Breaking NATO’s Cult of the Urban Offense
In doctrine, dogma dies hard. Nowhere is this more evident than in NATO’s enduring obsession with...
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...
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Wilf Owen, Euclid’s Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today (Howgate Publishing, 2025) It’s...
Read MoreBrandon Schwartz | 02.05.25 | Urban Warfare Project
On February 24, 2022, Russian forces air assaulted into the Antonov Airport near Kyiv while a...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 01.01.25 | Commentary & Analysis
In the middle of the night on a street in one of northern Gaza’s endless urban mazes, an IDF...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 12.02.24 | Urban Warfare Project
Before the war against Hamas in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces were one of the most prepared...
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