by Joey Middleton | Apr 6, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Elizabeth Boyett Counter-narratives are strategic stories that reframe meaning—and thus behavior—against an adversary’s frame. They work only when the audience is matched, credibly carried, and enacted in deeds. Used as messaging alone, they backfire by amplifying...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 6, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Dr. Joseph Long In the preceding analysis—the first installment of what has become a three-part series—I introduced the Guerrilla Leader Theory (GLT), a framework that provides a static taxonomy of leadership for the human domain. It posits that a leader’s...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 6, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By SWJ Staff Check out this latest article from The Modern War Institute! Jeremy Mushtare argues in “The Sisyphean Struggle for Influence Campaigning in Competition” that U.S. influence efforts fail because they lack prioritization, integration, and alignment with...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 29, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
TAMPA, FLORIDA – MAY 8: Members of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment fly an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter during a demonstration at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida in 2024. Leaders of U.S. Special Operations Command...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 20, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations
By Dr. Anne I. Harrington, by Brig Gen (ret) Brenda Cartier Introduction The US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in January 2026 was a spectacular demonstration of a surgical kill/capture operation, a capability Joint Special...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 10, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Joe Funderburke Abstract Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign launched on February 28, 2026, has destroyed significant elements of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and decapitated portions of its leadership. What it has not destroyed, and what no air...
