counterinsurgency to Local Conditions
by Bing West
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The seizure of Marja in Helmand Province...
From the TBA to the USA: Barbarians at the Gate
by Marilyn Stern
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On October 10, 2010, an illegal Mexican...
Despite the increased use of robots and projected future R&D spending, there is no clearly articulated and agreed upon roadmap for their future growth and development.
