Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog

Fighting the complex and diverse wars of today requires us to be prepared to face an enemy who has no scruples in utilising crime, and tot...

Africa has been wracked by numerous wars, civil wars, rebellions and insurgencies, conflicts that have all been very similar in progression ...

The military strategy is an intelligence-driven, intellectual process that results in possible future or definite action. The waging of ...

Of late, there seems to be a tendency to believe that we ought to “manage” troops instead of commanding them. I know the SADF of old almo...

Africa has been at war with itself for centuries.    I believe that this is not likely to end within the short or even the medium term...

As I will not be home when the Chinese New Year of 2012 begins, I would like to wish all of my Chinese friends a very Happy Year of the Dr...

As a young officer – and later – I read just about every version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War I could lay my hands on. Resting in my bookcase,...