This appears to be the first known incident in the Mexican criminal insurgency in which the TTP of utilizing women and children as human shields has taken place.
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We accept contributed content from serious voices across the small wars community, then publish 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.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
Today’s emerging biotechnology is simultaneously the most exciting and concerning evolution of biology in the modern era.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Why a label and its use obfuscates the most critical variable of social and cultural reality necessary for mission success.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
Flexibility exercised with good judgment is a pearl without price if it resides within the mind of the man on the spot.
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
One of the top 8 submissions from the first-ever U.S. Army TRADOC Science Fiction Writing Contest.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
The Syrian civil war has to be understood as a conflict that is surpassing national borders and which can’t be solved by military and diplomatic concentrated on only one small region.
The U.S. Southern Command has a tremendous bearing on the U.S. National and domestic security efforts based on proximity and the nature of threats to the U.S. borders.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Modern warfare is founded on networks and tactical cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) provide critical keyholes to unlocking their cognitive spaces.
"Danger Close" a Film by Alex Quade - SWJ Review by Dave Maxwell
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Conference report on a half-day event entitled Homeland and Security at the Local Level - A Public Policy Conference held at Claremont McKenna College.
There is a sinking feeling that Rio de Janeiro’s tipped into war. Many of the city’s politicians, police officers and civic leaders are saying so publicly.
Intelligence drives operations. This is an age old axiom that is no less true in modern military operations than it was during the Mongol reign of Central Asia.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
The Concert-Balance Strategy needlessly cedes terrain signaling weakness and undermining U.S. status as a global leader.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
This paper attempts to provide insight into a topic most have not yet thoroughly considered - what happens after ISIL is gone?
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Like all soldiers talking of war, there is no end or beginning in the stories, just the vocalization of the memories that can never leave him.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Detailed study of foreign fighters and of their return to home countries has only emerged in the last 10 – 15 years, with even less written about it in relation to the Caribbean region.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Although a number of cartels may be utilizing ultralight aircraft, seizure locations and authority reports most often attribute the use of this technology to the Sinaloa Cartel.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
The challenge of young-adult and refugee vulnerability to the spread of violent extremist ideology, subsequent radicalization, and devolution into violence related behavior.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are both exporters of extremism that fuels kinetic terrorist attacks. These countries are uniquely dangerous.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
Despite force protection measures, captivity remains an integrated part of the threat to deployed NATO forces.
As China continues deepening commercial ties with LatAm, it is possible the increased flow of goods and people could present more opportunities for Chinese triads to expand their operations.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
The human terrain of Syria is shifting. Buried below last week’s headlines was the news of what might amount to the largest proposed population swap in recent history.
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article
A Small Wars Journal and Military Writers Guild Writing Contest Finalist Article