An excerpt from my interview for International Affairs Forum with Dr. David Ucko on his book, The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars:
IA-Forum: In counterinsurgency, victory can be hard to measure. Are we asking our military to engage in drawn out conflicts that end only when both parties are exhausted?
Dr. Ucko: [...]
An excerpt from my International Affairs Forum interview with Dr. Seth Jones, from RAND, in May on Afghanistan:
International Affairs Forum: In your 2008 Rand study on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, you recommended that indigenous capacity in both the government and security forces is key to the counterinsurgency success. So how does General McChrystal’s leadership affect the [...]
The decision reflects a belief that the war in Afghanistan has grown so complex that it needs a commander drawn from the military’s unconventional warfare branch.
(Gates and McKiernan in Afghanistan 09May8: the end of the road for McKiernan/NYT photo)
General McKiernan is out. Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is in. So a Lt. General is replacing a [...]
Blog post from Defense Tech (go to April 14 post by Christian) on the Navy SEAL work (“likely scenario” details) that freed the Maersk’s Captain Phillips from Somali pirates:
Whether it was luck or planning, clearly the idea to tow the life boat behind the Bainbridge and reel it into closer range made a sniper takedown [...]
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