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When War Goes Underground | Posted : Fri, 04/10/2020 - 8:48am
The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard | Posted : Wed, 03/04/2020 - 9:26pm
The City Is Neutral: On Urban Warfare in the 21st Century | Posted : Wed, 03/04/2020 - 7:15pm
Syria War: The Lessons of Idlib | Posted : Tue, 03/03/2020 - 9:44pm
Syria War: Brutal Endgame in Idlib Risks Spilling Over | Posted : Fri, 02/28/2020 - 8:03am
Syria’s Carnage Nears a Horrific Climax | Posted : Wed, 02/26/2020 - 8:04pm
Syria’s Carnage Nears a Horrific Climax | Posted : Wed, 02/26/2020 - 8:24am
Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the US Army | Posted : Wed, 02/26/2020 - 6:11am
Aleppo Shows Syria is Broken in Too Many Places | Posted : Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:20pm
Airpower and the Future Urban Battlefield | Posted : Tue, 02/18/2020 - 7:25am
The Urban Imperative: War, Terrorism, and Insecurity in Megacities | Posted : Wed, 02/12/2020 - 8:20pm
Russia Enables New Syrian Regime Offensive in Idlib | Posted : Sat, 02/08/2020 - 8:21am
Amid Humanitarian Crisis, Syrian Regime Intensifies Idlib Offensive | Posted : Thu, 02/06/2020 - 11:36pm
The Idlib Crisis is a Reminder that the Syrian War is Not Over | Posted : Thu, 02/06/2020 - 9:14am
MWI Video: FIghting Terrorism in the City | Posted : Wed, 11/20/2019 - 11:11pm
The Role of Police and Military Special Forces in Counter-terrorism Efforts in Cities | Posted : Sat, 11/02/2019 - 11:27am
What the Mosul Study Group Missed | Posted : Wed, 10/23/2019 - 10:54am
Urban Warfare in Syria: America's Blood Sacrifice | Posted : Fri, 10/11/2019 - 11:21pm
Facing Our Underground Nightmares: Casting Light on the Subterranean Fight | Posted : Mon, 08/26/2019 - 2:26pm
ISIS's Second Comeback: Assessing the Next ISIS Insurgency | Posted : Fri, 08/09/2019 - 11:41pm
‘El Chapo’ is Contained. The Drug War is Not. | Posted : Thu, 07/18/2019 - 5:55pm
Treasury Department Bureaucrats Risk Jumpstarting Islamic State Resurgence | Posted : Thu, 07/18/2019 - 5:04pm
Fixing Light Reconnaissance Formations | Posted : Tue, 07/16/2019 - 3:11am
No Manhattan Projects For Urban Operations: How Our Recent Medal of Honor Shows a Weakness In Military Power | Posted : Tue, 07/16/2019 - 1:46am
The Inescapable Truths of Urban Warfare: Five Lessons from Basra 2007 | Posted : Thu, 06/06/2019 - 8:16pm
Every City is Different. That’s Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Urban Operations Won’t Work. | Posted : Thu, 05/30/2019 - 1:04pm
Urban Legend: Is Combat in Cities Really Inevitable? | Posted : Tue, 05/07/2019 - 11:14am
Why US Troops ‘Flattened’ Raqqa and Mosul, and Why it May Herald an Era of ‘Feral City’ Warfare | Posted : Tue, 04/30/2019 - 8:38am
Battle of Marawi Pushed Philippines Troops to Novel Equipment Usage | Posted : Tue, 04/16/2019 - 4:26pm
The West and Its Allies Legitimized a Renegade Libyan General. Then, Remained Silent as He Marched on the Capital. | Posted : Wed, 04/10/2019 - 11:19am
Urban Warfighting and Classic Siege | Posted : Mon, 04/08/2019 - 7:19pm
Bulldozing Mosques: Latest Tactic in China’s War Against Uighur Culture | Posted : Sun, 04/07/2019 - 3:28pm
The Proliferation of Tunnel Warfare | Posted : Fri, 04/05/2019 - 10:05pm
National Training Center’s Largest Urban Objective: Attacking Razish – Part I | Posted : Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:57pm
4 New Weapons for Urban Combat: Part 2 of 2 | Posted : Fri, 04/05/2019 - 7:16am
The Future of Urban Warfare in the Age of Megacities | Posted : Mon, 04/01/2019 - 2:11pm
No, Islamic State Isn’t Defeated | Posted : Mon, 04/01/2019 - 10:54am
The Destructive Age of Urban Warfare; or, How to Kill a City and How to Protect It | Posted : Thu, 03/28/2019 - 6:47am
Islamic State’s Caliphate Is Gone, But Not Its Violent Extremism | Posted : Sun, 03/24/2019 - 3:28pm
Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Sustainable Cities | Posted : Sat, 03/23/2019 - 9:41am
Preparing to Fight and Win Underground | Posted : Tue, 03/19/2019 - 9:48am
Empowered Decentralization: A City-Based Strategy For Rebuilding Libya | Posted : Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:50pm
The Aftershocks of Aleppo's Fall Continue to Shake the Region | Posted : Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:44pm
Vietnam to Iraq – America’s Lessons Never Learned | Posted : Sun, 03/10/2019 - 8:35am
The US Army Is Trying to Bury the Lessons of the Iraq War | Posted : Sat, 03/09/2019 - 2:23pm
ISIS is Broken in Baghouz, But Not Yet Destroyed | Posted : Mon, 03/04/2019 - 1:35pm
An Assessment of the Role of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Future Warfare | Posted : Fri, 03/01/2019 - 1:50am
The Tech it Takes to Fight Subterranean | Posted : Tue, 02/26/2019 - 11:46pm
10 Things Soldiers and Marines Need When Heading Underground | Posted : Tue, 02/26/2019 - 11:33pm
Hezbollah's Tunnels Offer Sneak Peek at Looming Major Conflict with Israel | Posted : Mon, 02/25/2019 - 9:55am
The Siege of Marawi: Experimenting with the Art of Mission Command | Posted : Sat, 02/23/2019 - 9:19am
My Underground Warfare Wish List | Posted : Tue, 02/19/2019 - 10:11am
Top French Officer Raps West's Tactics Against ISIS in Syria, Faces Punishment | Posted : Mon, 02/18/2019 - 2:46pm
