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As the U.S. draws down its footprint in Iraq, its presence in and focus on Afghanistan increases regardless of a definitive decision by the commander in chief on troop numbers and how …

Why military history trumps buzzwords

War isn’t just transforming — it’s ushering in a whole new language to describe conflict, and this language is used in a way that pays little attention …

The dark side of tracking all shipping: Pirates can do it too

Maritime domain awareness (MDA) is imperiling global maritime security. Developed and implemented correctly, MDA is one tool among a panoply …

This summer, we lost two icons of the Vietnam War: Robert McNamara, its steward, and Walter Cronkite, its chronicler. In remembrance, commentators have repeated narratives about the men that twist the war’s …

At their core, insurgencies are about political power struggles, usually between a central government and those who reject its authority, where the objective of the conflict is the population itself and the …

TO THE AIR FORCE AND THE NAVY for their apparent jitters over the JTRS radio program. For sure, the Joint Tactical Radio System has had a checkered history with the usual tangle …

I’m concerned by the overuse of the term “information operations” (IO) in Armed Forces Journal and a number of other recent publications, particularly when attributed to our adversaries.

In the U.S., our …

The international community has striven to reduce corruption through encouraging development of robust autonomous auditing agencies, increasing the pay of public sector officials, and enhancing the criminal justice system — however, this …

I read with great interest Lt. Col. Mike Grice’s article [Air power’s limits,” September], and while he was very eloquent, I think he missed the boat on some key issues. Grice says …

Robotic systems can’t replace a pilot’s gut instinct

Our defense establishment has become seduced by the idea of unmanned airpower. Futurists predict an eventual combat force of unmanned systems performing existing wartime …