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Current Intelligence

by Kenneth Payne on March 9, 2010 · 1 comment

R-E-S-P-E-C-T … find out what it means to Machiavelli…

by Kenneth Payne on March 8, 2010 · 5 comments

The passions of war

by Kenneth Payne on February 20, 2010 · 4 comments

Metallica in Helmand

by Thomas Rid on February 19, 2010 · 14 comments

Seconds out – round two!

by Kenneth Payne on February 8, 2010 · 4 comments

Warriors: Politicians by other means

by Kenneth Payne on February 1, 2010 · 3 comments

The Cognitive Challenge of War: Great Britain 2010

by Kenneth Payne on January 29, 2010 · 16 comments

Porter rides again

by Kenneth Payne on January 27, 2010 · 2 comments

Jihad and Clausewitz

by Thomas Rid on January 9, 2010 · 13 comments

Strategies, analogies and Luttwak

by Patrick Porter on January 2, 2010 · 7 comments

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