by Joey Middleton | Jul 22, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Russell D. Howard The Historical Continuum of Chinese Unconventional Warfare To truly understand China’s mastery of irregular warfare, one must realize it is not a newly adopted doctrine, but a cultural inheritance. It spans from the foundational philosophies of...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 2, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Irina Tsukerman Introduction Who is actually winning the wars in Ukraine and Iran, and what would victory even look like if neither battlefield momentum nor economic punishment produces political collapse? How much territory would Ukraine have to recover before...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 14, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By William F. Lyons Jr. Introduction In a widely read essay published in June 2026, a recently retired senior Green Beret argues that the United States Army Special Forces have slipped from being the U.S. military’s premier irregular force to “a campaign...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 8, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
“The essence of irregular, unconventional, and political warfare is not violence. It is strategy.” By David Maxwell Editor’s note: This is a Focus Area article that has not undergone standard editorial review in order to facilitate rapid...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 3, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Cole Livieratos Cognitive warfare is everywhere, but it may already be doomed. It is hard to read national security literature and social media posts without coming across the term cognitive warfare. The conflict with Iran. China’s current operations. Russia’s way...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 3, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Andrew Rolander The Pattern That Never Changes In January 2013, French forces entered Mali to conduct Operation Serval and did what Western militaries do well: they moved fast, hit hard, and pushed jihadist fighters out of the northern cities seized the previous...
