Jason Criss Howk 23 February 2020 Why Pakistan must change its calculations about using Unconventional Warfare against Afghans. This is from an open forum briefing to an international audience. The Pakistani generals present during this briefing agreed with the assessment. I wrote about the outcomes of this discussion here. https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/02/22/a-regional-perspective-on-the-war-in-afghanistan/ Start briefing: Pakistan has had… Read More Briefing on Pakistan’s campaigns against Afghanistan and why they have failed repeatedly

Six Books from Past Decades to Help Navigate the 2020s Jason Criss Howk 1 January 2020 While awaiting the football games today I have pulled out 6 books from my shelves that I am going to re-read this year to help me think about how to focus on the next decade. These books impact different… Read More Six Books from Past Decades to Help Navigate the 2020s

Afghanistan War Update: 11 September 2019 Jason Criss Howk, U.S. Army (Retired) According to The Times reporters Tomlinson and Sahi, “The Taliban vowed to fight on “for a hundred years” after President Trump revealed he had cancelled a secret summit with militant leaders and the president of Afghanistan, scrapping months of peace talks on the… Read More Afghanistan War Update: 11 September 2019

Jason Criss Howk 4 June 2019 Afghan war update The American strategy since 2009 has been to force the Taliban to deal with the offer of peace talks as a major issue that continuously sucks the morale out of their junior leaders and low level fighters. It’s a multi generation strategy and is how almost… Read More Afghan War update 4 June 2019

Jason Criss Howk Folks if you’re only listening to the SIGAR you have no clue what’s happening in Afghanistan. They spend your tax dollars and valuable time looking at all the wrong metrics. Look at the Afghan press, Afghan citizen twitter, and Afghan government agencies and leaders for context and up to the moment updates.… Read More Afghanistan update 26 April 2019

#shortBookReviews The Koran in English, B.B. Lawrence By Jason Criss Howk 9 March 2019 These reviews serve a simple purpose: to tell you what is in the book and why you might want to read it.  All books selected for review are recommended reading…I’m not reviewing books just because they are new, but instead because… Read More #shortBookReviews The Koran in English, Lawrence

#shortBookReviews Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, A. Scott Berg By Jason Criss Howk 3 March 2019 These reviews serve a simple purpose: to tell you what is in the book and why you might want to read it.  All books selected for review are recommended reading…I’m not reviewing books just because they are new, but… Read More #shortBookReviews Max Perkins, Berg