Small Wars Journal is our professional e-journal.  It is distributed free of charge, subject to our terms of use. Journal Articles are typically longer works with more more analysis than th enews and commentary we publish in the SWJ Blog. We accept contributed content from serious voices across the small wars community, and present it here as quickly as we can per our Editorial Policy to help fuel timely, thoughtful, and unvarnished discussion of the diverse and complex issues inherent in small wars.

Beyond Irregular Warfare A Strategic Concept for Countering Irregular Adversaries and Engagement in Complex Security Environments...

T.E. Lawrence A Leadership Vignette for the Successful Counter-Insurgent by Captain Crispin Burke, Small...

Interagency Reform by Major Christopher Smith, Small Wars Journal ...

Postcard from Mumbai Modern Urban Siege by John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus, Small Wars Journal...

The Impact of FCS Technologies on Small Unit Performance by Colonel Victor M. Rosello, Small Wars Journal ...

Love and Hate   by Captain Michael Few, Small Wars Journal ...

(This is an edited version of my statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan, chaired by Senator John F. Kerry, on 5th February 2009)....

Iraqi Intelligence at the Brigade/Division Level Systemic Deficiencies and Training Solutions by Nick Padlo,...

A Volatile Brew by Colonel Robert Killebrew, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Ten Questions with Thomas P.M. Barnett by Mark Safranski Ten...

Irregular Warfare and the Vandalia Expedition in Fiji, 1859 by Dr. Timothy L. Francis, Small Wars Journal ...

Counterinsurgency in Vietnam Lessons Learned, Ignored, then Revived by Rufus Phillips, Small Wars Journal...

Time to Rethink Our Global Command Structure? by Ambassador David Passage, Small Wars Journal ...

Triathletes, Not Pentathletes Yet A Response to "Sorry, Pentathlete Wasn't on the Syllabus." by Captain...

Sorry, Pentathlete Wasn't on the Syllabus by Captain Crispin Burke, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Soft Power: More than Hearts and Minds by Lieutenant General Norman R. Seip, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Aligning a Counterinsurgency Strategy for Afghanistan by Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Millen, Small Wars Journal ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Barack Obama, and the U.S. Military by Captain Timothy Hisa, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

A Proposal for a Unifying Strategic Doctrine for National Security by Colonel David Maxwell, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Transition in Iraq Withdrawing the BCTs by Colonel Robert Killebrew, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed...

IBOLC: Platoon Leader Decision Making for the 21st Century by Major Michael Fortenberry, Small Wars Journal ...

The Soft Side of Airpower by Major John W. Bellflower, Small Wars Journal ...

Close Air Support and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan by Lara M. Dadkhah, Small Wars Journal ...

Random Thoughts on Irregular Warfare and Security Assistance by Colonel David Maxwell, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Theory to Strategy How to Defeat al Qaeda in Iraq and around the Globe by Dr. Paul R. Chabot, Small Wars...

The Army We Need by Dr. John Nagl, Small Wars Journal The Army...

The COIN Graduate Seminar by John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus, Small Wars Journal ...

On the Future and Options by Jason Fritz, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed ...

Questioning a Deity A Contemplation of Maneuver Motivated by the 2008 Israeli Armor Corps Association "Land Maneuver in the 21st Century"...

The UN recently decided to do something about Somali piracy this month. They have not said exactly what that something is. Shipping companies are losing hundreds of millions....