December 2011
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If You're Not Reading Dan Trombly on Drones,...
Dan cuts through the pearl-clutching that passes for analysis on military robotics.
Rise of the Narcohackers
At CTOVision, I explore narcohacking.
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The Enigma of AirSea Battle
Over at Japan Security Watch, I summarize the evolving debate on ASB.
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Towards a Counterterrorism Net Assessment
My latest piece explores the use of Andrew Marshall and others’ technique of Net Assessment for American counterterrorism policy.
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Greatest Hits, Part 2.
Robert C. Jones has published a short rebuttal to my short blog. While William F. Owen can undoubtedly speak for himself, I will make a few general observations. As I think this conversation would illuminate other matters of importance, I have replied at length.
The basic problem with discussions of counterinsurgency is the idea that the use of military force is necessarily equivalent to a...
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Greatest Hits
In July, William F. Owen published one of the few essays that provided a workable solution for how the United States could optimize its forces for counterinsurgency warfare. It’s actually a lot more simple than it appears. Some central ideas:
Victory is produced by combat, and the goal of operating forces should be to break the enemy’s will.
The rule of law, governance, and other...
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Covert Operations and Policy
I have a new piece at Infinity Journal on covert operations as a state policy. Also see Simon Anglim’s essay in the same volume for a more military-strategic approach.
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Drones and the Nature of War
Drones don’t change the nature of war, I argue at Democracy Arsenal. Keep your CvC handy with your flying killer robots.