by Wayne Gregory | Feb 10, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa: Influence, commercial concessions, rights violations, and counterinsurgency failure Read full article on Brownings.edu Russia is intensifying its competition with the United States in Africa. In its asymmetric race, Russia uses...
by Wayne Gregory | Jan 17, 2022 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Why Did Russia Escalate Its Gray Zone Conflict in Ukraine? Read original article on LawfareBlog Editor’s Note: Russia appears to have taken so-called gray zone warfare to a new level, using subversion and clandestine operations to undermine its neighbors and expand...
by Wayne Gregory | Dec 21, 2021 | SOF and Strategic Competition
THE CHANGING FACE OF RUSSIAN COUNTER-IRREGULAR WARFARE Read full article on War on the Rocks The United States has special operators in close proximity to Russian forces on three continents. In many cases, the Russian forces on the ground are either actively...
by Wayne Gregory | Dec 9, 2021 | SOF and Strategic Competition
After Afghanistan, US forces are ill-prepared for electronic warfare elsewhere Read full article on The Hill The defense enterprise shift from counterterrorism to strategic competition is long overdue, but unique challenges in facing a peer or near-peer adversary...
by Roro Fernandez | Oct 9, 2020 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Future great-power war, the thinking maintains, will involve both major weapons platforms and large forces as well as countless unconventional or irregular dynamics. by Kris Osborn As the threat of major, mechanized, great-power warfare continues to take center stage...
by Roro Fernandez | Oct 5, 2020 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Annual War Games and a Sinking Ship Though COVID-19 significantly diminished military functions this year, the U.S. Navy and its allies are still performing essential functions and participating in critical war games. On Aug. 30, during the annual U.S. Rim of the...