IN THE NEWS
I've been tidying up some details of this blog. For example, I updated the "About the author" section to include a better explanation of the two types of posts, "official" (containing the sub-headings Theory and Practice) and "incidental" (starting with the subhead In the news). I've also started adding links to blogs on the same or related subjects. I look for ones that may be critical or supportive of the US government's current policies for counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, but provide more than just opinion. I strive to improve the quality of discussion about these issues in my own small way, and I remain convinced that we can obly bridge political divides by establishing some common ground of fact, theory, and goals. That work requires substance, not just opinion.
Therefore, I strongly recommend that you bookmark Armchair Generalist, one of the best blogs out there covering the inside details of US national security policy. The author is an excellent writer, so it's always a pleasure to read his posts.
I also found a somewhat different blog, The Counterterrorism Blog, that's more of an archive of important reference materials, such as a link to the 9/11 Commission's final report, and significant news items.
Both are worth reading, so I've added them to the Links of note section in the right-hand column of this blog. If you have other recommendations, please send them along.
thomas pm barnett, writer of The Pentagon's new Map, has a weblog at www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog . He's got links too
Posted by: jared bailey | 02/04/2005 at 16:32