Omnivore 16/10/09

To Beat the Taliban, Fight From Afar, Robert Pape, New York Times

We’re Too Focused on Al Qaeda, Caroline Wadhams & Colin Cookman, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

From COIN to Chaos, David P. Fidler, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

The Forever War Continues, Kenneth Payne, Kings of War

Lens: Under the Radar in Kandahar, Editors, At War/New York Times

When the Walls Come Down, Rod Nordland, At War/New York Times

A Surge of Discontent on Afghan Policy, Editors, At War/New York Times

Islamabad: From Green City To Red Mosque, Salman Massood, At War/New York Times

Stanley McChrystal’s Long War, Dexter Filkins, NYT Magazine

Military Committee Visits Afghanistan, NATO Newsroom

Three Days in Afghanistan, ACO Public Affairs Office/SHAPE

Omnivore 15/10/09

The Supreme Allied Commander of Corn, Lydie dePillis, The New Republic

All Al Qaedas Are Not Created Equal, Brian Fishman, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

Workshop on Augmented Decision Environments, Media X/Stanford University

It’s All Or Nothing In Afghanistan, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings Institute

Deadly Spaces, Patrick Porter, Kings of War

Omnivore 14/10/09

Reliance on Private Security, NYT, At War/New York Times

Enclosure, Area Studies, and Virtual Worlds, Alex Golub, Savage Minds

The Logic of Violence in Counterinsurgency, Drew Conway, Zero Intelligence Agents

New: Harvard’s National Security Journal, Duncan Hollis, Opinio Juris

Foreign Policy Cage Fight, David Betz, Kings of War

Support Troops Swelling US Force in Afghanistan, Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post

Sway Over Afghan Insurgents Proves Elusive, Joshua Partlow and Greg Jaffe, Washington Post

New Seminar On Strategic Concept, NATO Newsroom

Omnivore 13/10/09

Statement by the NATO SecGen on UNAMA, NATO Newsroom

Afghanistan From the Air, Moises Saman, At War/New York Times

Heratis Mourn Rebel Commander, Mustafa Saber, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Insurgents Taking Charge in Kunduz, Gul Rahim Niazmand, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Political Tensions Bring Economic Woes To North, Abdul Latif Sahak, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Could IMU Chief’s Death Curb Rebel Forces in Afghanistan? Jan Mohammad Habibi & Sayed Ahman Abedi, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

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