by Joey Middleton | Jul 1, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Lt. Col. Shawn Bourdon and Maj. Brian Hamel of the Special Warfare Journal How do special operations forces (SOF) plan operations against threats delineated in the National Security Strategy that transcend the geographic and legal boundaries imposed by the...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 27, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Philip Wasielewski Two recent essays published by the Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) rekindle interest in a perennial debate about whether covert action, particularly paramilitary...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 26, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim. As the threat of simultaneous crises in East Asia looms larger—whether in the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, or both—the likelihood that U.S. special operations forces (SOF) will be called upon to operate across national boundaries in...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 20, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
With Washington reportedly considering the withdrawal of 4,500 U.S. troops from South Korea, and contingency planning intensifying for a possible dual crisis in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula, serious questions are emerging about how to uphold...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 18, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
The Environment Malign actors deploy cyberattacks, economic coercion, disinformation, and illicit gray zone tactics to destabilize the modern Indo-Pacific region. Competition in the region is currently not characterized by kinetic engagements—it is a protracted,...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 9, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Jill Gentry “Where do we start?” I checked in as the intelligence officer for a US Navy special warfare unit in March 2020. My arrival coincided with the start of the command’s scheduled counter-ISIL deployment to Iraq under OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, the latest...
