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The First Great Compound War: Why America Is Fighting Iran With an Obsolete Theory of Victory

by Dr. Isaiah Wilson III
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08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Coercive Diplomacy, Compound War, Iran War, Strait of Hormuz, Strategic Competition, theory of victory, U.S. Military Strategy

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Assessing Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2040 (Part 4): Measuring What Matters – Adaptive Performance and the Next Frontier in SOF Qualification

by Dr. David Dorsey, by David S. Maxwell, by Michael Ingerick, by Mick Crnkovich
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08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Adaptability, Adaptive Performance, Assessment–Selection–and Qualification, Cognitive Warfare, Human Domain Advantage, Human-Machine Teaming, Hyper Enabled Operator, Indigenous Partnering, irregular warfare, Political Judgment, political warfare, SOF 2040, Special Operations Forces, Special Warfare, Technology Enablement, Unconventional Warfare

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Reorganization Is Not Transformation: Why Information Must Become the Army’s Seventh Warfighting Function

by David R. Cowan
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08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Army Doctrine, Army Transformation, information operations, information warfare, Multidomain operations, Psychological Operations, Warfighting Functions

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Climate Migration Into Yemen: A Regional Security Threat

by J. Clayton Gant
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07.31.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: climate change, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, Houthis, Migration, Red Sea, yemen

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The Importance of Revisiting Deterrence in the Space Domain

by Zoha Naser
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07.31.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Deterrence Theory, Military Space Operations, NATO, Space Deterrence, Space Security, Strategic Studies

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Staff Processes in Large-Scale Combat Operations Part IV: Targeting as Part of Combined Arms

by James Villanueva, by John R. Harrell, by Joe Hammond, by Tylor Bott
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07.31.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, CGSC, defense technology, Emerging Technologies, MCTP, military innovation, Planning Process, Security Studies, Strategic Studies

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The First Great Compound War: Why America Is Fighting Iran With an Obsolete Theory of Victory

by Dr. Isaiah Wilson III

|

08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Assessing Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2040 (Part 4): Measuring What Matters – Adaptive Performance and the Next Frontier in SOF Qualification

by Dr. David Dorsey, by David S. Maxwell, by Michael Ingerick, by Mick Crnkovich

|

08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Reorganization Is Not Transformation: Why Information Must Become the Army’s Seventh Warfighting Function

by David R. Cowan

|

08.03.2026 at 06:00am

Climate Migration Into Yemen: A Regional Security Threat

by J. Clayton Gant

|

07.31.2026 at 06:00am

The Importance of Revisiting Deterrence in the Space Domain

by Zoha Naser

|

07.31.2026 at 06:00am

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