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Beyond Relative Superiority: Updating McRaven’s Principles of Special Operations for the Age of Drones, AI, and Persistent Surveillance

By Sandor Fabian
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10.09.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Irregular Warfare; IW, McRaven, NATO, Special Operations Forces, Strategic Adaptation

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The Curriculum Wars: How the Naval War College Became the Bradley Fighting Vehicle

By Col. Patrick McCarthy
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10.08.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Education, Graduate Fellowship, Joint Professional Military Education, Military Education, military leadership, Organizational Change, Professional Military Education (PME), U.S. Military Strategy, U.S. Naval War College

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The Nascent Lunar Economy and Premature Securitization

By Gabriel Flouret and Gokul Ramapriyan
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10.08.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Satellites, Space, Space Domain, space governance, Space Security

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Maneuvering in the Narrative Space: Cognitive Isolation as an Operational Imperative

By Vincent Michel
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10.07.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: Cognitive Warfare, information operations, information warfare

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Andor and Teaching Counterinsurgency

By Patrick O'Keefe
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10.07.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: counterinsurgency, insurgency, intelligence, irregular warfare, Military Education, Professional Military Education

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Why Simply Reviving Plan Colombia Won’t Work

By Albert J. Marckwardt
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10.06.2026 at 06:00am

Tags: drug interdiction, drug trafficking networks, guerilla warfare, multilateral partnerships, Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

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