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War By Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency
David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV. RAND, 11 February 2008 (.pdf file).

The New Legs Race: Critical Perspectives on Biometrics in Iraq
Andrew R. Hom. Military Review, January/February 2008 (.pdf file).

Shortchanging the Joint Flight? An Airman's Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine
Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. Air University, 10 December 2007 (.pdf file).

To Bomb or Not to Bomb? Counterinsurgency, Airpower, and Dynamic Targeting
Maj. Jason M. Brown. Air and Space Power Journal, 01 December 2007.

The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare: Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Roles
Joseph R. Cerami and Jay W. Boggs, eds. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2007 (.pdf file).

Planning for Stability Operations: The Use of Capabilities-Based Approaches
Kathleen Hicks and Eric Ridge. Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2007 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: The Foundation and Implications of the New U.S. Doctrine
Raymond M. Mattox and Peter S. Rodgers. Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007 (.pdf file).

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures
Clay Wilson. Congressional Research Service, updated 21 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy
Liana Sun Wyler. Congressional Research Service, 15 November 2007 (.pdf file).

How Our Military Evolves in Long War
Thomas P.M. Barnett. Knoxville News Sentinel, 04 November 2007.

The Guns of Baghdad
Adam Elkus. Defense and the National Interest, 03 November 2007.

Robo-War Dreams: Global South Urbanisation and the U.S. Military's 'Revolution in Military Affairs'
Stephen Graham. Crisis States Research Centre, November 2007 (.pdf file).

COIN of the Realm
Colin H. Kahl. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007.

Arresting Insurgency
Kyle B. Tearney. Joint Force Quarterly, Fourth Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).

Five Years after Operation Anaconda: Challenges and Opportunities
Michael W. Isherwood. Joint Force Quarterly, Fourth Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers: A Work in Progress
U.S. Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, October 2007 (.pdf file).

Technologists Take Aim at Enemy Snipers
Stew Magnuson. National Defense, October 2007.

Counterinsurgency Seminar 07
David Kilcullen. Small Wars Center of Excellence, 26 September 2007. (NOTE: Opens as a Word document).

Counterinsurgency in Iraq: Theory and Practice, 2007
David Kilcullen. Seminar at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, VA, 26 September 2007. (NOTE: Opens as a Powerpoint presentation).

The American Way of War: Cultural Barriers to Successful Counterinsurgency
Jeffrey Record. CATO Institute, 01 September 2007 (.pdf file).

PRT Playbook: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
Center for Army Lessons Learned, September 2007 (.pdf file).

A Further Look at Technologies and Capabilities for Stablization and Reconstruction Operations
Richard Chait et al. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, September 2007 (.pdf file).

Round 2 in Lebanon: How the IDF Focused Exclusively on COIN and Lost the Ability to Fight Maneuver War
Capt. Jonathan D. Zagdanski. Infantry Magazine, September/October 2007 (.pdf file).

Eating Soup with a Spoon
Lt. Col. Gian P. Gentile. Armed Forces Journal, September 2007.

War as They Knew It: Revolutionary War and Counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia
Ong Wei Chong. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 29 August 2007 (.pdf file).

Adapt Or Die
Greg Grant. Government Executive Magazine, 01 August 2007.

Post-Conflict Borders and UN Peace Operations
Kathleen A. Walsh, et al. Stimson Center, August 2007 (.pdf file).

The Army Magazine Hooah Guide to Counterinsurgency
Dennis Steele. Army Magazine, July 2007 (.pdf file).

Applying Law Enforcement Technology to Counterinsurgency Operations
Giles Kyser, Matt Keegan and Samuel A. Musa. Joint Force Quarterly, 3rd Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).

Law Enforcement Technology, Intelligence and the War on Terror
M.E. Bowman. Joint Force Quarterly, 3rd Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
Andrew Feickert. Congressional Research Service, updated 28 June 2007 (.pdf file).

Homemade Bombs, High-Tech Response
Greg Grant. Government Executive Magazine, 15 June 2007.

Peacekeeping: Observations on Costs, Strengths and Limitations of U.S. and U.N. Operations
Joseph A. Christoff. Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2007 (.pdf file).

