Author: Liam Collins

Lessons for America’s Longest-Running War from the Americas’ Longest-Running Insurgency

Lionel Beehner and Liam Collins | 05.29.19 | Battlefield Assessments, Commentary & Analysis

In 2016, Colombia achieved a remarkable success by seemingly bringing to an end the Western...

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During its Civil War, Sri Lanka Was a Garrison State. Will the Easter Attacks Turn it Back into One?

Lionel Beehner and Liam Collins | 05.03.19 | Commentary & Analysis

The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka against Christian targets that killed hundreds raises...

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Volunteering for War: The Citizen Soldiers Shaping the Modern Battlefield

Liam Collins and Lionel Beehner | 03.29.19 | Commentary & Analysis

Hunched over a long table strewn with plates of chicken Kiev, tucked away in an underground...

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Return of the King of Battle: Russia Breaks out the Big Guns

Liam Collins and Harrison Morgan | 01.30.19 | Commentary & Analysis

On July 11, 2014, battalions from Ukraine’s 24th and 72nd Mechanized Brigades assembled outside of...

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Can the Military Make Peace? Lessons for Afghanistan from Colombia

Lionel Beehner and Liam Collins | 12.21.18 | Commentary & Analysis

In 2016, after more than fifty years of fighting, the government of Colombia signed a historic...

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