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Assuring Military Actions are Legitimate and Well Conducted
When military actions are taken without the advice and consent of Congress and/or are seen as illegitimate by a large portion of the population (as, for example, was the U.S. war in Vietnam) this would constitute a procedural problem that should be avoided whenever possible.
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A Child's Guide to War and Veteran Children
These documentaries seek to bridge the military-civilian divide to address ways military families experience war.
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America Isn't Ready for the Biowarfare Future
While the US has been fixated on its internal crises, military technologies and the fundamental balance of power has been changing dramatically.
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Machines set loose to slaughter': the dangerous rise of military AI
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America's Broken Civil-Military Relationship Imperils National Security
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Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones
Remember when drones and smart weapons were what made the US military exception. Now we live in a world in which these weapons are widely available!
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A report on two instances which demonstrate how rapidly changing military technologies are altering the nature of warfare in surprising and dangerous ways.
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Top General Defends Studying Critical Race Theory In The Military
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For those willing to consider uncomfortable ideas, an argument that, sometimes, vigorous defense and military solutions may needed.
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David Petraeus on American Mistakes in Afghanistan
David Petraeus It is, perhaps, most responsible for efforts to integrate nationbuilding and peacebuilding into military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. His views at this point.
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We really need to take the 21st-century revolution in military technology more seriously. It is, for example, quite possible that artificially intelligent weapons.
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A sobering report about what military strategists are thinking about prospects for a US Civil War (and why we should quit demonizing one another).
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Europe Thinks Putin Is Planning Something Even Worse Than War
An argument for thinking about the Ukrainian crisis as part of a 21st-century hybrid warfare campaign and not a simple case of military aggression.
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Ukraine is the world's first major "troll power" war
In addition to overt aggression, the Ukrainian War is showing us the military implications of high-tech efforts to inflame and exploit the West's internal political divides.
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The Military-Industrial-Academic-Political-Scientific Complex
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How the West Got Russia's Military So, So Wrong
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The Great Global Rearmament: Ukraine and the Dangerous Rise in Military Spending
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