. A discussion of whether certain nations' soldiers are "natural-born soldiers" elsewhere inspired this post, in which I ex...

. Warfare is a tricky thing, and often defies simple ideas. One such simple idea is that more of a good thing is better, and much more is mu...

. Many COIN theorists and pro-Afghan "surge"(tm) pundits share a common assertion; the Western forces in Afghanistan supposedly ne...

. Conservatives (people who prefer to have no significant changes or even want to return to glorified past settings) and progressives (pe...

. Rating: Very worth to read! .

. I wrote previously about the national security-related parts of the new federal German coalition contract. Now it's the time to cover ...

German governments are coalitions. We had three, four and five arty systems since 1949 and one-party governments were only feasible in some...

. Germany ranks 18th ( 2008: 20th ) So why were all Scandinavian countries able to get a perfect 0.00 rating while Germany only got a 3.50 ...

. Let's jump into art of war theory. Problem: (1) Best conditions for operations can only be achieved with effective battlefield sh...

. Europe is a relatively calm, unified and peaceful place nowadays. It's necessary to look at history or other places if one wants to ge...