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• Shock And Shush!
  Little Satan"s unbound rowdiness in recent days has actually been a dual pronged strategy of sorts: Conducting surgical strikes against top tier targets is not a new one, but it has gained an incredible amount of attention due to the alleged targeting of military objectives inside SyriaSince 1967 and most importantly since the elimination of the Iraqi n […]

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  Courtesy of Bruce Gregory, here is the latest update on resources that may be of general interest for teachers, students, and practitioners of public diplomacy and related courses and activities. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Bruce Gregory is an adjunct professor at George Washington University and at Georgetown University and a pre-eminant fon […]

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  I've always admired USMC general General James Mattis. I first encountered him when I read his scathing takedown of Effects-Based Operations (EBO) in 2008, and soon became familiar with his operational record in Iraq and endlessly entertaining quotables. Most of all, I've always admired Mattis' deep interest in his own profession, as evidenced […]

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  Click on photo for larger image Via ISAF Joint Command Facebook page: An ISAF coalition force member provides security for Afghan soldiers deploying within Afghanistan. The deployment process is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National... […]

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• The Arab Collapse
  Ralph Peters, New York PostThe Arab Spring has unleashed the Arab Collapse. Everybody still standing in the region is picking the flesh of the helpless. The Islamist cancer proved more virulent than Arabs themselves expected, while dying regimes behave with unrestrained ruthlessness. And our diplomats still think everyone can be cajoled into harmony. We […]

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Preparation and Poise

January 18th, 2011 by Caradoc

There is certainly something to be said about being prepared and presenting oneself with poise and structure.  Dozens of times here in Afghanistan I have seen the dichotomy of how military organizations prepare and present information to visiting Congressional Delegations, and how the Embassy does so.  The difference is night and day.  The military uses [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, interagency, National Security, State Department, Strategic Planning, Strategy
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Planning to Plan

December 17th, 2010 by Caradoc

With all the news from the December Review and the “fragile progress “ we are making in Afghanistan, and how corrupt governance and safe havens negate the progress made, most people seem to have completely missed the completion of a rather strategically significant document, and the equally strategically important process that produced it.  Based on [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, AFPAK, COIN, counterinsurgency, government, interagency, operations, State Department, Strategic Planning
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Cult of Personality

December 15th, 2010 by Caradoc

One thing that has continually struck me each time I have entered a government office anywhere in Afghanistan is the benign picture always staring down at me.  Sometimes it is a framed 8×10 picture posted above the head of the governmental leader’s desk; other times a 12-foot tall poster overlooking an auditorium.  I know, I [...]

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Tags: Afghan politics, Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, government, Nation building
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Has Pakistan been Benched?

October 21st, 2010 by Centurion

Could the worms be turning?  It’s been fairly common knowledge that the Taliban have been engaging in talks with the Karzai government.  Today the L.A. Times  reports that the talks are occurring without Pakistan’s involvement.  The Times thinks that this will further erode Pakistan’s relationship with Washington.  I would offer that the relationship between washington [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, India, operations, Pakistan, waziristan
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