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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

26/12/17: U.S. Wars Budgets: More Lessons Never Learned

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An interesting report on the official accounts for war-related spending in the U.S. is available here: http://www.ibtimes.com/political-c...

Saturday, December 23, 2017

23/12/17: Bloomberg View on Asymmetric Military Budgets: Russia v U.S.

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I have written before about asymmetric conflicts and power balances in the context, among other bilateral comparatives, the U.S.-Russia mi...

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

20/11/17: Tallying the Costs: U.S. Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan & Pakistan

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The folks at Brown University have carried out the most detailed assessment of the disastrous costs of the U.S. wars fought since 9/11. Th...

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

12/9/17: Asymmetric Conflicts and U.S. 'Learning Curve'

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'Asymmetric warfare' or more aptly, 'asymmetric conflict' involves a confrontation between two sets of agents in which one...

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