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The Killing Machine: Ten Thousand Years and We Still Haven’t Figured This Out

by Jay Rogers
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06.02.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: ali khamenei, civilian harm, Civilian Protection, congressional oversight, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Military History, Operation Absolute Resolve, Operation Epic Fury, Sun Tzu, Tehran, Use of Force, war casualties

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Managing the Strategic Gradient: Governance, Doctrine, and the Logic of Irregular War

by Andrew Rolander
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06.02.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Governance Gradient, Human Terrain, Strategic Gradient

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Reforming SOF Targeting Authorities to Restore Strategic Coherence and Risk Discipline

by Kendall McElwee
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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: counterterrorism, defense policy, Great Power Competition, national security policy, Special Operations, Special Operations Forces

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Visible vs. Valuable: Why Restructuring U.S. Special Forces Won’t Fix a Failure of Perception

by Maurice "Duc" DuClos
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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: irregular warfare, Irregular Warfare Initiative, IWI, Special Forces, Strategic Competition, Unconventional Warfare, United States Army Special Forces

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Book Review | The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War

by Ciprian Clipa
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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Book review, Mark Galeotti

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Taking Off the Blinders Regarding Special Forces Strategic Utility

by Hy Rothstein
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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: National Security Strategy, political warfare, Special Forces, Strategic Competition, Strategic Utility, Unconventional Warfare

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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 61: Drone Strikes from Haitian ‘Task Force’ PMSC Vectus Global Kill Over Twelve-Hundred People

by John P. Sullivan, by Jean-michel Newberg, by Robert Bunker

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06.02.2026 at 08:27pm

The Killing Machine: Ten Thousand Years and We Still Haven’t Figured This Out

by Jay Rogers

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06.02.2026 at 06:00am

Managing the Strategic Gradient: Governance, Doctrine, and the Logic of Irregular War

by Andrew Rolander

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06.02.2026 at 06:00am

Reforming SOF Targeting Authorities to Restore Strategic Coherence and Risk Discipline

by Kendall McElwee

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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

Visible vs. Valuable: Why Restructuring U.S. Special Forces Won’t Fix a Failure of Perception

by Maurice "Duc" DuClos

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06.01.2026 at 06:00am

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