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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

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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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