by Joey Middleton | Oct 2, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations
Executive Summary: DoD Instruction 3000.07 – Irregular Warfare (IW) OverviewThe Department of Defense (DoD) has reissued its Irregular Warfare directive as a formal Instruction (DoDI 3000.07), effective September 29, 2025. This new framework elevates Irregular Warfare...
by Joey Middleton | Sep 30, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Ishaan Reyna Abstract The evolving threat of terrorism and political violence in the United States cannot be understood without observing technological change, institutional memory, and societal resilience. Recent discussions underscore five urgent considerations:...
by Joey Middleton | Sep 30, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Daniel Williams Almost in tandem, Russia and China have expanded their hostilities with Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively, to allies of each. Russia sent fighter aircraft into the territory of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is supplying weapons...
by Joey Middleton | Sep 30, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
BLUF: The Department of Defense’s fixation on large-scale combat operations (LSCO) threatens to sideline Special Forces, who are often viewed by outsiders as bespoke capabilities unsuited for wars in the future. Yet adversaries are already waging irregular warfare...
by Joey Middleton | Sep 24, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Manish The recent Defense Committee report, Defense in the Grey Zone, brings renewed focus to the challenge of hostile activity below the threshold of conventional war. The term ‘Grey Zone’ suggests a novel ambiguity, a modern strategic dilemma born of new...
