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#CCLKOW: The Officer’s Guide to Breaking Rules

Greetings CCLKOW readers. This week brings the return of the Fighting Sailor, with a thought provoking post on rules breaking within the necessary strict discipline of the armed forces. Examining the contending forces of trust and risk, the piece…

On Your First Day as a Platoon Leader

CCLKOW is a weekly conversation on military affairs jointly hosted by the Center for Company-Level Leaders (CCL) at the US Military Academy at West Point and the Kings of War (KOW), a blog of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. The views…

Beyond Deschamps: Addressing Sexual Harassment and Assault in the Military

by Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick.

Welcome to this week’s CCLKOW discussion piece. Former Supreme Court judge Marie Deschamps recently released a report condemning the extent of sexual…

Staffs and Spartans: Who is the strategist?

Welcome to another installment of CCLKOW, the twitter based military affairs discussion. In this week’s piece we consider who should do strategy in the armed forces. Contrasting the dedicated model of the long service staff strategist with that of the…

Humpty Dumpty, Not Pottery Barn: Some Thoughts on Regime Change

In this week’s #CCLKOW we consider what principles ought to shape our strategic thinking with respect to regime change. Please note, this is not an endorsement of the act as sensible policy. I am relatively certain that…