This week's column at WPR falls safely within the genre Unwarranted Advice that South Sudan Should Probably Ignore: Military Organization Edition: Small and well-trained is better than big and clumsy. Make sure your army is part of regional and global exchange and training networks. Acknowledge...
military effectiveness
The building blocks of the Afghan National Army:The Afghan government is dominated by former mujahedeen guerrillas; both the minister of defense and the army chief of staff are former anti-Soviet.
Danny Kaplan at Foreign Policy is pointing out how the US lags behind other top-notch militaries like the IDF in its nascent, grudging willingness to allow gays and lesbians to.