Conducting accurate, in-depth scans of the strategic environment can be challenging and time-consuming because of the complex interactions among systems and individual actors. Understanding...
Network engagement—whether targeting adversaries or strengthening partners—is central to military operations. Assessing whether networks can endure disruption or collapse under pressure is vital for...
The U.S. Department of War’s Joint Planning Process (JPP), optimized for tame, geographically bounded, and domain-specific problems, repeatedly falters against today’s wicked security challenges....
This paper posits that norm entrepreneurship is a critical component of building partner capacity in fragile states because, without the adoption of U.S. military...
This article evaluates Israel’s counterterrorism campaign in Gaza through strategic, ethical, and normative lenses. While the military has achieved tactical successes—such as dismantling Hamas...
This study examines whether—and how—a communist agent of influence, Pham Xuan An, contributed to narrative patterns in Time magazine’s Vietnam War coverage, and what...
📄 Download PDF Version Ian Edgerly, National Defense University, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA Introduction In mid-2023, the United States military experienced its second major...
The Cypriot War of Independence is a critical case study for contemporary counterinsurgency (COIN) and counterterrorism (CT) studies. Given COIN and CT’s ongoing significance,...
Unbeknownst to many, the U.S. Navy raised an irregular army in China during World War II by training Nationalist guerrillas through the Sino-American Cooperative...
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) seeks to understand the relationship between special operations and cyber. This research focuses on a single Special Operations Forces...
One of the most pervasive challenges within Special Operations has been developing theoretical frameworks to foster critical thinking among members of this unique community—perhaps...
This essay applies a data-driven and human-centric methodology to examine resiliency and resistance aspects in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. It applies a four-phase process...
Using the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali as case studies, this article examines Russia’s strategic use of the Wagner Group, a private military...
Inter Populum: The Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations is seeking book reviews on published works relevant to special operations, irregular warfare, and strategic competition. We welcome reviews of theoretical, historical, operational, or policy-oriented books with a regional or global focus.
Reviews should:
Summarize the book’s purpose, structure, and key arguments
Provide brief author background
Identify the intended audience
Offer a thoughtful, balanced critique
Submission Requirements:
800–1,200 words, double-spaced (Word, 12pt Times New Roman)
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