FEATURED BOOKS


Soft Power
on Hard
Problems


Game Changers
Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists

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Completed Research Paper

The Pakistan-Afghan Borderland: Pashtun Tribes Descending into Extremism [Kindle Edition]
Completed Research Index

Completed TAC Research

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Paraguayan Army Use of Indigenous Forces in the Guayakí (Aché) Conflict
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Withdrawing -
Important Connections
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Potential For the Afghan Taliban Going Over to the Offensive During the Post-2014 Period
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W		 Comparing Soviet and American National Reconciliation Programs
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W		 Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM): Using crime to advance Salafist goals, secure safe havens, and acquire international reach
 

Mexico - Violent Separation
of Church and State
 

Mexico’s Knight Templar and Code of Conduct Implications
  Santa Muerte Syncretism
  Khost Province District Studies
  Khost Local Influencers
(from 2009 to 2012)
  Swat Valley-Metamorphosis
  Pashtunistan:  Pakistan’s Shifting Strategy
  Mahsuds and Wazirs; Maliks and Mullahs in Competition
  Taqiyya:
Protective Dissimulation Practiced by Afghanistan's Ethnic Groups
  Learning from History:
The Soviet Experience In Afghanistan
  Afghanistan's Development:
An Instability Driver?
  Setting Oruzgan's Violent Stage
The Hazara Wars
  Pashtun Tribalism and Ethnic Nationalism
  Pashtun Tribal Dynamics
  The 1897 Revolt and Tirah Valley Operations from the Pashtun Perspective
  The Baluch and the Brahui
and their Rebellions
  Jirga System in Tribal Life
  Ishaqzai Tribe
  Putting it Together in
Southern Afghanistan
  Achakzai Tribe
  Alikozai Tribal Dynamics: A Very Unusual Durrani Tribe
  The Quetta Shura: A Tribal Analysis
  COUNTERINSURGENCY
General Measures of Effectiveness
  Hindustani Fanatics, India’s Pashtuns, and Deobandism –  Connections
  Simultaneously Clearing,
Holding, and Building:
A Rural Development Team Program
  Pashtun Reconciliation Programs
  Pashtun Cultural Factors Limiting Warlord Development
  The Panjpai Relationship With the Other Durranis
  Mad Mullahs, Opportunists, and Family Connections: The Violent Pashtun Cycle
  Hindustani Fanatics
  Afghanistan: A History of Utilization of Tribal Auxillaries