Small Wars Journal Editor: Everybody Cool It With the Afghanistan Negativity

The editor of Small Wars Journal, one of the most influential defense policy blogs around, is getting tired of the recent nervousness about Afghanistan.

How about a novel approach at this particular point in time – give the Commander in Chief, the National Command Authority, State… and most

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Long-Term Military Planning: What Is It Good For?

On Monday I mused on a degree of lassitude evident in near-to-long-term defense planning, and at Small Wars Journal, Steven Metz of the Army War College goes way further. After spending a few days at a Defense Department forum that tried to think through what the threats More…