Plan 'C' is for Culture: Out of Iraq, Opportunity
Gregory Paul P. Meyjes. Landpower Essay, Institute of Land Warfare, June 2007 (.pdf file).

Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency?
Frank G. Hoffman. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Summer 2007 (.pdf file).

Technology on the Battlefield
CSM Ronald T. Riling. Landpower Essay, Institute of Land Warfare Publication, May 2007 (.pdf file).

Progressive Reconstruction: Melding Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare with Nation Building-Stability Operations
Maj. Karl C. Rohr. Small Wars Journal, May 2007 (.pdf file).

Viral Targeting of the IED Social Network System
Scott Swanson. Small Wars Journal, May 2007 (.pdf file).

Rage Against the Machines: Mechanization and the Determinants of Victory in Counterinsurgency Warfare
Jason Lyall and Isaiah Wilson II. Princeton University, May 2007 (.pdf file).

Managing Counterinsurgency: Lessons From Malaya
Walter C. Ladwig III. Military Review, May/June 2007 (.pdf file).

Discouraging Hearts and Minds: Democracies and Insurgencies
Maj. Eril Claessen. Military Review, May/June 2007 (.pdf file).

The Power Equation: Using Tribal Politics in Counterinsurgency
Maj. Morgan Mann. Military Review, May/June 2007 (.pdf file).

Understanding Proto-Insurgencies
Daniel Byman. RAND, 30 April 2007 (.pdf file).

Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan
Greg Mills. Foreign Policy Research Institute, April 2007.

Iraq and Counterinsurgency
William Tucker. The American Spectator, 04 April 2007.

Misdirected Tactics: Counterinsurgency Focus Misses Big Picture in Iraq
Richard May. Defense News, 26 March 2007. Posted on the Center for Defense Information website.

Subversion and Insurgency
William Rosenau. RAND, 25 March 2007 (.pdf file).

The Insurgency Has Ended, Which Opens a Path To Peace
Fabius Maximus. Defense and the National Interest, 13 March 2007.

A Catalogue of Errors in Afghanistan
Michael Scheuer. Asia Times, 09 March 2007.

The 2006 Lebanon War: Lessons Learned
Sarah E. Kreps. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Spring 2007.

HumInt-Centric Operations: Developing Actionable Intelligence in the Urban Counterinsurgency Environment
Col. Ralph O. Baker. Military Review, March/April 2007 (.pdf file).

Low-Intensity Conflicts and Sniper Attacks: Lessons from Iraq
Joey Long. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2007. Posted on the Policy Pointers website.

Nationalism, Networks, and Armed Resistance to Occupation: Lessons from a Natural Experiment
Keith Darden. Yale University, 26 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World
Durga Madhab (John) Mitra. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Slum Wars of the 21st Century: The New Geography of Conflict in Central America
Dennis Rodgers. Crisis States Research Centre, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Troop Levels in Stability Operations: What We Don't Know
Peter Krause. Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, MIT Center for International Studies, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Constructive Engagement: A Proven Method for Conducting Stability and Support Operations
Martin Rodriguez, Andrew Farnsler and John Bott. Landpower Essay, Institute of Land Warfare, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Heavy Armour in Small Wars and Insurgencies
G. Gabriel Serbu. Small Wars Journal, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Hardware Requirements for Counterinsurgency
Andrew F. Krepinevich. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 26 January 2007 (.pdf file).

Through the Lens of Cultural Awareness: A Primer of U.S. Armed Forces Deploying to Arab and Middle Eastern Countries
William D. Wunderle. Combat Studies Institute Press, 12 January 2007 (.pdf file).

Lessons Not Learned
Greg Grant. Government Executive Magazine, 01 January 2007.

Learning From Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
Steven Metz. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, January 2007 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency Intelligence in a 'Long War': The British Experience in Northern Ireland
Brian A. Jackson. Military Review, January/February 2007 (.pdf file). Posted on the RAND website.

Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Creating a National Framework
Roy Williams. U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, January 2007 (.pdf file).

The Beginner's Guide to Nation Building
James Dobbins, et al. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Israeli Press Release on the "Northern Campaign"
Vaadatwino (Hebrew Transliteration), 2007 (.pdf file).

