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Anna Simons

Anna Simons is a professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School and co-author most recently of The Sovereignty Solution: A Commonsense Approach to Global Security.

Recent articles from Anna Simons

Lance Cpl. Gray Smith, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, mans a security post from the roof of the Nawa District Governor’s Center Sept. 10, 2010, the first day of Id al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
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How Tactics Used In Iraq And Afghanistan Can Make The US More Vulnerable In Future Wars
We need to ask ourselves which lessons are worth retaining versus which do we think we should retain but make us more vulnerable.