ISIL

Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model

SWJED — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:00:12 +0000

Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model

ISIL’s notion of a Caliphate is aligned with the concept of a community rather than of a state and strategic focus is on psychological rather than territorial control.

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Will There Be A “Great Raid” Into Syria?

SWJED — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:37:46 +0000

Will There Be A “Great Raid” Into Syria? SWJED Sat, 02/25/2017 - 3:37pm

There are some good reasons to increase the U.S. military force level in Syria; but if we do, it should be a short and decisive intervention with a clear goal.

ISIL & Drones: Understand the Network to Defeat the Network

SWJED — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:40:44 +0000

ISIL & Drones: Understand the Network to Defeat the Network SWJED Wed, 02/15/2017 - 7:40pm

A partial solution is not expensive, created from exotic materials, or overly glamorous, but rather, an approach that requires only the slightest redirection of priorities.

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ISIS: An Adaptive Hybrid Threat in Transition

SWJED — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:56:01 +0000

ISIS: An Adaptive Hybrid Threat in Transition SWJED Sat, 10/29/2016 - 9:56am

Even as coalition forces mass on the suburbs of Mosul and prepare their assault on the last major ISIS stronghold in Iraq, strategic planners are far from declaring victory.