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Dynamite to Drones: The Diffusion of Lethal Technology to Terrorists and Insurgents
From dynamite in the early twentieth century to drones, bioweapons, and private-sector satellite constellations today, lethal technologies are increasingly available to nonstate actors and...
COIN and Culture: How Important is Cultural Intelligence in Counterinsurgency?
It has become axiomatic that cultural intelligence is key to success in counterinsurgency operations. But is it? This episode examines this assumption, exploring whether...
The Motivations and Methods Behind Russian Hybrid Warfare
How do significant historical events and Russian cultural memory—especially those surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union—shape the Russian worldview? How do they motiviate...
Russia, China, and Iran: The Face of Competition in the Middle East
Russia, China, and Iran have all been learning how to conduct irregular warfare from the United States, modeling their approaches to IW on observations...
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The Kill Chain: Why America Faces the Prospect of Defeat
A fundamental change in warfare is occurring, one that risks rendering the American way of war obsolete. As China uses technology to enhance the...
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Enduring Lessons of Security Force Assistance
What is the role of security force assistance in achieving national security objectives? Where did security force assistance work well in the post-9/11 era,...