MWI Podcast: Forty Years of Goldwater-Nichols
Forty years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan signed the Goldwater-Nichols Act into law. The...
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Forty years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan signed the Goldwater-Nichols Act into law. The...
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In mid-September, the commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps confirmed that his unit was in...
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In late 1776, George Washington was outnumbered more four to one by British forces and on the run...
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This week, the leaders of NATO’s thirty-two member states gathered for the alliance’s...
Read MoreJohn Amble | 06.24.26
For years of expeditionary counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, US and coalition...
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In 1973, the US military took an enormously consequential step by adopting an all-volunteer force...
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Shortly after taking power in Moscow, Vladimir Putin began consolidating his authority over the...
Read MoreJohn Amble | 03.11.26
Since the morning of February 28, the United States and Israel have struck a wide range of targets...
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