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Time to Take Chemical Weapons More Seriously
Since the birth of the Chemical Corps back in World War I (then called the Chemical Warfare Service), chemical, biological, ...
How to Assess Risk in a World of Threats like ...
As U.S. efforts to build an international coalition to confront ISIS continue, so does the national debate regarding if, when, ...
Is COIN No Longer Relevant?
In another harbinger of the U.S. military’s waning emphasis on counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, on October 1, the Army Irregular Warfare Center (AIWC) ...
What the War with ISIS Teaches Us About Strategy
Few words are as ubiquitous and amorphous as the word “strategy.? This has certainly been true regarding the U.S. response ...
Is a New Holy Alliance Forming in the Middle East?
The last year has not been kind to the forces of political Islam. Where before they seemed to be positioned ...
Full-Spectrum Engagement: Better than War
In a recent piece called, Peace and War: The Space Between, Nadia Schadlow does a great job explaining how U.S. foreign ...
For Refugees in Turkey, A Tipping Point Looms
On a clear day, she can climb up the hill with her mother to the mosque and get a glimpse ...
Is Extremist Hip Hop Helping ISIS?
Chillin’ with my homie or what’s left of him.” That is the caption posted by Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 24, better ...
A Falklands Strategy to Avoid War over Spratleys
China seeks to aggressively expand its territorial claims in the Spratley Islands. Despite being largely uninhabitable, the Spratleys lay along ...
What the Air Force Can Learn from FedEx
Over the last year or so, there has been increased chatter about the Active and Reserve Component—or AC/RC in military ...