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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Special air operations trace their origins to the special-duties units of the First World War—an often overlooked aspect of the Great War. At the...
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📄 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...
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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,...
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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...
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The essay aims at addressing the British forerunners of C. E. Callwell’s Small Wars and their prevailing opinions as for the strategic level of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In a new era of strategic competition, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) must identify opportunities to out-compete China and Russia when and where it...