- Slightly East of New – Bill Lind argues Fourth Generation Warfare is alive and well…

- American Conservative – William Lind writes that for at least a decade, Colonel Tom Hammes has been one of the Marine Corps’ leading intellectuals. His book The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century should be read by anyone who has an interest in Fourth Generation warfare (4GW).

- American Conservative – William S. Lind says our splendid military is all for show.

Economist – Synthetic Biology: And man made life Artificial life, the stuff of dreams and nightmares, has arrived

On War – Finis Bill Lind’s last column on Fourth Generation Warfare (for now…)

Wall Street Journal – In Attics and Closets, ‘Biohackers’ Discover Their Inner Frankenstein Hobbyists are tinkering with the building blocks of life in the comfort of their own homes. But are these biohackers a threat to national security?

Armed Forces Journal – COIN lies we love Ralph Peters dissects the myth that the military has only a supporting role to play in counterinsurgency.

Politico – Pentagon preps for economic warfare The Pentagon sponsored a first-of-its-kind war game last month focused not on bullets and bombs — but on how hostile nations might seek to cripple the U.S. economy, a scenario made all the more real by the global financial crisis.

Washington Post – Short ’06 Lebanon War Stokes Pentagon Debate Greg Jaffe writes that a war that ended three years ago and involved not a single U.S. soldier has become the subject of an increasingly heated debate inside the Pentagon, one that could alter how the U.S. military fights in the future.

Armed Forces Journal – Terror at the border: A new terrorist threat is closer than you think Col. Robert Killibrew writes that with American attention diverted to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic crisis and a hard-fought national election, national security experts have largely overlooked the bitter countercartel war in Mexico. But that [...]

New York Times – John Nagl on the crucial importance of the small group of American military advisers who live and fight alongside foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.more…

Kansas City Star – An interview with LTC John Nagl.more…

Washington Post – One of the Army’s most prominent younger officers, Lt. Col. John Nagl, whose writings have influenced the conduct of the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq, said he has decided to leave the service to study strategic issues full time at a new Washington think tank. more…

Esquire – Thomas P.M. Barnett describes John Robb’s work on Global Guerillas.more…

Los Angeles Times – Robert Kaplan on how low-cost, low-risk operations such as those in Colombia and the Philippines show what the U.S. can achieve.more…

IEEE Spectrum – Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learnóand the West is struggling to keep up.more…

American Legion – Raph Peters writes that “Unaware of the cost of freedom and served by leaders without military expertise, Americans have started to believe whatever’s comfortable.”more…

Economist – Irregular warfare may keep Western armies busy for decades. They will have to adapt if they are to overcome the odds that history suggests they are up against.more…

Charlie Rose – An hour interview with Counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen. more…

Defense and the National Interest – William Lind puts the happenings in Anbar province in a wider context and shows how they may represent a path ahead in the battle against Fourth Generation opponents.more…