Blogs to Watch

[TristanAbbey]

Folks here may be interested in his comments on the media; Somalia; Yemen; and of course Iraq-Afghan-Pakistan.

http://bellum.stanfordreview.org/?p=348

[davidbfpo]

Found via jihadica a new site that comments on events in the Yemen:
http://islamandinsurgencyinyemen.blogspot.com/

Not a place I watch much, so will leave others to judge how useful.

davidbfpo

[davidbfpo]

The blogsite www.afghanistanshrugged.com has been cited before here, but one of their articles has appeared on a South Asian website: http://www.himalmag.com/In-the-shade...ey_nw2885.html

The South Asian website (based in Nepal), not seen before, has a review of the Taliban by a NWFP journalist, different: http://www.himalmag.com/In-the-shade...ey_nw2885.html

davidbfpo

[bourbon]

http://borderviolenceanalysis.typepad.com/
"Mexico's Drug War - An ongoing analysis of southwest border violence issues by an experienced intelligence professional."

http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/

This project is a joint effort by two intelligence experts, Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis and Ian Allen. Both specialists in the field of espionage and intelligence, Fitsanakis and Allen filter through the melodrama and sensationalism of the daily news to bring to the surface intelligence-related developments that rarely make news headlines. They then elaborate on these developments by posting occasional, carefully researched and crafted commentaries and analyses, which bring together the various news items relating to a particular story or subject.

http://spybusters.blogspot.com/ - Kevin's Security Scapbook

[Cavguy]

I would be remiss if I didn't highlight the COIN Center blog and the Combined Arms Center's family of blogs.

[rborum]

I started a new site/blog focused on applying social and behavioral science research - with a particular focus on criminology - to preserve global security and to understand, prevent, and mitigate armed conflict and violent extremism.

If you're interested, you can find it HERE.

[slapout9]

Thanks for the tip....I have read your stuff man. Bryan V. (cain't ever spell his last name) helped me a problem once or twice too.

[rborum]

Bryan Vossekuil ... a great friend and extraordinary thinker on risk related issues.

[davidbfpo]

Thanks for posting the thread and link - which I have quickly scanned. Plus one of the links: http://redteamjournal.com/ which may interest readers.

davidbfpo

[davidbfpo]

hat tip to Entropy: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/ A quick look suggests not Small Wars, may provide context for crisis - like NKorean A-bomb test.

davidbfpo

[bourbon]

Modern Day Pirate Tales - "Notes on the world of piracy from journalist Daniel Sekulich."

[davidbfpo]

Came across this via a UK academic conference: http://legalift.wordpress.com/ or Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism.

What makes it interesting, hopefully not only to JMM, is that it is the website of the Finnish lawyer, Martin Schenin, the UN Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights whilst countering terrorism (UN site: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues...teur/srchr.htm )

davidbfpo

[jmm99]

Weblink page, CV and a 2008 course, which covered what we discuss here:

Legal Issues in National, European and International Action against Terrorism
....
23 October 2008
Is the fight against terrorism a war? The applicability and interaction of international humanitarian law and of human rights law in the fight against terrorism.

If I knew him (and I don't), I'd invite him over.

[tommas]

I've been following a blog about maritime piracy: http://piracy-watch.blogspot.com, it's amazing how the attacks around the Indian ocean have increased over the last 12 months.

[jmm99]

your interest in piracy (shared by many here) is admirable. Please introduce yourself. Thank you.

[The Cuyahoga Kid]

http://warisboring.com/ is a good site, its run by freelance journalist David Axe and provides some interesting insights into low intensity and irregular conflict from an extremely engaging perspective. Axe tends to stray from the beaten path and has taken personal trips to locations such as Chad, Sudan, Darfur, Kenya, and Somalia. Axe has also reported from Iraq, Israel, Lebanon and has a trip planned to Afghanistan quite soon.

Also for anybody interested in the Navy's role in COIN and "soft power" operations Axe and his contributors have quite a few articles about recent soft power operations undertaken by the US Navy in both South America and East Africa.

[davidbfpo]

Found this Canadian human security site, which focusses on Afghanistan: http://www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/ . Nothing spectacular in the press 'Monitor', but has interesting factual links.

davidbfpo

[davidbfpo]

Richard Dowden, the Director of the Royal African Society, has started an online blog on the RAS homepage. This week Richard writes on China's recent $950 million 'aid' to Zimbabwe. Next week Richard will write from Ghana, on President Obama's first trip to Africa as President. Please visit www.royalafricansociety.org

davidbfpo

[davidbfpo]

A previously unheard of academic centre at LSE, London devoted to studying states in crisis: http://www.crisisstates.com/ An interesting range of papers and a focus on places SWJ will like in particular Dr Antonio Giustozzi: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExp...ozzi@lse.ac.uk

davidbfpo

[davidbfpo]

Within a posting today in SWJ Blog and put here to help: http://davidmansfield.org/index.php

Lots of reports on eradication and other counter-narcotic policies (mainly in Afghanistan) on a quick visit.

davidbfpo