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On October 3, 1993, US special operations forces launched a mission in Mogadishu. It was part of...
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Urban Warfare Project Case Study #9: The Battle of Mogadishu
Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux and John Spencer | 10.03.24
Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux, and John Spencer | 10.03.24 The Battle of Mogadishu occurred on...
Read MoreIran’s October Surprise: Three Takeaways for Future Air Defense Strategy
Peter Mitchell | 10.02.24
At 7:30 pm local time on October 1, the Islamic Republic of Iran finally launched the retaliation...
Read MoreWar Books: The Operational Level of War
Kevin Benson | 09.27.24
Editor’s note: Welcome to another installment of our War Books series! The premise is simple and...
Read MoreWhat the Hezbollah Pager Attack Reminds Us About the Logic and Risks of Terrorist Innovation
Austin Doctor and Sam Hunter | 09.24.24
Hezbollah may need to resort to homing pigeons. Last week, more 2,500 people in Lebanon and Syria...
Read MoreDrone, Counterdrone, Counter-Counterdrone: Winning the Unmanned Platform Innovation Cycle
Zachary Kallenborn and Marcel Plichta | 09.23.24
Shooting down drones is now an international pastime. In Ukraine, Russia, Sudan, Myanmar, and the...
Read MoreIntegrated Deterrence, Integrated Friends: Countering China’s Aggression in the Indo-Pacific with Multilateralism
Christopher Lee | 09.18.24
Integrated deterrence—this is the concept at the core of US strategy in the Indo-Pacific. By...
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