In case you missed it: Links round-up
Conflict Simulation
- An article about COIN and irregular warfare simulations at Training & Simulation Journal.
- “Why Wargaming Works” (PDF) by Peter Perla and Ed McGrady
- Naval blog Information Dissemination is considering running some crowd-sourced wargame scenarios and seeking feedback.
Intelligence
- A pair of Russian spies caught in Germany reminds us “how the Cold War turned into a Cold Peace.”
- Anticipating budget cuts, US intelligence agencies seeking to find savings in IT. The words “cloud computing” come up.
War & Strategy
- Sean R. Liedman has some thoughts on post-Iraq/Afghanistan defense strategy.
- Dr. Richard Danzig’s CNAS report, “Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions about Prediction and National Security“
- Andrew Noakes discusses Europe’s hard power deficit at the Heptagon Post.