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The next decade of strategic competition: How the Pentagon can use special operations forces to better compete

The next decade of strategic competition: How the Pentagon can use special operations forces to better compete

by Joey Middleton | Jan 14, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition

Strategic competition is likely to intensify over the next decade, increasing the demands on the United States to deter and defend against wide-ranging and simultaneous security challenges across multiple domains and regions worldwide. In that time frame, the...
Too few planners understand what special operators can do today

Too few planners understand what special operators can do today

by Roro Fernandez | May 15, 2024 | SOF and Strategic Competition

Too few planners understand what special operators can do today No less than in yesterday’s era of counter-terrorism, SOF are indispensable in today’s great power competition. By CLEMENTINE G. STARLING and JAMES CARTWRIGHT MAY 5, 2024 U.S. special operations forces...
Stealth, speed, and adaptability: The role of special operations forces in strategic competition

Stealth, speed, and adaptability: The role of special operations forces in strategic competition

by Roro Fernandez | May 15, 2024 | SOF and Strategic Competition

By Clementine G. Starling and Alyxandra Marine Today, the US Joint Force grapples with an array of security challenges that transcend traditional boundaries and cut across theaters and domains. US competitors—China and Russia—conduct military, information, economic,...
Russia’s hybrid war against the West

Russia’s hybrid war against the West

by Joey Middleton | Apr 26, 2024 | SOF and Strategic Competition

by Arsalan Bilal What has also become commonplace is that kinetic operations – which by themselves have become increasingly complex – are combined with non-military strategies aimed at undermining the security of an antagonist. The combination of military...
Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher P. Maier Addresses Crucial Role of Irregular Warfare at the Semi-Annual Irregular Warfare Forum

Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher P. Maier Addresses Crucial Role of Irregular Warfare at the Semi-Annual Irregular Warfare Forum

by Roro Fernandez | Dec 16, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition

Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher P. Maier Addresses Crucial Role of Irregular Warfare at the Semi-Annual Irregular Warfare Forum Dec. 5, 2023   Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Christopher P. Maier,...
Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces

Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces

by Roro Fernandez | Dec 16, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition

Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces A Concept for Proactive Campaigning Short of Traditional War by Eric Robinson, Timothy R. Heath, Gabrielle Tarini, Daniel Egel, Mace Moesner IV, Christian Curriden, Derek Grossman, Sale Lilly   Researchers from...
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