''MilitaryWeek.com'' (or ''MilitaryWeek'') is an

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, web-based, weekly anthology of global military affairs. ''MilitaryWeek.com'' was founded and is published by LeRoy Woodson, a former staff-writer and editor with ''

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'' magazine and '' The Washington Post''. It was closed down in 2007 due to financial problems. "We are living in times of unparalleled threat and hostility from unseen and often unknown enemies", Woodson states on the ''MilitaryWeek.com'' website; "The tendency of governments facing this situation is to turn inward, to sit on information as they try to formulate a strategy to meet this daunting challenge. It is the objective of the MW staff to harness the power of the internet — permitting global English-language media to speak with one, collective voice on just one topic: conflict. We pluck sometimes vital information from remote regions mired in conflict". ''MilitaryWeek.com'' provides news links from the various global media, offering a variety of perspectives related to continuing conflicts, as well as to events that precede the outbreak of hostilities. The publication also cross-references news links with history links for a more complete background picture of any given crisis.

Columnists

Karen Kwiatkowski Karen U. Kwiatkowski, née Unger, (born September 24, 1960) is an American activist and commentator. She is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and a variety of roles for the N ...

, retired U.S. Air Force officer, journalist *

Janine di Giovanni Janine di Giovanni is an author, journalist, and war correspondent currently serving as the Executive Director of The Reckoning Project. She is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a non-resident Fellow at ...

, foreign correspondent, author, journalist *

W. Thomas Smith, Jr. W. Thomas Smith Jr. (born April 30, 1959) is an American author, editor, and journalist. He has written several books. His articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. Smith is executive editor of '' World Defense Review'', a columnist ...

, former U.S. Marine, author, journalist

References

External links

Official Website (Archived)World Defence News Website
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