Recommended Reading & Recommended Viewing
I feel this one will be a weird mix.
Top Billing! Col. Dr. Kilcullen vs. Col. Dr. Bacevich over Dave Kilcullen’s new book, The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in 
the Midst of a Big One
Bacevich Review: Raising Jihad . Killcullen Rebuttal: Accidental Guerrilla: Read Before Burning
I have not read Accidental Guerilla yet but it seems obvious that Andrew Bacevich begins from a position longstanding and very strong, non-interventionist, anti-COIN, pro- “Big Army/Near Peer Competitior” policy views. I suspect that may have influenced his take on Dave’s argument just a bit, thus leading to Dave to speculate that Bacevich may have not read the final book or read it in full. A possibility; about 80% of the books I review here are advance copies sent by publishers, authors or their agents.
Outside the Beltway ( Dave Schuler) – Negotiating With Iran
Dave’s reasoned and reasonable take on the Obama administration’s opening moves with Iran.
Coming Anarchy – Financial Warfare and Idea: The Dictionary of Modern Ideas
Liked both of these posts – phrase of the day – “argotic arms race”.
Two for One: Whirledview (CKR) – Diplomacy Is Not What Bush Did and Duck of Minerva (Nexon) – Haven’t they Filled the Protocol Positions Yet?
This post by Cheryl is a lucid counterpoint to my knock on Obama administration stumbles in foreign policy while subsequent events have caused Dr. Dan to move in my direction on this score.
Threatswatch.org ( Elkus, Tanji) – Legacy Futures in Cyberspace and Brave Digital World
A cyberspecial.
Tom Barnett is on C-Span in a few hours.
John Robb indulges his dark side.
Open the Future – The End of Long-Term Thinking
A good example from Jamais on how words frame analytical thought.
NewsDaily – Who got AIG’s bailout billions?
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