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In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria. 

Civil warcraft: Part II

Critical State

In this week’s Critical State, a weekly foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, Kelsey D. Atherton takes a deep dive into insurgency and counterinsurgency in urban warfare.

The abandoned headquarters of Mozambican opposition party Renamo is pictured in the port city of Beira, ahead of local government elections, Nov. 19, 2013.

Life after combat: How relationships in wartime continue to shape society

Critical State
A soldier hands food to a woman.

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, 25 years after the genocide it failed to stop

Seven men in different military uniforms walk next to military vehicles.

How Twitter and other social media can draw the US into foreign interventions

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