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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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Of Blue and White’s Intelligence Warfare and MENA’s Crisis Profile

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No Sea for the Fish: Religion, Violence, and the Failure of the Tibetan Resistance

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