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From the desk of Brian Glyn Williams: 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone Assassination Campaign

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Professor Brian Glyn Williams is author of Predators: The CIA’s Drone War on Al Qaeda (Potomac Books, 2013). He worked for the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center and Information Operations team in Afghanistan.    5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone … Continue reading From the desk of Brian Glyn Williams: 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone Assassination Campaign

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Excerpt: The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare

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An excerpt from The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare by Richard W. Rubright, forthcoming February 2015 from Potomac Books.  3          Limits of Politically Correct Doctrine The Melians: You may be sure that we are … Continue reading Excerpt: The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare

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From the desk of Allen C. Lynch: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Allen C. Lynch is professor of politics at the University of Virginia and former director of the university’s Center for Russian & East European Studies (1993–2008). He is a former assistant director of the W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft (2011), How Russia Is Not Ruled: Reflections on Russian Political Development (2005) and Does Russia Have a Democratic Future? (1997). He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. The following is adapted from the forthcoming Understanding Contemporary Russia, 2nd edition, edited by Michael L. Bressler. Used … Continue reading From the desk of Allen C. Lynch: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict