Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog

Coming up against a well-entrenched or well-defended enemy position, and not always having air support available, the motorised infantry pla...

When Sun Tzu wrote about the need to know both the enemy and yourself, his words held an importance many nowadays seem to simply ignore. I a...

To many, this posting may not have much to do with my core focus but there are many things that get my blood boiling: Abuse of kids and the ...

An exit strategy can only be effectively implemented if an operation has been successfully executed. In turn, an operation can only be consi...

In a world of war and conflict, why is it that we continue to be so reactive? Is it because we do not develop decent, workable strategies ba...

When the political leadership commits the armed forces to a conflict or a war, one would assume that the “homework” was done ... and that th...

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