Urban Joint Fire Support: Air Force Fixed-Wing and Army Field Artillery Precision Munitions Capabilities for Urban Operations
Craig A. McCarty. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2007 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency in a Test Tube: Analyzing the Success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
Russell W. Glenn. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Heads We Win: The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN)
David C. Gompert. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

'People Make the City' Executive Summary: Joint Urban Operations Observations and Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq
Russell W. Glenn et al. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Subversion and Insurgency
William Rosenau. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Of IEDs and MRAPs: Force Protection in Complex Irregular Operations
Andrew F. Krepinevich and Dakota L. Wood. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2007 (.pdf file).

Savage Wars of Peace: Case Studies of Pacification in the Philippines 1900-1902
Robert D. Ramsey III. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2007 (.pdf file).

A Masterpiece of Counterguerilla Warfare: BG J. Franklin Bell in the Philippines, 1901-1902
Robert D. Ramsey III. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2007 (.pdf file).

Byting Back: Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st Century Insurgents
Martin C. Libicki et al. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Old Hands Take a Fresh Look at Irregular Warfare
Thomas Donnelly. Armed Forces Journal, 03 July 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute website on 27 December 2006.

International and Local Policing in Peace Operations
8th International Berlin Workshop, 14-16 December 2006 (.pdf file).

Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress
Richard A. Best, Jr. and Andrew Feickert. Congressional Research Services, updated 06 December 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency
Department of the Army, December 2006 (.pdf file).

Hizballah at War
Andrew Exum. Policy Focus #63. Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency
Department of the Army, December 2006 (.pdf file).

Systems Thinking and Counterinsurgencies
Jim Baker. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Winter 2006-07 (.pdf file).

Special Issue 'Inside an Insurgency'
Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Winter 2006-2007.

On 'Other War': Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research
Austin Long. RAND, 29 November 2006 (.pdf file).

Shifting Fire: Information Effects in Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations
Deirdre Collings and Rafal Rohosinzki. Report of workshop "Information Operations and Winning the Peace," U.S. Army War College, 29 November - 01 December 2006 (.pdf file).

Understanding the Taliban and Insurgency in Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason. Science Direct, 17 November 2006.

Peacekeeping Operations: Uniformed Personnel at Mid-year
Stimson Center, October 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency Reader
Military Review, October 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency Reader
Military Review, October 2006 (.pdf file).

Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities
Michael R. Melillo. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Autumn 2006.

Counterinsurgency Airpower: Air-Ground Integration for the Long War
Col. Howard D. Belote. Air and Space Power Journal, Fall 2006.

The Impossible Mandate: Military Preparedness, the Responsibility to Protect and Modern Peace Operations
Victoria K. Holt and Tobias C. Berkman. Stimson Center, September 2006 (.pdf file).

An Adaptive Insurgency: Confronting Adversary Networks in Iraq
Jeffrey White. Policy Focus #58. Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 2006 (.pdf file).

Providing Security for Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations
William J. Durch and Tobias C. Berkman. Stimson Center, September 2006 (.pdf file).

Preventing Insurgencies After Major Combat Operations
Nora Bensahel. Defence Studies, September 2006 (.pdf file). Posted on the RAND website.

Hizbollah Missile Swarms Pounded Armor, Infantry
Greg Grant. DefenseNews.com, 28 August 2006.

Irregular Warfare Special Study
Joint Warfighting Center, 04 August 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency by the Book: The Lessons of a New Army Field Manual
Fred Kaplan. Slate.com, 08 July 2006.

Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings
Grace Jean. National Defense, July 2006.

The Occupation of Iraqi Hearts and Minds
Nir Rosen. TruthDig, 27 June 2006.

Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency
Anthony James Joes. American Diplomacy, 08 June 2006.

Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations
Marine Corps Combat Development Command, 07 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency
David H. Petraeus and James N. Mattis. Department of the Army, June 2006 (.pdf file).

High-Tech Weapons Mix Targets Urban Hazards
Stew Magnuson. National Defense, June 2006 (.pdf file).

Cyber Mobilization: A Growing Counterinsurgency Campaign
Timothy L. Thomas. IoSphere, Joint Information Operations Center, Summer 2006 (.pdf file).

