Fardh al-Qanoon simulation, version 1.1
The rules for my Fardh al-Qanoon simulation have been updated to include minor tweaks and fixes.
Iran & the Great Game: 2012 Edition
Far from being just the setting of the modern-day Great Game, Iran is an active player. Its recent war game exercises signal a desire to deter Israel and prove its regional power to its neighbors.
Viewing the 13th Century Inquisition as a Papal counter-insurgency campaign
While not a direct parallel, the Catholic Church’s 13th century Inquisition against the Cathars in southern France resembles a modern counter-insurgency campaign.
Q&A with a former US Army medic on Reddit
A US Army medic who served in Iraq and Afghanistan answers questions from Redditors.
War & Intelligence reading lists now available
The first recommended war & intelligence reading lists are now available here. The first lists added are Ray Odierno’s and Martin Dempsey’s professional reading lists for the US Army. Over time, I’ll be collecting...
Global Conflict Blue 2: A free naval warfare simulator
Interested in learning more about naval operations? Check out the U.S. Navy’s professional reading list. As regular readers of this blog might know, I’ve developed an interest in conflict simulation ever since taking Professor Philip...
Fardh al-Qanoon & Conflict Simulation: a reflection
The following reflection was written for my Fardh al-Qanoon project as part of the Conflict Simulation course at King’s College London. The completed version 1.0 of the simulation can be found here. As someone...
Fardh al-Qanoon, version 1.0
The finished version of my manual conflict simulation, Fardh al-Qanoon, is now available. Fardh al-Qanoon simulates the operation by the same name that took place in 2007 in Baghdad as part of the Coalition’s “surge” in Iraq.
The Language Deficit & National Security
Michael Geisler has a fantastic article on Inside Higher Ed about why Larry Summers, former Treasury secretary and Harvard University president, is wrong in his op-ed about foreign language education in the United States....
Michael Hurley & The Long Hunt for bin Laden
This is a cross-post from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, which hosted a seminar by former CIA officer Michael Hurley. The original post can be found here. Michael Hurley, a former...
