by Stephen L. Melton | Apr 9, 2013 | Monitor
By: Stephen L. Melton The “U.S. in the Lead” COIN approach usually fails where security force assistance could succeed.
by Christopher Sponn | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
Watch the West Wing Week here. International Courage Awards: Last Friday, the First Lady joined Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department for the International Women of Courage Awards—where nine different women were honored. The event was a...
by dtrombly | Feb 22, 2013 | Monitor
It is a staple of much of postmodern political theory to posit the state as an “assemblage.” That is, the state itself is not static, it is an equilibrium between contending factions, bureaucracies, and stakeholding organizations. In the ideal-type scenario, they...
by Peter J. Munson | Jan 17, 2013 | Monitor
By: Peter J. Munson ESOC identifies, compiles, and analyzes micro-level conflict data and information on insurgency, civil war, and other sources of politically motivated violence worldwide.
by dtrombly | Aug 17, 2012 | Monitor
Andrew Davies at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute recently highlighted a fascinating work taking the long view of weapons technology development. The argument essentially goes that, as weapon power has increased exponentially in past millennia, so too has the...
