Land Warfare

Drug Markets and Supply
commentary
What Will the Opioid Crisis Look Like in Five Years?
Jirka Taylor, Peter Reuter
Nov 18, 2019
Concord Monitor in New Hampshire
Despite variations in European opioid markets, there is an overarching commonality too: Once a synthetic opioid like fentanyl becomes dominant, it stays that way. The United States should prepare for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids as a lasting phenomenon. Learning from other countries' experiences is an important part of that effort.
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Firearms
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A Brief History of the Assault Rifle
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Jun 30, 2016
The Atlantic
The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.
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Military Strategy
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Artillery Returns to the Battlefield in the War Against ISIL
James T. Quinlivan
Jan 11, 2016
War on the Rocks
Together with increased air attacks, the Syrians and their Russian advisors seek to revitalize combined arms forces, and artillery is critical to their vision.
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Military Strategy
commentary
How to Lose a Civil War: Lessons for Afghanistan and Syria
James T. Quinlivan
Sep 10, 2015
War on the Rocks
Recently, both Syria and Afghanistan have seen battles that demonstrate anew the potential risks of seeking to defend exposed positions. Syrian leaders seem to have recognized that there are limits to the amount of territory its military can hold. Afghanistan's leaders would be well advised to come to the same conclusion.
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Military Strategy
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Land Power and a Third Offset Through a Wide-Angle Lens
Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr
May 21, 2015
War on the Rocks
The so-called 'third offset' is intended to guide U.S. defense strategy. The right way to view it is as part of a comprehensive vision for competitive advantage, one in which land power, often minimized in offset analyses, can play a central role.
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Military Strategy
blog
7 Lessons from 13 Years of War
Oct 16, 2014
RAND senior international policy analyst Linda Robinson addressed the annual Army USA Conference in Washington to present new research that distills lessons learned from the U.S. experience in the last 13 years of war.
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Land Warfare

What Will the Opioid Crisis Look Like in Five Years?

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle

Artillery Returns to the Battlefield in the War Against ISIL

How to Lose a Civil War: Lessons for Afghanistan and Syria

Land Power and a Third Offset Through a Wide-Angle Lens

7 Lessons from 13 Years of War

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