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There is certainly a lot of hand-wringing, chin-rubbing and forceful exhaling going on these days over the increasingly challenging war in Afghanistan, where nearly 70,000 U.S. troops are duking it out with …

Cyber threats: We don’t know what we don’t know

“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is …

A move toward a nuke-free world or a pipe dream?

Early in his tenure, President Barack Obama outlined a broad nonproliferation agenda in a Prague speech. Obama told the assembled ears, and …

The Janus choice: Defining today’s multifaceted conflict

Over the past two years, the hybrid threat construct has found some traction. It appears in official government reports and has been cited by the …

“The real problem with personnel in the military is not that they simply cost a lot; it is that given a mission, they do not perform it as efficiently as they should. …

It’s that time again. About once a decade, the military services attempt to reform how they educate officers. This time, the catalyst is a series of Senate and House hearings on how …

QDR must recognize need for two-war construct

As Defense Secretary Robert Gates completes the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), senior officials have indicated he will officially abandon the force planning construct used …

TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT for its order to rescue a war journalist, a decision that resulted in the deaths of a British soldier and three Afghan civilians. U.K. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth …

TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for its ham-fisted handling of a picture of a dying Marine in Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard was mortally injured in an ambush Aug. 14. AP waited almost …

Afghanistan requires our greater effort and will, not less

Gen. George Marshall said it during World War II, but it has been true for over two centuries: “A democracy cannot fight a …