Urban Warfare Project

Mumbai Under Siege: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux and John Spencer | 11.26.25

Sixty hours. That’s how long ten members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist...

Inside the Battle of Shusha: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux and John Spencer | 09.26.25

In the summer of 2020, when Azerbaijan and Armenia went to war over the disputed territory of...

Operation Cast Lead: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

Liam Collins and John Spencer | 09.11.25

In 2008, Israel’s government had a problem. Since the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the...

Breaking NATO’s Cult of the Urban Offense

John Spencer, Stuart Lyle and Jayson Geroux | 08.16.25

In doctrine, dogma dies hard. Nowhere is this more evident than in NATO’s enduring obsession with...

Nagorno-Karabakh and the Battle of Hadrut: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

Liam Collins and John Spencer | 04.25.25

When the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War began with an Azerbaijani offensive in late September, 2020,...

The Battle of Kyiv, Three Years On: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

Liam Collins and John Spencer | 02.21.25

Almost exactly three years ago, on February 24, 2022, Russian forces launched the invasion of...

Unprepared in the City: Operational Planning for Urban Environments

Brandon Schwartz | 02.05.25

On February 24, 2022, Russian forces air assaulted into the Antonov Airport near Kyiv while a...

Sadr City, 2008: An Urban Warfare Project Case Study

John Spencer, Liam Collins and Jayson Geroux | 01.14.25

In 2008, a surge in violence from an Iraqi militia called the Jaysh al-Mahdi—better known to...

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