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A New Vision for Special Forces Bury the Beret? The Radical Blueprint for Special Forces Restructuring
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (545+ words) Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part article assessing the past, present, and future of U. S. Army Special Forces. See part one here. The Green Beret's greatest legacy was never the beret. It was the audacity to imagine something…...
The Last A-Team: Special Forces Aren't Special Anymore Are the Green Berets Irrelevant? The Case for Special Forces Transformation
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (877+ words) Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part article assessing the past, present, and future of U. S. Army Special Forces. I have been privileged to serve in the Army and Special Forces for a quarter century. I am practiced and…...
Stop Calling It the "Gray Zone: How China Exploits the Language of Ambiguity
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1163+ words) The problem is not that China operates in a gray zone. The problem is that the free world continues describing warfare in terms China itself does not recognize." China benefits when democracies call these actions gray." Beijing understands that language…...
From Coal to Code to Reactors: How Wyoming's State and Local Decisions Shape Irregular Warfare Why Wyoming is the Quiet Front Line of Strategic Competition
1+ week, 4+ day ago (497+ words) Electricity, Data Centers, and the Gray Zone in Wyoming For irregular warfare practitioners, this illustrates how state and local energy governance can shape military-relevant digital infrastructure long before any crisis makes those choices visible. From Coal Retirements to Nuclear Reconsideration…...
Mercenaries, Private Security, and the Civilian Cost of Outsourced Coercion Why States Love Outsourced Coercion (And Why It Fails Civilians)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (374+ words) Despite this challenge, regulatory debates continue to focus on classification and compliance rather than on how private force shapes escalation dynamics. The result is a permissive system. Legal ambiguity keeps operations contestable, accountability gaps diffuse responsibility, and deniability allows states…...
Cognitive Warfare and the Indo-Pacific
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (26+ words) The article explores cognitive warfare in the Indo-Pacific and how U. S. partners can counter PRC influence through a cognitive warfare framework and shared tools....
Digital Finance as a Geopolitical Arena: China, Web3, and the Competition Over Africa's Digital Payments Landscape
2+ week, 5+ day ago (365+ words) A young Nigerian man uses cryptocurrency for peer-to-peer transactions to avoid the challenges of Naira inflation, while thousands of miles away, a farmer in rural Kenya uses her smartphone to access a mobile credit platform for a microloan. These two…...
Strategic Resources in Competition: Critical Minerals & Rare Earth Elements
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (265+ words) July 21, 2026 Live 21-22 July 2026 0830-1600 Carahsoft HQ, 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA Day one " Tuesday, July 21 System, risk & strategic competition Opening remarks IWI & SOAA Panel one: Supply chain deconstructed Panel two: Economic statecraft & strategic competition Resource constraints, national security implications, and investment…...
IWI Europe Leads Featured in Euromaidan Press: The "Accidental" Hardening of Ukraine IWI Europe Leads Featured in Euromaidan Press: Ukraine Resilience
3+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) IWI Europe Leads Featured in Euromaidan Press: The "Accidental" Hardening of Ukraine'Irregular Warfare Initiative In a recent article for Euromaidan Press, authors Dr. Olga Chiriac (Director, Europe Focus Area) and Nicholas Krohley (Resistance Hub Lead) examine how two decades of…...
Neutrality as Vulnerability: Russia's Hybrid Playbook in Moldova Neutrality as Vulnerability: How Russia Deploys Hybrid Threats in Moldova
3+ week, 3+ day ago (266+ words) Externally, the EU has recommitted to assisting Moldova's resilience against hybrid threats through its European Union Partnership Mission in the Republic of Moldova (EUPM Moldova). EUPM Moldova has been instrumental in the establishment of CCSCD, Moldova's new Cyber Security Agency,…...