The nitty gritty of governance

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/28/roads_democracy_rwanda_kagame_mali

(Likely) My Final Arctic Security Forces Roundtable Post

Good job ASFR team!

http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/26802/us-and-norway-co-host-fourth-annual-arctic-security-forces-roundtable

it's not an excuse; it's not an excuse; It's not an ex...

I had some interesting internal dialogue/reflection while reading this piece

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2014/08/the-procrastination-loop-and-how-to-break-it/379142/

Amateur GEOINT

http://qz.com/254405/kickstarter-funded-journalists-found-an-isil-training-camp-using-google-earth-and-bing-maps/#

If You Know Me...

http://online.wsj.com/articles/eurailing-around-europeas-an-adult-1408728102


Thanks EWW

Systemic Failure

http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2014/08/cowpens-to-help-produce-movie-for.html

Learning from the Summer Wars of 2014

http://www.warcouncil.org/blog/2014/8/16/learning-from-the-summer-wars-of-2014

Stock Article - Senior Leader Social Media Use - until this gem...

"Twitter was his source for monitoring a pair of B-2s and F-16s approaching Osan Air Base, South Korea, last year during a spat between the U.S. and North Korea. The idea was for the aircraft to fly low enough near Osan to be photographed and for that news to circulate around the world through social media; thus indirectly, the flights became the show of force the U.S. intended."

That strikes me as exploring a concept for social media as a force multiplier (more of a force amplifier perhaps?).

http://www.airforcetimes.com/interactive/article/20140812/NEWS/308120051/Leaders-who-tweet-Savvy-see-social-media-tool-increase-understanding-military

Provocative, brief, article and a rebuttal

Wherever one finds themselves in this perspective - and I lean (although not entirely) toward the rebuttal based upon my experience - this exchange is a great example of the intellectual to-and-fro that we should seek from our personnel. Doctrine, strategy, and perspectives all can be developed from professional exchange such as this, and that exchange/development process is a good thing.

http://www.usni.org/print/32479

http://cimsec.org/is-there-a-military-millennial-problem-twelve-responses-to-cdr-darcie-cu

Plan B for Myanmar Opposition

Things to consider:

1. Is it appropriate to criticize a state for making their Constitution difficult (but not impossible) to change?
2. Personality-drive change often has the most traction, but how does that translate into enduring change?

http://news.yahoo.com/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyis-party-crossroads-110005397.html

More on Civ-Mil Relations

https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/1ef74daf-ebff-4aa4-866e-e1dd201d780e/What-Military-Officers-Need-to-Know-about-Civil-Mi

Interesting Read Arguing the Need for a Military Professional Code

http://warontherocks.com/2014/08/a-new-american-military-ethic/

Tall Ship Drug Smugglers

http://gcaptain.com/spanish-sailors-turned-drug-dealers-busted-127-kilos-cocaine-aboard-tall-ship/