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The July Crisis: WWI Lessons for Gaza, Ukraine, and Iraq
The hot months of summer are always ripe for war. As battles continue today in Gaza, Syria, and Iraq and ...
A Cure For Americas Iraq Syndrome
America finds itself sitting on the fence in the debate over the use force in not one but two conflicts: ...
What 1914 Teaches Us About Naval Warfare Today
When we think about World War I, or “the Great War,” we think about Flanders’ Fields, doughboys, the trenches, and the ...
Revisiting COIN Strategies in Vietnam
That “Generals are always fighting the last war” may be true, but this is often because they are fighting a ...
Revisiting COIN Strategies in Vietnam
That “Generals are always fighting the last war” may be true, but this is often because they are fighting a ...
How War Has Shaped American Exceptionalism
War is the most unifying, and yet simultaneously divisive, of all human activities. Democracies justify acts of war through the ...
The Chemical Fingerprint of Assads War Crimes
On 21 August 2013, a chemical attack killed hundreds, possibly more than a thousand, in Ghouta, a district of Damascus. ...
Is Iraqi Kurdistan on the Verge of Statehood?
To get into Iraqi Kurdistan from Turkey by car, as I found out a few years back, requires no visa ...
Why Urban Warfare Studies Still Matter
To paraphrase Trotsky, you may not be interested in urban warfare, but urban warfare is interested in you. At the turn ...
Two Views of Intelligence
The purpose of intelligence is to speak truth to power. Intelligence agencies exist to provide decision-makers with absolute, unbiased facts ...