The Long Small War: Indigenous Forces for Counterinsurgency
Robert M. Cassidy. Parameters, Summer 2006.

Stability Operations in Strategic Perspective: A Skeptical View
Colin S. Gray. Parameters, Summer 2006.

In Praise of Warlords
John C. Hulsman and Alexis Y. Debat. The National Interest, Summer 2006.

Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency
Anthony James Joes. Foreign Policy Research Institute, 30 May 2006.

The U.S. Army and Constabulary Operations
Maj. Edwin C. Brouse. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 25 May 2006 (.pdf file).

Ethics, Counterinsurgency and Perceptions in the Information Era
Maj. Steven P. Basilici. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 25 May 2006 (.pdf file).

The Importance of Ethics in Counterinsurgency Operations
Maj. Tony Archer. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 25 May 2006 (.pdf file).

Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement
Nina M. Serafino. Congressional Research Service, 18 May 2006 (.pdf file).

Going Native: Great Powers, Indigenous Armies
Vance Serchuk. Armed Forces Journal, 03 April 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute (.pdf file).

Fundamentals of Company-Level Counterinsurgency
David Kilcullen. Defense and the National Interest, 29 March 2007 (.pdf file).

Getting Inside the Enemy's Head: The Case for Counteranalysis in Iraqi Counterinsurgency Operations
Maj. Clifford M. Gyves. Air and Space Power Journal, 06 March 2006.

Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency
Eliot Cohen et al. Military Review, March/April 2006 (.pdf file).

Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Twenty-Eight Articles: Fundamentals of Company-Level Counterinsurgency
David Kilcullen. Defense and the National Interest, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Training Indigenous Forces in Counterinsurgency: A Tale of Two Insurgencies
James S. Corum. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Fighting Insurgency on Sacred Ground
Ron E. Hassner. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2006 (.pdf file).

Draining the Swamp: The British Strategy of Population Control
Wade Markel. Parameters, Spring 2006 (.pdf file).

Humanitarian Intervention and the War in Iraq: Norms, Discourse and State Practice
Eric A. Heinze. Parameters, Spring 2006 (.pdf file).

Looking out from the Forest of Iraq
William Christie. Defense and the National Interest, 31 January 2006.

Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
Christopher Bolkcom and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service, 27 January 2006 (.pdf file).

Complex Irregular Warfare
Frank G. Hoffman. Foreign Policy Research Institute, 06 January 2006.

Building Stability
Katherine McIntire Peters. Government Executive Magazine, 01 January 2006.

Technology: Force Multiplier For Special Operations
Dale G. Uhler. Joint Force Quarterly, January 2006 (.pdf file).

Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations From Soldiering in Iraq
Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus. Military Review, January/February 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency and Political Control: U.S. Military Strategies Regarding Regional Conflict
Jochen Hippler. Institute for Development and Peace, 2006 (.pdf file).

The U.S. Military's Experience in Stability Operations, 1789-2005
Lawrence A. Yates. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006 (.pdf file).

Advising Indigenous Forces: American Advisors in Korea, Vietnam and El Salvador
Robert D. Ramsey III. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006 (.pdf file).

Boots on the Ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations
John J. McGrath. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency: A Symposium, April 16-20, 1962
Stephen T. Hosmer and Sibylle O. Crane. RAND, 2006 (.pdf file).

Securing Health: Lessons From Nation-Building Missions
Seth G. Jones et al. RAND, 2006 (.pdf file).

Preparing for the Proven Inevitable: An Urban Operations Training Strategy for America's Joint Force
Russell W. Glenn et al. RAND, 2006 (.pdf file).

Breaking the Mold: Tanks in the Cities
Kendall D. Gott. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006 (.pdf file).

Flipside of the COIN: Israel's Lebanese Incursion Between 1982-2000
Daniel Isaac Helmer. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006 (.pdf file).

A Strategy for Irregular Warfare
Global Strategy Institute Future Watch. CSIS, December 2005 (.pdf file).

A Hundred Osamas: Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency
Sherifa Zuhur. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2005 (.pdf file).

Shadow Wars: An Analysis of Counterinsurgency Warfare
Osman Dogan. Naval Postgraduate School, December 2005 (.pdf file).

