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An interesting poll conducted annually by the BBC World Service regarding the relative popularity of nations as viewed by the citizens of other countries. Lot of interesting data here about how most globally relevant countries are seen by their peers- BBC Global Popularity Poll By Country...

This is a major report commissioned by the USAF about the PLAAF's growing capabilities and operational focus. As the USAF represents the PLAAF's major notional opponent, USAF perspectives will unquestionably be shaped by information contained here. The study is massive with over 272 pages...

Stunning. Nearly two hundred modern main battle tanks ABANDONED by the side of a road near a village in Russia- Russian Tanks Found Abandoned Near Forest-Telegraph Feb. 28, 2010 Here's a video- Maybe ptldM3 can translate or elaborate on what the story here is about but that would...

Frustrated Strivers In Pakistan Turn To Jihad - NYT Feb. 27, 2010 This is the story of Umar Kundi, a young man recently shot to death two weeks ago after growing to become one of Pakistan's most accomplished militants. He had seemingly succeeded, making it to medical school in Faisalabad...

Holy cow!! The senior base commander of Canada's largest air force facility in Trenton, Ottawa has been charged with the murder of two women and the sexual assault of two others.:eek: Stunning stuff- Top Canadian Military Official Charged With Murder-AP Feb. 8, 2010 Four separate...

Prague PRT Conference Tuesday/Wednesday 0900-1715 Central Europe Time Precursor conference to the forthcoming London Afghan Summit. Thanks.:usflag:

Found this elsewhere and while not military-related, it's certainly aviation related- "Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly routinely in our jobs. After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form...

Punk and indie whack China's underground clubs... Anarchy In The PRC-Foreign Policy Too cool...:cool: Thanks.:usflag:

Holy Cow!!! I can't wait. Modern Warfare III. Awesome stuff...and realistic like never before. If you're not playing this, you're just dead WRONG... View- Thanks.:usflag:

Here's a series of six videos explaining ISAF's vision for COIN operations as presented by ISAF Command Sergeant Major Michael Hall. This is the first of six videos. The others are also located within Youtube- [/COLOR] I haven't watched these yet but I can't imagine that they're not worthy...

This is an extensive (231 pages) survey conducted with 6406 rural and urban, male and female respondents over all 34 provinces and represents the most detailed look that I've yet seen at the perspectives of Afghans. The methodology is covered in detail beginning on page 151 for those...

Two seminal works on the Soviet-Afghan War as seen from both the eyes of Soviet and Mujahideen commanders- The Bear Went Over The Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics In Afghanistan-LTC (ret.) Lester Grau translator and editor, Foreign Military Studies Office 1996 and its companion, The Other...

I've been among those who've argued that the threat posed to Afghanistan and Pakistan by the "good" and "bad" taliban differ not at all. I've argued that the functional behavior of both entities are more than similar. They are exactly parallel. My examples would include the governance of...

Well, for those who embrace the "good" taliban, today we've the news of a disproportionate attack utterly heedless of the high liklihood of collateral deaths- Rockets Kill 10, Wound At Least 28-VOA Nov. 16, 2009 French General Marcel Druart was meeting with tribal chieftains nearby at a...

"Don’t Try to Arrest the Sea: An Alternative Approach for Afghanistan Mehar Omar Khan Over the last three months that I’ve spent in the United States, I’ve heard with concern and trepidation the growing calls for a possible pull out from Afghanistan. No sane citizen of...

Nawa is slowly re-emerging if this report can be believed. Three months ago the market was utterly empty, shuttered, and locked-down with taliban patrolling at will. They're gone and the market is open. Marines patrol within the city without their helmets and flak-jackets while locals have...

David Rohde, the NYT reporter who's recently escaped offers the first in a series of five articles chronicling his experiences and observations as a captive of the taliban inside the Islamic Emirate Of Waziristan. Held By The Taliban-NYT Utterly fascinating and harrowing simultaneously...

PBS Frontline has produced this cute lil' report on the war in Afghanistan and, oh yeah, a bit of commentary from a few notables about Pakistan too. Enjoy. I know I did. Obama's War-PBS Frontline

From Sunday's WAPO editorial, S-2 finds a kindred soul in the president of the Council On Foreign Relations Richard N. Haass- In The Afghan War Aim For The Middle Ground- Richard Haass WAPO Editorial "The United States is doing a great deal in Afghanistan -- and is considering doing more...

Courtesy of WAPO and SWJ- McChrystal's Unclassified Afghan Assessment Summarizes the perspectives that he and his staff have developed since taking command. Sober reading. Many of the problems have no taken on an endemic character given that we've been listening to them for nearly eight...