Afghanistan

Blog post | March 11, 2012 11:02 AM | Comments(14)

A U.S. soldier reportedly massacred up to 16 Afghans in the Panjway district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Blog post | May 21, 2012 06:17 AM | Comments(1)

The Center for National Policy offers a report on a new way ahead.

Journal Article | May 21, 2012 05:48 AM | Comments(16)

Should we focus more on creating ink spots and less on defeating the Taliban?

Journal Article | May 18, 2012 04:49 AM | Comments(6)

The perhaps-unsurprising second- and third-order effects of VSO and ALP.

Blog post | May 16, 2012 08:54 AM | Comments(14)

GEN Robert Cone, Commanding General U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, offers his thoughts on the upcoming Army Future Game.

Blog post | May 15, 2012 04:48 AM | Comments(5)

How innovative and determined officers in 3rd Marine Air Wing used the iPad to improve close air support in Afghanistan.

Blog post | May 12, 2012 07:58 AM | Comments(2)

A Foreign Affairs article asks if we are prepared to pay the true costs of the promises we have made in Afghanistan.

Journal Article | May 11, 2012 06:05 AM | Comments(25)

An interview with Daniel R. Green, who served at the PRT in Uruzgan in 2005-2006 and in Kabul from 2009-2010.

Blog post | May 8, 2012 07:42 PM | Comments(8)

Bob Tollast interviews former U.S. military advisor Emma Sky.

Journal Article | May 4, 2012 04:48 AM | Comments(3)

As we look toward a combat exit, how to sustain the advisory effort?

Journal Article | May 3, 2012 04:54 AM | Comments(4)

Thomas Buonomo offers a roll-up of recent commentary on the way ahead in Afghanistan.

Blog post | May 3, 2012 01:41 PM | Comments(0)

West Point's Combating Terrorism Center publishes 17 declassified Bin Laden documents with accompanying analysis.

Blog post | May 1, 2012 06:54 PM | Comments(0)

A look at an advisor team in Iraq.

Blog post | May 1, 2012 07:41 PM | Comments(0)

The White House summary and a pointer to the text of the speech on Afghanistan.

Journal Article | April 30, 2012 04:50 AM | Comments(9)

Where do we go with Design in a post-COIN (for now) world?

Journal Article | April 25, 2012 04:57 AM | Comments(5)

West's narrative about combat advisors in Iraq is a timely read that should leave you with many questions about current and future advisory efforts.

Blog post | April 23, 2012 12:04 PM | Comments(25)

Guns or butter, the age-old question.

Journal Article | April 23, 2012 04:42 AM | Comments(3)

Five very intricate questions as to how we should look at the challenges at hand.

Blog post | April 19, 2012 05:19 AM | Comments(9)

Are the numerous recent cases of serious misconduct a symptom of ebbing discipline in the armed forces?

Blog post | April 19, 2012 12:10 PM | Comments(0)

A new RAND monograph from Ben Connable suggests that all those metrics may not be as metric as they seem.

Journal Article | April 19, 2012 11:07 AM | Comments(1)

Water, water everywhere...  COIN and the pennance of life.

Blog post | April 17, 2012 08:26 AM | Comments(4)

Is America echoing the British experience?

Journal Article | April 16, 2012 04:44 AM | Comments(23)

Sergio Miller takes an in-depth look at COIN in Malaya

Blog post | April 15, 2012 09:50 AM | Comments(14)

The kick-off of the spring "fighting season" will spur narratives of an Afghan Tet and counter-narratives of the dying gasps of a spent adversary.

Blog post | April 13, 2012 09:59 PM | Comments(16)

What are the effects of a decade of war on society and polity?