Shaping the Future of Counterinsurgency Warfare: A Strategic Approach
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 29 November 2005. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

DoD Directive: Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Operations
Department of Defense, 28 November 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S. Post-Conflict Operations: Preparing Our Military For the Future
William L. Nash. Testimony before the Armed Services Committee Defense Review, U.S. House of Representatives, 09 November 2005.

Rethinking the Challenge of Counterinsurgency Warfare
Anthony M. Cordesman. CSIS, 07 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Countersniper System for Urban Warfare
Akos Ledeczi et al. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, November 2005. Posted on the University of Szeged, Hungary, website (.pdf file).

The Importance of Treating Culture as a System: Lessons on Counter-Insurgency Strategy from the British Iraqi Mandate
William D. Casebeer. Strategic Insights, October 2005. Naval Postgraduate School.

Imperial Grunts
Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly, October 2005.

Small Wars and Counter-Insurgency Warfare: Lessons From Iraq
Maj. M.W. Shervington. Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University, 22 July 2005 (.pdf file).

Reinventing the Counterinsurgency Wheel
Maj Adam Strickland. Small Wars Journal Magazine, July 2005.

Speak No Evil: Targeting a Population's Neutrality to Defeat an Insurgency
Christopher M. Ford. Parameters, Summer 2005 (.pdf file).

Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Other Countries
Laurence E. Klein. Strategic Studies Institute, June 2005 (.pdf file).

Stability Operations: Getting It Right in the Global War on Terrorism
Col. Timothy A. Reisch. Army War College, 18 March 2005 (.pdf file).

Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency
Max Manwaring. Strategic Studies Institute, March 2005 (.pdf file).

Lessons Unlearned - Ignoring the Past
Major Adam Strickland. Small Wars Journal, 20 February 2005.

Insurgency: Modern Warfare Evolves into a Fourth Generation
Thomas X. Hammes. Strategic Forum, January 2005 (.pdf file).

Easier Said Than Done: Making The Transition Between Combat Operations and Stability Operations
Lt. Col. David P. Cavaleri. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2005 (.pdf file).

In the Wake of War: Improving U.S. Post-Conflict Capabilities
Report of an Independent Task Force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, 2005 (.pdf file).

Traditions, Changes, and Challenges: Military Operations and the Middle Eastern City
Lt. Col. Louis A. DiMarco. Combat Studies Institute, 2005.

Field Artillery in Military Operations Other Than War: An Overview of the US Experience
Combat Studies Institute, 2005.

Urban Battle Command in the 21st Century
Russell W. Glenn and Gina Kingston. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

Shadows of Things Past and Images of the Future: Lessons for the Insurgencies in Our Midst
Max G. Manwaring. Strategic Studies Institute, November 2004 (.pdf file).

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceptualizing Threat and Response
Steven Metz and Raymond Millen. Strategic Studies Institute, November 2004 (.pdf file).

Post-Conflict Operations From Europe to Iraq
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation, 13 July 2004.

Post Conflict Operations: A Critical Analysis of U.S. Army Force Structure Requirements.
Jason L. Smallfield. US Army Command & General Staff College, June 2004. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Stretching the Network Using Transformed Forces in Demanding Contingencies Other Than War
David C. Gompert, et. al. RAND, April 2004 (.pdf file).

Small Arms and Light Weapons: "The Crisis in International Security"
Michael T. Klare and Rachel Stohl. UN Foundation, Spring 2004 (.pdf file).

Small Arms and Light Weapons Problem: Time for a Renewed and More Active Effort
Edward J. Laurance. UN Foundation, Spring 2004.

Small Arms and Light Weapons: Issues and Options
Lora Lumpe. UN Foundation, Spring 2004.

Marines Rediscover a 1940s Manual -Empire? - Global Policy Forum
Greg Jaffe. Wall Street Journal, 08 April 2004. Posted on Global Policy Forum website.

Stretching the Network
David c. Gompert, et al. Rand, April 2004 (.pdf file).

Back to the Street without Joy: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam and other Small Wars
Robert M. Cassidy. Parameters, Spring 2004 (.pdf file).

