Small Wars
List of Small Wars articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Qaddafi’s Collapsible Military
Libya's army has completely disintegrated in recent days. It was supposed to.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: A Conflict Without a Name
Is Mexico's drug violence an insurgency or a totally new kind of war?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Lost in Space
Can the Pentagon afford to protect its orbital interests?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Pakistan Scenario
How the United States could end up paying even more for an anti-American Egypt.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Lessons from Cyberwar I
How Russia pioneered the use of cyberattacks as a military tactic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Whose Chinese Military Is It?
Hu Jintao's seeming lack of control over the PLA should worry Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Ask-Tell Era Begins
The military goes back to its core values as it prepares to implement the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Gates’s China Syndrome
The U.S. secretary of defense believes that better military relations with Beijing can help avoid an arms race. But is that what the Chinese want?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Could North Korea be the next Afghanistan?
East Asia on the brink of small war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: China’s North Korean Folly
By standing up for Kim Jong Il, Beijing only finds itself more isolated than ever.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Covert War Inside Iran
WikiLeaks reveal the U.S. reluctance to employ airpower against Iran. But are cyberattacks and covert assassinations any more effective?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Paradox of Arms Control
Even if it passes, New START will only ensure that the U.S. remains dependent on nuclear weapons.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: The Battle of the Beltway
Petraeus opens up a second front -- taking on his critics in Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Is There an Afghanistan Caucus?
The midterms were a signal that time may be running out for the Obama team's war plans.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Week at War: Karzai Speeds Up the Endgame
The Afghan president pushes the U.S. toward the exit.