Recent Publications
Nigeria’s Hidden War: The Jihadist Campaign Behind the “Farmer-Herder” Label—Implications for U.S. Special Operations Command and the Education-Security Nexus in Plateau and Benue States
Echoes in the Void: Finding Universal Patterns in the Utility of SOF Across Epochs
Small and Unthreatening: The Case for Increased Cyber Operations
Featured Publications
Nigeria’s Hidden War: The Jihadist Campaign Behind the “Farmer-Herder” Label—Implications for U.S. Special Operations Command and the Education-Security Nexus in Plateau and Benue States
Small and Unthreatening: The Case for Increased Cyber Operations
Fighting Without Fighting: Wu Wei and Strategic Conduct in Special Operations
2026 Special Operations Research Topics: Academic Year 2027 Addendum
Echoes of Little Bighorn: Insights for SOF Success
From Guns for Hire to Military Doctrine: Russia’s Institutionalization of Influence in Africa—Implications and Recommendations for U.S. Special Operations Forces
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