September 13, 2009

Can we find clarity in the Afghan strategy debate?

In view of the president's ambivalence, it is small wonder that there is confusion, consternation, and disagreement over America's policy in Afghanistan.

February 4, 2007

Pessimism in Iraq and the Myth of Vietnam

The myth that fighting insurgencies is futile may underlie much pessimism about the current war in Iraq.

January 2, 2007

Rewriting the Rules of War

A curious thing happened in American thinking about warfare in 1961 - the rules needed to be rewritten, or so thought "the best and brightest" civilian strategists that President Kennedy brought with him into the White House.

December 26, 2006

Dealing with the Iraq Insurgency Militarily

The question de jour in the national debate on Iraq is simply: Is there a military "solution" on the Iraqi front of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)?