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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 for ...

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 gain another ...

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 cellular provider. ...

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 ...

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 nominally ...