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...
This article addresses the challenges faced by the United States in maintaining a sustained approach to irregular warfare (IW), historically marked by a "boom...
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...
ISBN 978-3-03028-341-4, Springer International Publishing, September 2019, 222 pages, $139.99 hardcover Reviewed by Darrin L. Frye, Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio In...
As the special operations profession enters a new era of Special Operations Forces (SOF) involvement in geopolitical competition in the “gray zone” as part...
Introduction The ignominious end of the war in Afghanistan raises many questions about what could have been accomplished there and, more importantly, what the...
J. Paul de B. Taillon, Samuel Associates, Ottawa, Canada ABSTRACTThis article provides an overview of the concept, development, deployment, and validation of the multinational...