Column 119
Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 1:36AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

Stability ops will follow all military interventions in future

The weeks-long Iraq war of 2003, which America won hands-down, had no impact on our defense establishment. The far harder and years-long Iraq postwar has triggered a sea change. Let me walk you through a couple of examples I've recently encountered.

In July, I keynoted the launch celebration for the new industry magazine, Serviam, which explores "stability solutions in a dangerous world." Just completing its first year of publication, Serviam -- Latin for "I will serve" -- documents the growth of the global security industry.

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