by Joey Middleton | Jul 18, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Nadav Tikochinsky On June 8, 2024, Israeli forces executed a hostage-rescue operation in Nuseirat, central Gaza. The Israeli operation was widely reported to have utilized civilian disguises, with some forces allegedly being transported in civilian vehicles and...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 18, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Yevhen Kovalchuk In Active Measures, Thomas Rid delivers a meticulously researched and urgent history of political warfare, tracing the evolution of disinformation from early Soviet operations to the digital onslaught of the twenty-first century. He argues...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 17, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Ciprian Clipa The Soviet-era bronze statue in Tallinn was relocated long ago, but the cyberattack it precipitated in 2007 has overhauled NATO’s approach to collective security. When Russian-linked hackers debilitated Estonia’s digital infrastructure...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 17, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Sandor Fabian With the shift of the US strategic focus toward China as America’s main competitor, both the Department of Defense and academic experts have been examining what a war with China would look like. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, all these analyses...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 16, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Scott R. Gourley TAMPA, Florida — Naval Special Warfare operators are working on a short timeline to ensure the rapid integration of equipment and technologies to optimize their capabilities. Capt. Jared Wyrick, Special Operations Command’s program executive...
