Review: Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive against Radical Islam
First, Understand the Enemy Within, July 25, 2009
Journal: Losing the Long War
Phi Beta Iota Editorial: “Losing the Long War” is a common refains among the chattering pundits, but they are making one fundamental mistake: those of us with brains and eyes and ears all knew this in 1988 and gave voice to our views in 1998. The problem is the chasm between those in power, who …
EUCOM Week in Review ending 22 July 2009
Hot Topics AZ: Azerbaijan-Russia gas deal mainly attributable to Russias defense 07/17/09 BA: Bosnians Got What They Voted For 07/20/09 BG: Court action against Bulgarian military for gender discrimination 07/19/09 DE: France, Germany vie to sell Pakistan subs 07/22/09 IL: In Possible Iran Signal, Israeli Boats Cross Suez 07/21/09 IL: Mossad and Military Intelligence engaged …
Journal: Chuck Spinney Highlights: West ignores lessons of Soviet humiliation in Afghanistan
Its Afghan war spelt disaster for the USSR and now Nato is making the same mistakes
Journal: World Bank to Play Sheriff in Recovering Despot Funds
With a tip of the hat to Intelligence Online Issue No. 598 (16-29 July 2009), we are delighted to note that the World Bank’s Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) is creating a special new investigative unit to focus exclusively on identifying and facilitating the recovering of assets stolen by politicians in the emerging countries, i.e. …
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PACOM Week in Review Ending 19 July 2009
Hot Topics CN: China rising in Latin America, but wont overtake United States 07/19/09 CN: Chinas police-state crackdown in Xinjiang creates international …07/16/09 ID: The Al Qaeda Paradox 07/17/09 ID: Jakarta Hotel Bombs, The Military & The CIA 07/17/09 IN: Scientists save India’s moon mission from failure 07/17/09 NZ: NZ needs to play its part …
The Contested Commons
Michele Flournoy and Shawn Brimley U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings July 2009 Vol. 135/7/1,277 Two officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense look at a changing and challenging world and what it means for the future of American power. The world is undergoing a profound and lasting shift in the relative balance of power …
