By Tore Refslund Hamming
The article discusses the history of the group in Mozambique, how it became an ISIS affiliate, and the local government's attempts to counter the group.
Blog Posts
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 01/29/2021 - 5:31pm | 1 comment
The book discusses CIA and some military activity in Northern Iraq before and during Operation Iraq Freedom in 2003.
Full Review: https://sof.news/books/cia-war-in-kurdistan/
Leadership & Strategy: A conversation between Secretary James Mattis & The Honorable Michael Vickers
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/26/2021 - 6:35am | 0 commentsAn "Oh So Social" conversation between Sec. Jim Mattis and Dr.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/25/2021 - 8:23pm | 4 comments
https://sof.news/update/20210125/
Topics Include:
Chris Miller's Last Days in the Pentagon
SEAL sentenced to prison
Training Updates
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/25/2021 - 8:15pm | 0 comments
Full Report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/720/711882.pdf
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/25/2021 - 8:06pm | 0 comments
The U.S. Army’s Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) shape the terms and tempo of competition by leveraging irregular warfare capabilities to enable other instruments of statecraft to prevail without resorting to war. ARSOF's influence creates strategic advantage through behavior modification (compellence and inducement) and behavior reinforcement (deterrence and assurance) in target audiences. These complement traditional forms of deterrence and coercive diplomacy against adversaries that deliberately avoid America’s conventional strengths.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/23/2021 - 2:18pm | 0 comments
An old (Nov '20) but excellent podcast with Dr. Mara Karlin, the new Principle Assitant Security of Defense for International Security Affairs.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/23/2021 - 2:12pm | 0 comments
By building on aid effectiveness principles, the U.S. can forge a global architecture for security sector assistance.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 01/23/2021 - 2:04pm | 2 comments
A discussion of threats to U.S. Army (and U.S. military as a whole) night operations, from everyone from near-peer adversaries to irregular actors.
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/20/2021 - 7:27pm | 0 comments
A rollup of recent discussions about Irregular Warfare in the context of the Irregular Warfare annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/19/2021 - 8:47pm | 0 comments
This report examines two sanctioning efforts the U.S. government has employed against terrorist actors: the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list and the designation of individuals as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under the authority granted by Executive Order 13224. Although the specific purposes of each of these programs differ from one another, ultimately both represent a non-kinetic approach to counterterrorism that relies on the application of diplomatic and/or financial statecraft.