Small Wars
List of Small Wars articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Rise of the Irregulars
The U.S. isn’t militarizing intelligence, it’s civilianizing the military.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: COIN.com
Pentagon planners are dusting off the Cold War deterrence playbook to plan for cyberattacks, but Iraq and Afghanistan would be better models.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Jet That Ate the Pentagon
The F-35 is cutting into the Defense Department's most important priorities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Milosevic Option
Why NATO may soon break out the Kosovo playbook in Libya.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Send in the Lawyers?
Why the president's legal advisors are in no hurry to justify the bin Laden raid.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Pakistan Loses the Upper Hand
With bin Laden dead, Islamabad's leverage over Washington may also be gone.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Company Men
Do CIA directors make good defense secretaries?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Billions for Libya?
Is NATO willing to pay what it will cost to take out Qaddafi?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: What if the Surge Didn’t Work?
A new study asks some troubling questions about what really caused Iraq's reduction in violence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Waiting for the Intermission
Who will win the Libyan stalemate?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Don’t Arm the Rebels, Train Them
The ragtag anti-Qaddafi forces need basic combat skills a lot more than bigger guns.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Latest Temptation of Air Power
The Libya air campaign will not be as quick or painless as the White House seems to think.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Quagmire Ahead
International airpower will be enough to escalate the civil war in Libya, but not to win it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Libya’s Endgame
President Obama, Muammar Qaddafi and Libya's rebels are all planning their next moves. Whichever side wins, it's the machine mechanics on the ground who probably deserve the credit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Jawbreaker Option
Forget no-fly zones; if Obama really wants to be rid of Qaddafi, it means changing the balance of power on the ground.
