It's been a while, but while I've been attempting to study more and spend a bit more time reading foundational COIN texts a multitude of interesting articles have sprung up. Here's what I've been reading in no particular order:
--Al Qaeda has a new recruitment manual designed to provide recruiters with techniques for attracting new members and tips for recognizing the best potential extremists.
--Two articles on torture and why it was such a terrible misstep (not to mention morally repugnant) in the fight against Islamic extremism. First, an interview in Time with Ali Soufan, the FBI interrogater who just testified on Capitol Hill (and profiled fascinatingly in the New Yorker), and second, a NYT op-ed by Philip Zelikow on the problems with torture's utility.
--From Foreign Affairs, what to read on American Primacy--and while we're on book lists, Abu M has updated his COIN list.
--West Point leading the way on cyber-defense. Great article on what will surely become ever more vital to American security: protection of the computer systems our government and society are based on.
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