Новости за 14.12.2020

“America First” and Implications for US Strategy in the Horn of Africa Dave Maxwell Sun, 12/13/2020 - 9:34pm

Since taking office, President Trump has challenged the global order with his “America First” approach. He has questioned the role of the US and its Allies within NATO, exited the Paris Climate Accord, and entered into a trade battle with China. At the same time, the Trump administration has positioned both Russia and China as strategic rivals to the US and the new rise to great power competition. Читать дальше...

LSCO is a Lost Art…and it’s About Time Dave Maxwell Sun, 12/13/2020 - 9:15pm

War is one of the oldest and most terrible of human endeavors and Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) is war at its conventional zenith. Of course, most would agree that reducing the effects of war to a simple calculus of blood and treasure is crass and callous. Yet these two cursory measurements can shed light upon the sheer devastation war can, and has repeatedly, wrought.

Human Crisis in Mozambique in the age of Cyber-Diplomacy Dave Maxwell Sun, 12/13/2020 - 9:07pm

On November 10th, 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations reported, "massacres by non-state armed groups in several villages in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province including the reported beheading and kidnapping of women and children" (United Nations). The news of these crimes against humanity broadcasted worldwide via the internet. The ability of information on crimes... Читать дальше...

Small Wars Journal Book Review: From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp Dave Maxwell Sun, 12/13/2020 - 8:45pm

This is one of the books every new Special Operations soldier should read when they start their journey into the world of Unconventional Warfare. Gene Sharp could have titled this book the “Doctrine of (Nonviolent) Unconventional Warfare” to Free the Oppressed, or Create Order from Chaos, or even to Persuade, Change, or Influence... Читать дальше...

Small Wars Journal Book Review: Secret Wars by Austin Carson Dave Maxwell Sun, 12/13/2020 - 8:38pm

In the early 1990s, interviews with former Soviet pilots and access to Soviet archives revealed that “Soviet pilots covertly participated in air-to-air combat with American pilots during the Korean War for two years.” Subsequently and arguably more surprisingly, declassified U.S. intelligence documents revealed that U.S. officials not only knew of this intervention but actively sought to keep the Soviet intervention secret. Читать дальше...