Sticker Shock: The World Just Got the Bill for Rebuilding War-Ravaged Cities in Iraq
Diplomats, donors, and investors gathered last week in Kuwait for a conference dedicated to...
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Urban Warfare Project
Yes, Unfortunately, Sometimes Militaries Must “Destroy the Town to Save It”
Fifty years ago this week, during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, a US Army major famously remarked...
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A Soldier’s Urban Warfare Christmas Wish List
There are no urban warfare units in the US Army—not a single unit designed, organized, or equipped...
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How Drone Swarms Could Change Urban Warfare
For the first time since the Korean War, the U.S. military has to worry about enemy bombs dropping...
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America’s Mumbai
It will take months, possibly years, to fully understand how the senseless attack in Las Vegas...
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A Better Approach to Urban Operations: Treat Cities like Human Bodies
Mosul has been wrested from the three-year-old grasp of ISIS. In Raqqa, the cityscape is one of...
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Destroying Cities to Save Them
Mosul is destroyed. Many of the estimated 875,000 residents displaced by the fighting can’t return...
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MWI Podcast: The Future Urban Battlefield, with Dr. Russell Glenn
In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to...
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