1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (186+ words) "Our concern should not be SF guys questioning who they are. Our concern should be whether anyone at Bragg and Mac Dill is listening." Editor's note: This is a Focus Area article intended to facilitate rapid dialogue among practitioners. The…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (685+ words) The essence of irregular, unconventional, and political warfare is not violence. It is strategy." Editor's note: This is a Focus Area article that has not undergone standard editorial review in order to facilitate rapid dialogue among practitioners. The analysis, research,…...

6+ day ago  (423+ words) Cognitive warfare is everywhere, but it may already be doomed. It is important to situate cognitive warfare within the context of similar activities that already exist in the Department of War. But debates over novelty are largely a distraction. The…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (223+ words) The maritime domain is entering an era of gathering storms and shifting tides. Join leading practitioners, scholars, and policymakers at the 2026 CIWAG Maritime Symposium, taking place 2224 June 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island, for discussions on some of the most pressing challenges…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (325+ words) The Small Wars Dilemma for Air Power As war becomes less a rational instrument of state policy and as the Clausewitzian reality of passion dominates the calculus of warfare, the less decisive military operations become and the more the strengths…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (309+ words) Systems confrontation'is the core operating concept for how the PLA thinks about war. Their doctrine starts by mapping the opponent as an'interconnected architecture, then'identifying bottlenecks where a single disruption affects multiple functions. This could be as simple as blinding one…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (340+ words) Editor's Note: As the Air and Space Power Team enters its next chapter, Dr. Kerry Ch'vez and Dr. Rick Newton will be stepping aside from their leadership roles and passing responsibilities to Dr. Michael Kreuzer. While this marks a leadership…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (690+ words) The country must turn to, and not away from, the American way of irregular war." "Lieutenant General Charles T. Cleveland, The American Way of Irregular War (2020) Editor's Note: This article is a response to The Last A-Team: Special Forces Aren't Special…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day 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…...