Is Warfare in Cities as Inevitable as We Think?
Future combat will take place in dense urban areas and likely in megacities, or so we are told....
Read MoreDavid Johnson | 05.07.19 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
Future combat will take place in dense urban areas and likely in megacities, or so we are told....
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 02.19.19 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
The age of urban warfare is already here. It cannot be avoided any longer. And the urban...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 01.31.19 | Commentary & Analysis
From March 23 to May 12, 2008, US Army and Iraqi security forces engaged in an intense urban...
Read MoreMWI Staff | 10.26.18 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
The Wall Street Journal’s “The Future of Everything” podcast aims to examine how...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 09.18.18 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
Ask any group of infantry soldiers what they train to prepare for urban operations and the answer...
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