Urban Warfare Project Podcast: Mossad’s Raid in Tehran, 2018
In January 2018, Mossad operatives infiltrated a secret warehouse in Tehran, Iran’s capital of...
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In January 2018, Mossad operatives infiltrated a secret warehouse in Tehran, Iran’s capital of...
Read MoreLiam Collins and John Spencer | 09.11.25 | Urban Warfare Project
In 2008, Israel’s government had a problem. Since the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the...
Read MoreLiam Collins and John Spencer | 09.11.25 Authors’ note: Some details included in this case study...
Read MoreJohn Spencer, Stuart Lyle and Jayson Geroux | 08.16.25 | Urban Warfare Project
In doctrine, dogma dies hard. Nowhere is this more evident than in NATO’s enduring obsession with...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 07.18.25 | Urban Warfare Project Podcast
In 2005, then Colonel H. R. McMaster commanded the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Battle...
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