Новости за 18.02.2020

Israel Rolls Out New Wartime Plan to Reform Armed Forces

Israel Rolls Out New Wartime Plan to Reform Armed Forces by Seth J. Frantzman – Defense News

Senator Graham Tells Defense Secretary Esper He Could 'Make Your Life Hell' In Battle Over Trump Africa Policy

Senator Graham Tells Defense Secretary Esper He Could 'Make Your Life Hell' In Battle Over Trump Africa Policy by Courtney Kube and Carol E. Lee – NBC News

Improving the Understanding of Political Legitimacy in COIN Doctrine SWJED Tue, 02/18/2020 - 9:45am

Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Doctrine was initially developed in the midst of the Iraq War as the military struggled to accept the situation it found itself in and struggled to create a strategy to address it. Initially published in 2004 as an interim doctrine, and then in 2006 as a completed publication, the Army and Marine Corps’ primary counterinsurgency doctrine has only been updated once since then. Читать дальше...

PLAN COLOMBIA: Learning from a Light-footprint “America Second” Military Strategy SWJED Tue, 02/18/2020 - 8:02am

The United States has intervened repeatedly in the southern hemisphere for a myriad of reasons, but primarily to address growing problems metastasizing at the “Southern strategic approaches” to American territory. While today’s problem of 2015-2020 is one of human mass migration, the previous crisis of 2000 to 2010 stemmed from of an epidemic of illicit drugs. This threat was so pernicious at that period... Читать дальше...

Syria Military Hails Advance Against Rebels in 'Record Time

Syria Military Hails Advance Against Rebels in 'Record Time' by Albert Aji – Associated Press

EU to Step Up Naval Enforcement of Libya Arms Embargo

EU to Step Up Naval Enforcement of Libya Arms Embargo by Laurence Norman and Jared Malsin - Wall Street Journal