French Colonel Slams US Tactics Against Daesh in Syria | Posted : Mon, 02/18/2019 - 2:45pm
Heavy Infantry in the Order of Battle | Posted : Wed, 02/06/2019 - 1:10pm
We Need a Joint Squad Leaders’ School | Posted : Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:54pm
Three Futurist Urban Scenarios | Posted : Fri, 02/01/2019 - 3:52am
Stealing the Enemy’s Urban Advantage: The Battle of Sadr City | Posted : Thu, 01/31/2019 - 4:42pm
Urban Warfare: The Underdog's First Battlefield Choice (2003) | Posted : Thu, 01/24/2019 - 9:46pm
Urban Operations: Future War | Posted : Wed, 01/09/2019 - 9:24am
Urban Warfare: A Soldier's View | Posted : Wed, 01/09/2019 - 9:22am
The Urban Individual: Unassailable Source of Power in Twenty-First Century Armed Conflicts | Posted : Wed, 01/09/2019 - 9:09am
Five Thoughts on Jerusalem, Gaza, and What's in Between | Posted : Wed, 01/09/2019 - 8:55am
How this Urban Warfighting Experiment Could Transform How Marines Fight in Cities | Posted : Tue, 01/08/2019 - 3:56am
The Challenge of Africa’s Cities | Posted : Mon, 01/07/2019 - 9:56am
Future Megacity Operations: Lessons from Sadr City | Posted : Sun, 01/06/2019 - 11:07am
Military Operations in Megacities: A Linguistic Perspective | Posted : Sun, 01/06/2019 - 11:00am
America’s Mumbai | Posted : Sun, 01/06/2019 - 10:57am
MWI’s Jake Miraldi and John Spencer Describe the Future Urban Battlefield | Posted : Sun, 01/06/2019 - 10:56am
Getting the Most out of Your Wargame: Practical Advice for Decision-Makers | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:10pm
Six Rules for Wargaming: The Lessons of Millennium Challenge ‘02 | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:09pm
Millennium Challenge: The Real Story of a Corrupted Military Exercise and its Legacy | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:08pm
From Hue to Mosul: Urban Warfare, Then and Now | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:02pm
So You Think the Army Can Avoid Fighting in Megacities | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 6:54pm
Goldfein: Air Force Must Prepare for Battle in Urban Environments | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 6:37pm
Want to Understand the Future of War? Talk to Chuck Krulak | Posted : Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:11am
The Insurgent's Response to the Defense of Cities | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 11:10am
Surrounded, Yet Unaware: Achieving Isolation in Future Urban Terrain | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 11:06am
On the Likelihood of Large Urban Conflict in the 21st Century | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 10:52am
Intelligence Challenges in Urban Operations | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 10:43am
A New Kind of Battlefield Awaits the US Military - Megacities | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 10:07am
A Soldier’s Urban Warfare Christmas Wish List | Posted : Thu, 01/03/2019 - 9:56am
MOUT: The Quiet Imperative | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 7:10pm
MWI Podcast: War Goes to the City, with David Kilcullen | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 6:27pm
Regionally Aligned Forces and Megacities | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:50pm
In Order to Win, Learn How to Fight: The US Army in Urban Operations | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:48pm
Building a Better Trojan Horse: Emerging Army Roles in Joint Urban Operations | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:40pm
The United States Army and Large Cities Prior to the Global War on Terror | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:31pm
It’s Time to Create a Megacities Combat Unit | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:14pm
Preparing for Future Joint Urban Operations: The Role of Simulations and the Urban Resolve Experiment | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 3:57pm
Military Contingencies in Megacities and Sub-Megacities | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 3:45pm
Armor in Urban Terrain: The Critical Enabler | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:45pm
Objective Metropolis: The Future of Dense Urban Operational Environments | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:43pm
Intelligence Support to Dense Urban Areas (12 Articles) | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:39pm
Military Operations in Megacities: A Linguistic Perspective | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:32pm
MWI Podcast: The Future Urban Battlefield With Dr. Russell Glenn | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:19pm
Why America Is Destroying Iraqi Cities to Save Them | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:05pm
A Better Approach to Urban Operations: Treat Cities like Human Bodies | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:50am
How Drone Swarms Could Change Urban Warfare | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:37am
African Union: ICRC Calls on All Parties to Conflict to Respect IHL in Urban Warfare | Posted : Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:11am

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