By Jim Kane, RealClearDefense: “If the U.S. and NATO were not involved in Afghanistan, then regional powers would move against each other rather than against the U.S.”
The Problem With Joint Doctrine
By Scott Kendrick, Modern War Institute: “Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford publicly and frequently expresses his frustration with the legacy joint phasing construct (Phases 0–V) for organizing joint force actions across theaters.
- "Pakistani Taliban claims Peshawar suicide attack, threatens more to come," Bill Roggio, FDD's Long War Journal
(Army Times) As the Army looks to how cities fit into the future battlefield and recently announced the location of its Futures Command in Austin, Texas, researchers are also looking to existing smart cities to help improve current and future installations, protecting them as they become part of the long tail of warfare.