Ah, yes. The old Institute for the Study of War. Ehhhhhh, just one question, Chief. What is The Institute for the Study of War?
“What is The Institute for the Study of War?”
Neocon lies ?
Checking out their webpage, it seems like they have a lot of young people doing research.
Doesn't really answer the question, but these guys do seem to have been wrong a lot less often than just about anyone else. They don't seem to make a lot of over the top predictions either way -- generally conservative estimates and reports based on actual observations that turn out to be supported by data.
So, maybe they're not wrong often because they don't tend to go out on limbs.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Ukraine achieves fastest battlefield progress in 2.5 years, AFP reports, Texas Eagle wrote: According to the outlet, these gains are confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War Ah, yes. The old Institute for the Study of War. Ehhhhhh, just one question, Chief. What is The Institute for the Study of War?
Like many such 'outlets', the ISW claims to be non-partisan. Yet, the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times etc. do publish her work, which I suspect means she writes content of which they approve. Of course, those news outlets hate President Trump.
Grok's analysis of opinion of the website on Reddit, Social Media etc. is neo conservative war hawk, and they are partially funded by military contractors.
"Overall, while ISW maintains a non-partisan facade, the prevailing online critique—especially from left-leaning and anti-interventionist voices—frames it as neoconservative with a pro-military bias, substantiated by its leadership, funding, and policy advocacy."
From the Institute's website: "David Petraeus, then the Commanding General in Iraq, was an early consumer of ISW’s Iraq Reports. He invited Kim to Baghdad to advise him along with General (Ret.) Keane, now the Chairman of ISW’s Board, who played a critical role in Washington in shaping the new counter-insurgency strategy that General Petraeus would implement. "
Below, an excerpt of the bio for the founder and head of the organization.
https://understandingwar.org/people/kimberly-kagan/
Dr. Kagan is a military historian who has taught at the US Military Academy at West Point, Yale, Georgetown, and American University. She is the author of The Eye of Command (2006) and The Surge: A Military History (2009), and editor of The Imperial Moment (2010). She has published in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Weekly Standard, and Foreign Policy. She co-produced The Surge: The Whole Story, an hour-long oral history and documentary film on the campaign in Iraq from 2007 to 2008. She co-founded and co-teaches the Hertog War Studies Program at ISW, a highly selective, intensive, longitudinal educational program for undergraduates.
Dr. Kagan is an expert on the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She served in Kabul for seventeen months from 2010 to 2012 assisting commanders of the International Security Assistance Force, General David H. Petraeus, and subsequently General John Allen. Admiral Mike Mullen, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recognized Dr. Kagan for this deployment as a civilian volunteer with the Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor the Chairman can present to civilians who do not work for the Department of Defense.
Dr. Kagan had previously served as a member of General Stanley McChrystal’s strategic assessment team in Kabul during his campaign review in June and July 2009. She served on the Academic Advisory Board of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence at USCENTCOM.
In Iraq, Dr. Kagan conducted many regular battlefield circulations between May 2007 and April 2010 while General Petraeus and his successor General Raymond T. Odierno served as Commanding General, Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I). She participated formally on the Joint Campaign Plan Assessment Team for MNFI – US Mission- Iraq in October 2008 and October 2009, and as part of the Civilian Advisory Team for the CENTCOM strategic review in January 2009.