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Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
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Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Factsheet
Authored by:
Mark Grzegorzewski
Structural Violence and Relative Deprivation: Precursors to Collective Political Violence in Sierra Leone
Authored by:
Earl Conteh-Morgan
Reconceptualizing Radicalized Groups and Their Messages
Authored by:
Paul Lieber, Yael Lieber
Countering the Islamist Insurgency
Authored by:
Jonathan Carroll
IS and Cultural Genocide: Antiquities Trafficking in the Terrorist State
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Marc Elliott, Jonathan Prohov
The Geopolitics of Mediterranean Security: Assessing Regional Threats in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the Post–Arab Spring
Authored by:
Joseph Cerami
The War Within: A Look Inside al-Qaeda’s Undoing
Authored by:
Jarret Brachman
Countering Violent Extremism in Mali
Authored by:
Mark Moyar
Islam: Ideology and Conflict
Authored by:
Roby Barrett
Village Stability Operations and the Afghan Local Police
Authored by:
Mark Moyar
Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Lessons Learned from the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007-2013
Authored by:
Bronwyn Bruton and Paul Williams
U.S. Military Deployments to Africa: Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army
Authored by:
James Forest
Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces
Authored by:
Graham Turbiville, Josh Meservey, James Forest
Strategic Culture
Authored by:
Russ Howard
Piracy: The Best Business Model Available
Authored by:
John Alexander
Confronting the Terrorism of Boko Haram in Nigeria
Authored by:
James Forest
Africa: Irregular Warfare on the Dark Continent
Authored by:
John Alexander
Beyond Draining the Swamp: Urban Development and Counterterrorism in Morocco
Authored by:
Stephen Dalzell
The Nexus of Extremism and Trafficking: Scourge of the World or So Much Hype?
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Colleen Traughber
Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, and the Indirect Approach
Authored by:
Thomas Henriksen
Scoring the Long War
Authored by:
Andrew Boyden, Phillip Menard, Robert Ramirez
Unveiling Pervasive Patterns of Violence in West Africa
Authored by:
Christiane Thompson
China and Russia in West Africa: A Tale of Two Powers and Their Quest for Dominance
Authored by:
Christiane Thompson
Gender, Law, and Security: The Unseen Foundation of Global Stability
Authored by:
Brenda Oppermann, JD, MA, and Julie B. Leftwich, JD, MA
SOF Effectiveness in Strategic Competition: Insights for West Africa and Beyond
Authored by:
Maureen Farrell
The Gulf of Guinea: A Primer
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Christiane Thompson
From Pirates to Power Plays: Geopolitical Strategies and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea and Beyond
Authored by:
Christiane Thompson
Fertile Ground for Extremism: JNIM's Territorial Expansion from Mali into Burkina Faso Through a PMESII-PT Lens
Authored by:
Christiane Thompson
Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa
Authored by:
Christiane Thompson
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