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Modernizing the Unconventional Warfare Enterprise: The Case for Nonviolent Resistance

Modernizing the Unconventional Warfare Enterprise: The Case for Nonviolent Resistance

by Joey Middleton | May 1, 2025 | SOF Policy

by Mark Thomas Abstract: This paper argues that U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) should modernize its unconventional warfare (UW) training and education to improve its ability to support nonviolent resistance. Resistance scholars such as David Ucko and...
Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare: A Framework for Analysis and Action

Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare: A Framework for Analysis and Action

by Joey Middleton | Mar 25, 2025 | SOF Policy

Executive Summary The 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy made headlines by officially downgrading terrorism as a national security priority in favor of “inter-state strategic competition.” Many interpreted the statement as signifying a return to “conventional...
SOCOM Works to Deter Conflict, Win if Deterrence Fails

SOCOM Works to Deter Conflict, Win if Deterrence Fails

by Joey Middleton | Feb 25, 2025 | SOF Policy

by  David Vergun In terms of warfighting, there needs to be an equilibrium between readiness, modernization and operations, said Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, senior enlisted leader of Special Operations Command, during a panel discussion at the National...
Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces

Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces

by Joey Middleton | Feb 18, 2025 | SOF Policy

Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces U.S. Naval Institute Staff February 19, 2025 9:15 AM The following is the Feb. 18, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Considerations for Congress. From...
Goldwater-Nichols do-over? Mitchell Institute calls to reinstate service chief’s acquisition powers

Goldwater-Nichols do-over? Mitchell Institute calls to reinstate service chief’s acquisition powers

by Joey Middleton | Jan 22, 2025 | SOF Policy

By  Theresa Hitchens WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has been unable to adequately prepare for great power competition with Russia and China due in large part to the inability of service chiefs to prioritize funding and other resources away from today’s needs to...

Is It Time to Finally Put Someone in Charge of Waging America’s Irregular Wars?

by Joey Middleton | Jan 14, 2025 | SOF Policy

Is it Time to Finally Put Someone in Charge of Waging America’s Irregular Wars? by Charles T. Cleveland, by Daniel Egel The United States is now learning that terrorism – which defined America’s national security posture during the first two decades of the...
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