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Sociocultural Analysis
Special Operations Forces Civil Affairs in Great Power Competition
Authored by:
Travis Clemens
Informal Governance as a Force Multiplier in Counterterrorism: Evidence for Burkina Faso
Authored by:
Margaret Ariotti, Kevin Fridy
Political Strategy in Unconventional Warfare: Opportunities Lost in Eastern Syria and Preparing for the Future
Authored by:
Carole O’Leary, Nicholas Heras
Advancing SOF Cultural Engagement: The Malinowski Model for a Qualitative Approach
Authored by:
Robert Greene Sands, Darby Arakelian
Structural Violence and Relative Deprivation: Precursors to Collective Political Violence in Sierra Leone
Authored by:
Earl Conteh-Morgan
Property Rights and Social Justice as an Indicator of Stability: The SOF Nexus
Authored by:
Bill Mandrick
Reconceptualizing Radicalized Groups and Their Messages
Authored by:
Paul Lieber, Yael Lieber
IS and Cultural Genocide: Antiquities Trafficking in the Terrorist State
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Marc Elliott, Jonathan Prohov
Cultural Intelligence for Special Forces Personnel
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Greta Hanson, Carly Laywell
Assessing Special Operations Forces Language, Region, and Culture Needs: Leveraging Digital and LRC Learning to Reroute the "Roadmap" from Human Terrain to Human Domain
Authored by:
Robert Greene Sands, Darby Arakelian
Strategic Culture
Authored by:
Russ Howard
Iran: Illusion, Reality, and Interests
Authored by:
Roby Barrett
Strategic Culture and Strategic Studies: An Alternative Framework for Assessing al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad Movement
Authored by:
Richard Shultz
Cultural and Linguistic Skills Acquisition for Special Forces: Necessity, Acceleration, and Potential Alternatives
Authored by:
Russ Howard
Cross-Cultural Competence and Small Groups: Why SOF are the way SOF are
Authored by:
Jessica Glicken Turnley
The Bali Paradox: An Examination of Jemaah Islamiyah 1992 - 2002
Authored by:
Gregory Smith
Resilience and Resistance: Interdisciplinary Lessons in Competition, Deterrence, and Irregular Warfare
Authored by:
Robert S. Burrell, John Collison, A. Jackson, David Oakley, Brian Petit, Chris Mason, John H. Mongan, David DiOrio, Thomas A. Marks, Aaron Baty, Gabriele Pierini, Christopher Marsh, David Maxwell, Namrata Goswami
Edited by:
Robert S. Burrell
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