Ukraine and the ‘New Rules of War’
Many and small beats large and heavy. Finding beats flanking. Swarming beats surging.
It’s Not Time To Eulogize The Old Order
Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.
Joe, You Are A Stubborn Old Man
I guess you proved your point about great powers picking and choosing their battlefields.
Afghan War Marked By Incompetence, Misrepresentation, And Outright Lies
A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.
Trump To Pick Patrick Shanahan To Be Secretary Of Defense
Patrick Shanahan, who has been serving as Acting Defense Secretary since James Mattis left in December, is being selected to replace Mattis in that position.
U.S. Halts Public Progress Reports On The Never-Ending War In Afghanistan
The U.S. military will no longer release reports regarding the success, or failure, of the current strategy in Afghanistan.
Andrew Marshall Dead at 97
The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.
Trump Selects Lt. General H.R. McMaster To Be National Security Adviser
President Trump has actually made a good pick for National Security Adviser. As with the rest of his foreign policy team, though, the question is if he’ll listen to him.
Time for an American Foreign Legion?
A respected scholar has an interesting suggestion for fighting the Forever War.
The Dangers of Relying on Airpower Alone
My latest for War on The Rocks, “The Inter-Service Wars Are Looking Like Calvinball,” has posted.
ISIS Captures Another Key Iraqi City
ISIS has captured Ramadi, and revealed yet again how fractured Iraq actually is. Fixing that isn’t something that American aid or arms can accomplish.
David Petraeus Pleads Guilty To Sharing Classified Information
The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.
Will Fewer Soldiers and Marines Come with Fewer Wars?
My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Defense Cuts: The Least Bad Choice,” is out.
H.R. McMaster Gets Third Star, Charge of Army Future
A rather impressive recovery from a career that was mostly dead in 2007.
Review: Bacevich’s Breach of Trust
My review of Andrew Bacevich’s latest book, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.
Taking Away Assad’s Spoon and Giving Him a Fork
f Assad is eating Cheerios, we’re going to take away his spoon and give him a fork.
West Point Casualties in Post-9/11 Conflicts Historically High
West Point graduates account for nearly one in fifty deaths in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.