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The Third Option: How the CIA’s Paramilitary Arm Shapes the Battlefield

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US House Armed Services Committee Hearing: Special Operations Forces and Command Posture for FY27

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The Last A-Team: Special Forces Aren’t Special Anymore

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Naming is Not Knowing: Why Cognitive Warfare Studies Need a Methodological Reset

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The End of Uncontested ISR: Why US Special Operations must rediscover Special Reconnaissance

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Sovereign Shield, Alliance Sword: Evolving NATO’s Strategic Communications Doctrine for Cognitive Warfare

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Train, Advise, Assist: Mapping a Crowded Conceptual Field

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Designing Strategic Effects: Special Operations in Contemporary Warfare

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Victory’s Shadow: The Strategic Imperative of SOF Sustainment in Irregular Warfare

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09.01.2026 at 06:00am

Pakistan’s Compellence Trap

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08.31.2026 at 06:00am

Fully Autonomous Drones Reportedly Kill in Ukraine

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Schools as Strategic Terrain

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Assessing Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2040 (Part 4): Measuring What Matters – Adaptive Performance and the Next Frontier in SOF Qualification

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08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Reorganization Is Not Transformation: Why Information Must Become the Army’s Seventh Warfighting Function

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08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Assessing Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2040 (Part 3): The Technology Layer – Cyber, Space, and Human-Machine Teaming in 2040

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