Interesting. At my junior high (the illustrious Moss Junior High School), US history paid a bit of attention to strategic issues in the Mexican-American War, a bit of attention to tactical issues in the Vietnam War (one of our history teachers was a Vietnam vet),...
Author: Robert Farley
I will grant that there's a certain courage in a Kentucky Senator lauding Cassius Marcellus Clay over Henry Clay: “As long as I sit at Henry Clay’s desk, I will.
It's kind of a minor point, but if a Democratic Senator made a similar error (especially in the context of arguing for military disengagement) I suspect that we'd hear no.
Last night I appeared on Alyona to talk about the new Michael Hastings article on David Petraeus:
Sad to see Open Left close its doors.
At WPR, I give some thought to how a shift in Egypt's political orientation might matter for the region militarily: What would an Egyptian army look like under a democratic.
There are so many ways in which this is awesome. Glenn Beck: Performance Artist. I'm afraid that all I can do is sit back and give him some well deserved applause. See also Anthea Butler. UPDATE [SEK]: This needs to be preserved for the sake...
The Patterson School has embarked on a trial effort to evaluate the utility of the iPad in a professional foreign policy program. I'll be contributing to the iPatt blog, which.
Ok, so let's assume that Mubarak takes the easy way out and heads for healthier climes. What explains the difference between the failure of the Green Revolution and the success.
Andrew Bacevich: Like concentric security barriers arrayed around the Pentagon, these four factors -- institutional self-interest, strategic inertia, cultural dissonance, and misremembered history -- insulate the military budget from serious scrutiny. For advocates of a militarized approach to policy, they provide invaluable assets, to be...
I would like to second Dr. Krugman's sentiments: Egypt: I don’t know anything, have no expertise, haven’t even ever looked at the economic situation. Hence, no posting. If there comes.
Two teaching notes: My COIN syllabus is now up. Behold, etc. The iTunes shell for my Defense Statecraft course is now ready. If you've ever thought "I really wish I.