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Small Wars Journal analysis of irregular warfare: insurgency, counterinsurgency, proxy warfare, hybrid conflict, terrorism, and the full spectrum of operations below and alongside conventional war, 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

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

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Alliance and Conflict Networks Among Criminal Armed Groups (CAGs) in Chiapas 2024

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The Human Terrain Program Done Right: Legacy of the Soviet Partisan Movement and the Underground Struggle

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China’s Securing, Shaping, and Exploitation of Strategic Spaces: Gray Zone Response and Counter-Shi Strategies: A Small Wars Journal Pocket Book

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The Strategic Use of Plausible Deniability in Proxy Wars Azerbaijan’s Proxy War (1988–1994)

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Clarifying Language for Victory

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How to Counter Russian Occupation: Building Multinational Resistance Networks Before a Crisis

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02.17.2025 at 08:03pm

What Ukraine Can Teach the World About Resilience and Civil Engineering

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02.10.2025 at 06:00am

Summary of the Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy

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Dominating Conflict’s Leading Edge: Five Principles for an Assertive Irregular Warfare Doctrine

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