Relearning Counterinsurgency Warfare
Robert R. Tomes. Parameters, Spring 2004 (.pdf file).

Managing Complexity During Military Urban Operations
Russell W. Glenn. Rand, January 2004 (.pdf file).

Managing Complexity During Military Urban Operations: Visualizing the Elephant
Russell W. Glenn. RAND, January 2004 (.pdf file).

'Virtual Victory': The Influence of 'Post' Modern Warfare on Post Conflict Operations
Lt. Col. Rolf Wagner. US Army Command & General Staff College, 2004. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Traditions, Changes and Challenges: Military Operations and the Middle Eastern City
Lt. Col. Louis A. DiMarco. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2004 (.pdf file).

Pentagon Considers Creating Postwar Peacekeeping Forces
Bradley Graham. Washington Post, 24 November 2003. Posted on the Office of Force Transformation web site (.doc file).

Transformation for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Hans Binnendijk and Stuart Johnson. Center for Technology & National Security Policy, NDU, 12 November 2003 (.pdf file).

U.S. Counterinsurgency in Iraq:  Lessons from the Philippine War
Tom Donnelly and Vance Serchuk. Project for the New American Century, 03 November 2003.

An Overview of Crowd Control Theory and Considerations for the Employment of Non-Lethal Weapons
Dion Grieger. Australian Government, Department of Defense, August 2003. Hosted by STINET database (.pdf file).

Anti-terrorism and Peace-building During and After Conflict
Ekaterina Stepanova. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, June 2003.

Nothing Learned from Black Hawk Down
Mike Sparks. G2mil, March 2002.

On War and Peace-Building: Unfinished Legacy of the 1990s
Susan Woodward. Social Science Research Council, 19 Feb 2002.

The Hunt for Bin Laden: Background on the Role of Special Forces in US Military Strategy
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 63, 21 December 2001.

Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War
William Rosenau. RAND, 2001.

Trends In Outside Support For Insurgent Movements
Daniel L. Byman, et al. RAND, 2001.

Global Humanitarian Emergencies: Trends and Projections, 2001-2002
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Sept. 2001. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Internal Wars: Rethinking Problem and Response
Max G. Manwaring. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, September 2001.

IT Requirements for "Policekeeping"
Lt. Col. Timothy L. Thomas. Military Review, September-October 2001.

A New Twist in Unconventional War: Undermining Airpower
Gary C. Webb. Joint Force Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2001.

Hacker Warriors: Rebels, Freedom Fighters, and Terrorists Turn to Cyberspace
Dorothy Denning. Harvard International Review, Summer 2001.

Airpower and the Coercive Use of Force.
Scott Cooper. Washington Quarterly (August 2000).

Complex Civil-Military Operations: A U.S. Military-centric Perspective
John A. Gentry. NWC Review(Autumn 2000). Posted on the Find Articles website.

Kosovo and the Great Air Power Debate
Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman. International Security (Spring 2000).

Kosovo and the Current Myth of Information Superiority
Timothy L. Thomas. Parameters (Spring 2000). Posted on University of Leeds Web site.

Information Campaigns for Peace Operations
Kevin Avruch, James L. Narel, and Pascale Combelles Siegel. C4ISR Cooperative Research Program. March 2000.

Virtual Peacemaking: A Military View of Conflict Prevention Through the Use of Information Technology
Timothy L. Thomas. Foreign Military Studies Office, April 1999.

A Weapon For All Seasons: The Old But Effective RPG-7 Promises to Haunt the Battlefields of Tomorrow
Lester W. Grau. Infantry, May-August 1998. Posted on the Foreign Military Studies Office Publications website.

Target Bosnia: Integrating Information Activities in Peace Operations
Pascale Combelles Sieigel. C4ISR Cooperative Research Program. January 1998

Target Bosnia: Integrating Information Activities in Peace Operations
Pascale Combelles Siegel. Center for Army Lesson Learned, December 1995-1997.

Defeating Insurgents with Technology
Col. Jeffrey R. Barnett, USAF. Airpower Journal (Summer 1996).

The Coming Anarchy
Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly, February 1994.

Current Small Wars and Low Intensity Conflicts
Small Wars Center of Excellence.

The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War.
Steven Metz and James Kievit. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College.


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