Ink Spots

Ink Spots is a blog dedicated to the discussion of security issues across the spectrum of conflict and around the world. Our contributors are security professionals with interests and expertise ranging from counterinsurgency, stability operations, and post-conflict environments to national security strategy, security cooperation, and materiel acquisition. We hope this site will be a forum for discussion on both the issues of the day and broader, long-term developments in the security sphere.

The rank hypocrisy of veterans on OPSEC

The failure of light-footprint intervention to provide long-term stability

Trombly and Foust on R2P, sovereignty, Libya, and a rational basis for U.S. foreign policy

Is COIN dead?

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The Logic of Violence in Civil War: Libya edition

Why don't the Libyan rebels unilaterally disarm? (UPDATED)

Arming Libyan rebels: it's not only a singularly awful idea, but it won't work

There is no new thing under the sun

Ends, ways, and means in Libya (UPDATED)

Command and control of a UN coalition for Libya

The Powell Doctrine's fundamental flaw and the administration's dithering

Leon Wieseltier: At least he's consistent!

A couple of notes on arming Libyan rebels

Cameron's fuzzy math and the failure of the SDSR (Updated)

Leon Wieseltier wants U.S. action on Libya, suggests it should be pretty clean and easy

Maybe there are Libyan aircraft in Malta to freak out about, but this ain't the one