Posted in David Schenker, Andrew Exum, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Military on Jul 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
From David Schenker
A lot of people have asked me lately about U.S. funding of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The current interest in U.S. assistance to the LAF comes as little surprise: Congress is currently reviewing the FY09 budget, which is said to include a significant aid package for the LAF.
From 2005 to 2008, the […]
Posted in Chuck Freilich, Andrew Exum, Nuclear, Diplomacy, Iran on Jul 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
From Chuck Freilich
Thirty years ago, in his magnificent book on Perception and Misperception, Robert Jervis argued that people’s views are self-reinforcing. Once we believe something to be the case, we further develop an array of arguments to discount those pesky doubts that we may harbor and to fully convince ourselves that our initial position is […]
Posted in Andrew Exum, Counterinsurgency, Military, Intelligence, Culture on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
From Andrew Exum
Be sure to read the speech given on Monday by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the Association of American Universities in Washington.
Since 9/11, the U.S. and its allies have been involved in two prolonged counter-insurgency campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan. These wars are low-tech conflicts in which anthropological skills and language […]
Posted in Michael Young, Chuck Freilich, David Schenker, Andrew Exum, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Israel on Feb 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Michael Young
Another round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is certainly likely, but I don’t consider it inevitable, particularly in the short term. There are several reasons for this.
Posted in Andrew Exum, Michael Young, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Terrorism, Martin Kramer on Feb 14th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Martin Kramer
As Hezbollah’s official funeral of Imad Mughniyah unfolded today—Hezbollah’s leader eulogizied him over a coffin decked in Hezbollah’s flag—it is useful to recall the party’s denial of his very existence over all these many years. Mention of his name to Hezbollah officials would draw a blank stare or blanket denial. “Hezbollah professes no […]
Posted in David Schenker, Barry Rubin, Syria, Michael Young, Andrew Exum, Lebanon, Israel, Jon Alterman, Hezbollah, Terrorism on Feb 13th, 2008 8 Comments »
From Andrew Exum
Imad Mughniyah is dead, killed in Damascus by a car bomb at the age of 45. Mughniyah was believed to have been Hezbollah’s chief of military operations, and his assassination marks the first time a major figure in the movement has been killed since secretary-general Abbas Musawi in 1992—an assassination which brought the […]
Posted in Andrew Exum, Chuck Freilich, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel, Military on Jan 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Andrew Exum
Today, as Eliyahu Winograd presented his final report in Jerusalem on Israel’s performance during the 2006 war with Hezbollah, I sat in London, having coffee with one of the U.S. Army’s smartest counterinsurgency experts. The two of us were discussing what lessons we, as American military professionals and analysts, should draw from those […]
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