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Irregular Warfare: U.S. Army’s IW Doctrine

Army University Press

This short film joins the Army’s ongoing effort to refresh Irregular Warfare doctrine, spotlighting the core principles that still work and proposing smart updates for today’s fight. Even as Great-Power competition dominates strategy, it underscores why mastering irregular tactics remains vital for countering peer nation-state adversaries.

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The Future of Irregular Warfare

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict joins CSIS’s Defense and Security Department President to explore how irregular warfare and the SOF enterprise are evolving. Their discussion spotlights shifting priorities and emerging technologies poised to reshape special-operations missions.

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Sinai: A Fault Line

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/20/2017 |

This report examines the security challenges and vulnerabilities of the Sinai Peninsula. It analyzes the region’s complex geopolitical landscape, including…

Cultural Perspectives, Geopolitics & Energy Security of Eurasia: Is the Next Global Conflict Imminent? (Mahir J. Ibrahimov, Gustav A. Otto, and Lee G. Gentile, Jr.)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2017 | Comments Off on Cultural Perspectives, Geopolitics & Energy Security of Eurasia: Is the Next Global Conflict Imminent? (Mahir J. Ibrahimov, Gustav A. Otto, and Lee G. Gentile, Jr.)

(Click image to download book.) Marking the anniversary of the Ukraine Revolution of 2014, the Army University Press is pleased…

Winning Irregular War – 2017 Edit (Geoff Demarest)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/24/2017 | Comments Off on Winning Irregular War – 2017 Edit (Geoff Demarest)

(Click image to download book.) Control over the granting of impunity is this book’s definition of winning. The geography of…

Kremlin Kontrol: Russia’s Political-Military Reality (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/24/2017 | Comments Off on Kremlin Kontrol: Russia’s Political-Military Reality (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) Authoritarian regimes are, by their very nature, insecure. They tend to view Western democracies as…

The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces (Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/18/2016 | Comments Off on The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces (Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles)

(Click image to download book.) Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, activity in Eastern Ukraine, saber rattling regarding the…

Russia Military Strategy: Impacting 21st Century Reform and Geopolitics (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2015 | Comments Off on Russia Military Strategy: Impacting 21st Century Reform and Geopolitics (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) This book is divided into three parts. Part one addresses President Vladimir Putin’s personality, Russian…

China’s Military Strategy: Basic Conceptsand Examples of its Use (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/18/2014 | Comments Off on China’s Military Strategy: Basic Conceptsand Examples of its Use (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) Chinese retired Lieutenant General Li Jijun noted in 2006 that, from the vantage point of…

Three Faces of the Cyber Dragon: Cyber Peace Activist, Spook, Attacker (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2012 | Comments Off on Three Faces of the Cyber Dragon: Cyber Peace Activist, Spook, Attacker (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) China’s cyber policy has become partly visible to foreign nations through observation, tracking, and inference.…

Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen Wars, 1994-2009 (Dodge Billingsley with Dr. Lester Grau)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/18/2012 | Comments Off on Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen Wars, 1994-2009 (Dodge Billingsley with Dr. Lester Grau)

(Click image to download book.) Books on guerrilla war are seldom written from the tactical perspective and from the guerrilla’s…

Recasting the Red Star: Russia Forges Tradition and Technology Through Toughness (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2011 | Comments Off on Recasting the Red Star: Russia Forges Tradition and Technology Through Toughness (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) Recasting the Red Star describes Russia’s modernization effort in a comprehensive fashion. The Defense Ministry’s…