Omnivore 12/10/09

Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the Nobel Peace Prize, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Goes to Air Policing Base in Lithuania, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Visits Estonia, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Condemns Kabul Bombing, NATO Newsroom

SACEUR Speaks at RUSI, Public Affairs Office, Allied Command Operations

15 Things For Leaders, Admiral James Stavridis, From the Bridge/ACO Sitrep

The Danger of Delay in Afghan Policymaking, Bruce Riedel and Bernard Gwertzman, Brookings Institute

Taliban Cannot Be Split From al-Qaeda, Obama Warned, Philip Sherwell, Daily Telegraph

Omnivore 09/10/09

Testing Obama’s Doctrine, David Ignatus, Washington Post

Civilian, Military Officials At Odds Over Resources For Afghanistan, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post

Taliban Announces That It Poses No International Threat, Jason Burke, Guardian

This Week At War: Where is Jones? Robert Haddick, Foreign Policy

Britain’s Strategy, Britain’s Place, David Betz, Kings of War

NSF Political Science Program vs. Human Terrain System, Drew Conway, Zero Intelligence Agents

The Kind of Program A City Is, Adam Greenfield, Speedbird

Former Agent Exposes Communist Regime’s Methods of Infiltration in the West, Xin Fei, The Epoch Times

Omnivore 08/10/09

Afghanistan and Pakistan at the SFRC, Katherine Tiedemann, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

Obama Meeting Advisers Amid Debate on Afghan Policy, Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny, New York Times

An “Exhilarated”, “Invigorated” al Qaeda? Maybe Not, Michael Crowley, The Plank/The New Republic

Afghan Taliban Say They Pose No Threat to the West, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Deep Denial: Why The Holocaust Still Matters, Michael B. Oren, The New Republic

Stone Circle Suggests Stonehenge Part of Burial Complex, Moni Basi, CNN

Scientists Discover Massive Ring Around Saturn, CNN

Old Wars, New Wars, Heidi Schaefer, Heidischaefer.net

Omnivore 07/10/09

Centcom Responds to Post on Iraqi Deaths, R. Adm. Hal Pittman, At War/New York Times

Our Shifting Urban Landscape, James Danoff-Burg, Seed Magazine

Polymaths: 20 Living Examples, Ed Cumming, Intelligence Life

Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool, Simmi Aujla, Chronicle of Higher Education

Taliban Prison Wall Art, Bill Graveland, Canadian Press

A General Within Bounds, Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Post

Omnivore 06/10/09

Surgical Strikes Shape Afghanistan Debate, NYT, At War/New York Times

Afghan War Units Begin Two New Efforts, Yochi Dreazen, Washington Post

Kabul Notes: A Journey Into Afghanistan, Bernard-Henri Levy, The New Republic

General Petraeus Has Prostate Cancer, Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security, Brookings Institute

New Rules To End Blogger “Payola”, Maggie Shiels, BBC News

Futurity Imperfect, Evan Lerner, Seed Magazine