Новости за 28.11.2018

Mattis Tells Senators that U.S. Military Aid to the Saudi-Led War in Yemen Should Continue

Mattis Tells Senators that U.S. Military Aid to the Saudi-Led War in Yemen Should Continue by Claudia Grisales - Stars & Stripes

Afghanistan’s Ghani Presents 'Road Map' for Peace Talks at U.N. Conference

Afghanistan’s Ghani Presents 'Road Map' for Peace Talks at U.N. Conference

Rise in U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Clouds Outlook for Peace

Rise in U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Clouds Outlook for Peace by Robert Burns – Associated Press

Taliban Unmasked: Afghan Taliban’s Continued Symbiotic Relationship with al Qaeda and International Terrorism SWJED Wed, 11/28/2018 - 12:13pm

At a recent peace conference in Moscow, Taliban representatives sat in front of the Russian media and gave interviews to a select number of Russian women journalists. It was a message of change when compared to their brutal regime and their repressive policies toward Afghan women. The move was calculated and strategic; it was meant to send a... Читать дальше...

The Taliban’s Battle Plan - And Why It’s Unlikely To Succeed

The Taliban’s Battle Plan - And Why It’s Unlikely To Succeed by Michael Semple – Foreign Affairs

Wars in All but Name SWJED Wed, 11/28/2018 - 8:18am

Clausewitz defined war as “a continuation of politics by other means” linking war with political objectives. But what if kinetic violence to break the will of an enemy is systematically organized but has no conventional political objective? Would it still be war? Its objectives might well be to control people and territory; to provide unquestioned order for a community; to regulate behaviors.

U.S. Setting Up Observation Posts in Syria to Keep ISIS From Entering Turkey

U.S. Setting Up Observation Posts in Syria to Keep ISIS From Entering Turkey

War Books: Building a Counterinsurgency Library

War Books: Building a Counterinsurgency Library by Max Brooks - Modern War Institute

Three U.S. Troops Killed, Three Others Wounded in IED Blast in Afghanistan

Three U.S. Troops Killed, Three Others Wounded in IED Blast in Afghanistan by Kyle Rempfer - Military Times