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War Studies
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Government defence official who holds PhD in War Studies and publishes in various academic and policy venues.
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Starter Pack with 150 international security organizations, forums, and outlets that are on Bluesky.

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February 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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You say: they shutdown USAID.

You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
February 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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*** Call for Nominations - Best Security Studies Dissertation Award ***

The Kenneth N. Waltz Outstanding Dissertation Award is given by the American Political Science Association's International Security Section to the best defended dissertation in 2024 on the study of international security.
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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'Doing a history PhD is useless and a waste of taxpayers' money' blah blah...

Researching the past can yield so many treasures we have no idea we need until we actually need them.
November 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Send all materials to the Committee Chair, Dr. Dave Sacko, at David.Sacko@afacademy.af.edu

Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2025

Send questions to the APSA International Security Section Chair @warprof.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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Risky training ops for elite troops need to be studied more to help avoid deaths, injuries, GAO finds
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Source - Stars and Stripes
Risky training ops for elite troops need to be studied more to help avoid deaths, injuries, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office found recent efforts by Special Operations Command to implement increased safety scrutiny for high-risk training operations has been constrained by fiscal shortfal...
www.stripes.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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AP has done some really good reporting on the issue of extremism in the military. The extent of extremism in the military is likely very low, but an unwillingness to examine the extent of the problem is troubling.

apnews.com/article/pent...
AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data
Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate...
apnews.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Historian and WWII resistant Marc Bloch will be inducted into France's Panthéon.

On my list of five people I would love to share a meal with.
Historian and WWII resistant Marc Bloch will be inducted into France's Panthéon
French President Emmanuel Macron said Bloch would be honored 'for his work, his teaching and his courage.' Bloch was executed by the Gestapo in 1944.
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM