by Wayne Gregory | Feb 24, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Scores Of ‘Dark Vessels’ Belonging To China’s Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested Waters A new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world’s most densely trafficked and tense waterways. ...
by Wayne Gregory | Feb 24, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Today’s wars are fought in the ‘gray zone.’ Here’s everything you need to know about it. Read full artilce on Atlantic Council Whether it’s the Kremlin’s “little green men” suddenly seizing Crimea, China’s coercive use of economics through its Belt and Road...
by Wayne Gregory | Feb 24, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
SHARPENING THE SPEAR: MOVING SOF’S OPERATING CONCEPT BEYOND THE GWOT Read full article on Modern War Institute Emerging from the shadows in the aftermath of 9/11 through the campaign that toppled the Taliban, special operations forces became the favored tool...
by Wayne Gregory | Feb 21, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
THE KEY TO BLUNTING RUSSIA’S STRATEGIC VICTORY IN UKRAINE AND BEYOND? IRREGULAR WARFARE Read full article on Modern War Institute Vladimir Putin has all the cards in his favor. Even if Russian forces do not attack Ukraine in the coming days, he is poised to...
by Wayne Gregory | Feb 17, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
HOW TO FIX THE JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING PROGRAM Read full article on Modern War Institute At precisely 2:30 a.m., a combined team of hackers from the United States and one of its partner nations launched a denial-of-service attack against the adversary’s...
by Wayne Gregory | Feb 14, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Russians Have Already Started Hybrid War With Bomb Threats, Cyberattacks, Ukraine Says Moscow is using cyberattacks, economic pressure and, most recently, false bomb threats, to undermine its neighbor, Kyiv says Read full article on WSJ.com KYIV,...