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FO Podcast Episode 028 – Weaponizing Culture

By Mike Shelby • December 1, 2015January 21, 2016

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Islam, Europe, and the Tet Offensive, Take Two

By Mike Shelby • November 30, 2015January 26, 2016

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FO Podcast Episode 027 – The Islamic State

By Mike Shelby • November 24, 2015January 5, 2016

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FO Podcast Episode 026 – Soft Power & Community Security

By Mike Shelby • November 14, 2015January 21, 2016

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FO Podcast Episode 025 – Criminal Intelligence Analysis & Community Security

By Mike Shelby • November 4, 2015January 21, 2016

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Community Defense & the Elements of “Soft Power”

By Mike Shelby • November 2, 2015October 4, 2021

If hard power is violence and coercion, then soft power is influence and motivation. American power projected across the globe teaches that violence has its limitations. To modify a turn of phrase, war is not always the answer. Coercion causes resentment and, as we’ve seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, creates unnecessary enemies. (Just look at […]