Irregular Warfare

SWJ’s coverage of insurgency, counterinsurgency, proxy warfare, hybrid conflict, terrorism, and the full spectrum of operations below and alongside conventional war. Analysis from practitioners, scholars, and policy professionals.

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The Limits of Economic Coercion: U.S.-China Irregular Warfare in a Dollar-Centered System

08.13.2026

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Lawrence’s Shadow: How Afghan Resistance Can Topple the Taliban

01.09.2026

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The Red Corridor: The Anatomy of India’s 59-Year-Old Maoist Insurgency

06.23.2026

Strategic Targets: Analyzing Facility Selection in Global Terrorist Attacks

11.10.2025 at 06:00am

The Shadow of October 7th: Peacekeeping (In)Effectiveness in a World of Evolving Conflict

by Jorge Delgado Golusda

10.30.2025 at 06:00am

ISWAP’s Strategic Resurgence in Nigeria Signals Emerging Trends in Insurgents’ Sophistication and Limited Statehood

by Augustine Aboh

10.14.2025 at 06:00am

Five Key Considerations on Terrorism and Political Violence

by Ishaan Reyna

09.29.2025 at 06:00am

Al-Qaeda’s Growing Shadow in Africa: The Expanding Operational Reach of JNIM and Al-Shabaab

by Mahmut Cengiz, by Gorkhan Aksu

09.26.2025 at 06:00am

ISIS group amassed, waving flags and organizing.

ISIS’s Transition and the Interplay of Online and Face-to-Face Recruitment

by Suleyman Ozeren, by Suat Cubukcu, by Gokhan Aksu

09.23.2025 at 06:00am

The Sanctuary-Vulnerability Tradeoff: Analyzing Hezbollah’s Organizational Degradation Under Multi-Domain Pressure (2023-2025)

by Habib Badawi

08.29.2025 at 06:00am

Terror Threat Snapshot June 2025 | House Committee on Homeland Security

by SWJ Staff

08.26.2025 at 11:44pm

2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment | Defense Intelligence Agency

by SWJ Staff

08.05.2025 at 12:50am