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📖Read "Sudan’s War Beyond the Battlefield: Governance Collapse and the Struggle for Civil Authority"
👤By: Fawzi Ahmed
#StateFragility #Sudan #SudanWar #SecurityStudies #SmallWarsJournal
📖Read "Writing A New Chapter in the Army’s “Jungle Book”: How the U.S. Can Gain Three Birds via Panama’s Hand and Leave China in the Bush"
👤By CPT Andrew A. Whitlock III
#SWJEssay #SmallWarsJournal #irregularwarfare #junglewarfare #unconventionalwarfare
📖Read "Rebuilding Governance After Conflict: Lessons from Sudan for Fragile States" by Fawzi Ahmed!
#IrregularWarfare #IW #Power #Influence #Legitimacy #Africa #SudaneseArmedForces #RapidSupportForces #Sudan #SmallWarsJournal #SWJEssay
📖Read and discuss “Magazine depth: Rapid depletion of missile stockpiles in Iran raises concerns about US readiness” by @george_headley7, our inaugural #SmallWarsJournal- @cronkite_asu fellow!
@asu @cronkite_asu @cronkitenews @future_of_war @davidmaxwell161 @toddgillman
💻🪱Cyber to Soil: How America’s Food System Became a Battlespace in #SmallWarsJournal states:
"The U.S. food system is a marvel of modern logistics, productivity, and innovation. However, its very efficiency, anchored in just-in-time delivery, concentrated infrastructure, and foreign input reliance, has also made it profoundly fragile. Once seen as just an economic domain, agriculture now sits at the intersection of multiple threat vectors: cyber, bio, economic, and geopolitical."
📖Read the analysis by Dr. Alicia Ellis, Sarah Shoer, and Brandon Schingh to learn more about the threats to our food supply chains: https://t.co/wJ96WC7XpC
🌱Also read Harvest of Power: Food as the New Frontier in Hybrid Warfare by Dr. Alicia Ellis: https://t.co/Dgm4Zu4v4z #agroterrorism #biosecurity #humansecurity @Future_of_War
#AgricultureSecurity IS #NationalSecurity!
Dr. Alicia Ellis, Director of the Master of Global Security Program at @ASU and a U.S. Military Veteran, has been doing incredible work in this space.
📖Read her #SmallWarsJournal works on #FoodSecurity as National Security here: https://t.co/D8vaW87zZc
Dr. Ellis is a farmer and serves on the Board of Directors of the Farmer Veteran Coalition (@FarmVetCo).
The Mission of Farmer Veteran Coalition is Mobilizing Veterans to Feed (and Protect) America!
"We cultivate a new generation of farmers and food leaders, and develop viable employment and meaningful careers through the collaboration of the farming and military communities. We believe that veterans possess the unique skills and character needed to strengthen rural communities and create sustainable food systems. We believe that agriculture offers purpose, opportunity, and physical and psychological benefits."
🔗Learn more about the Farmer Veteran Coalition: https://t.co/i8WQLpuGhv
.@SECWAR and @SecRollins signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance the National Farm Security Action Plan.
"Food security is national security."
🧵🪡Let's Explore "Information Warfare: The Army's Continuous Transformation in Action"
👤By: Major Ryan Walters, #Psyop
The U.S. Army is overhauling how it fights in the information domain and #SmallWarsJournal has the honor of publishing the first articles outside of the defense publication environment to help introduce the new #InformationWarfare branch to the world. 🌐
Why now ❓ Because “the belligerent that can weaponize and wield information effectively can gain and maintain an advantage akin to holding key terrain...”
🔱 At #SmallWarsJournal, we’re honored to collaborate with #IrregularWarfareInitiative, uniting our expertise to amplify critical insights in the irregular warfare space; collaboration is vital in this complex field. By sharing knowledge, fostering dialogue, and bridging perspectives, we strengthen our collective ability to address evolving global challenges.
#SWJxIWI! 👏 @IrregWarfare
From Paper to Permafrost: Applying Irregular Warfare Doctrine to Arctic Homeland Defense
In this article, @Major Stephen Gagnon argues that Russia and China are already competing through endurance, ambiguity, and dual-use presence, while the United States still relies too heavily on episodic rotations and intermittent visibility.
The takeaway is clear. Deterrence in the High North will not come from presence alone. It requires persistence, legitimacy, and logistics built for isolation.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/uBYyUOwtb9
Note: This article is being republished with the permission of Small Wars Journal as part of a republishing arrangement between IWI and SWJ.
#IrregularWarfare #ArcticSecurity #HomelandDefense #GreatPowerCompetition #DefenseStrategy #NationalSecurity #IndigenousPartnerships #Resilience #Logistics #IWI
#SWJNews: Shoutout to our incredible Managing Editor, Dr. Amos Fox, Ph.D., (@AmosFox6) for all his hard work in the classroom at Arizona State University, behind the desk at #SmallWarsJournal, & around the community!🌐
🎙️ Dr. Amos Fox presented at the 81st Brigade Combat Team’s 2025 #ManeuverWarfareSymposium earlier this month! 👏
Thank you for your continued service to our nation and humanity, Dr. Fox!
📖 Read more about the symposium here: https://t.co/bJWUKy6diU
@asu @Future_of_War @asumediaent @DavidMaxwell161
NEW El Centro Annotated Subject Bibliography: Feral and Criminal (Gang & Narco) Cities
By:
👤Dr. Robert J Bunker, Senior Fellow and Associate Editor of #SWJElCentro
👤Rachel Elizabeth Farlinger, Graduate Fellow at #SmallWarsJournal
"International security studies and perceptions can be typically scaled along a continuum from the micro through the macro levels of analysis. Normally, this scaling begins at the individual and group levels though smaller urban clusters, larger cities, and limited geographic groupings into the regional, national, hemispheric, and then global level.
In some ways, mirroring national level concerns related to failed (and fragile or ‘hollow’) states yet at a lower level of analysis, the subject of feral cities as a construct (along with related terms) has become well entrenched in the literature over the last couple of decades.
Feral cities can be viewed as a component of urban war and conflict futures concerns as the world increasingly sees the mass of its population reside in megacities and the expansive slums surrounding, and at times intertwined with, them."
🔗 : https://t.co/LamgTznyYd
@DocBunker @ZFTWARNING @natejudejones @IrregularWarCtr @IrregWarfare @Future_of_War @asu
#NarcoCities #FeralCities #OrganizedCrime #BorderSecurity #StateFragility
Thank you for your leadership, @AtwellKyle! We are honored to help advance the discourse with you all; it's going to take ALL of us.
#WholeofGovernment #WholeofSociety #IWIxSWJ @DavidMaxwell161 @DeptofWar #SmallWarsJournal #IrregularWarfare
Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) and Irregular Warfare Initiative (@irregwarfare) are the leaders in irregular warfare public dialogue and community building
https://t.co/NnVBoGmIxH
Research runs America. That is why #SWJ is proud to support research efforts that add richness and breadth to the irregular warfare and global security discourse.
📣 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙄𝙋𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉: #Veterans’ Experiences with Autonomous Systems
#SmallWarsJournal needs your help finding participants for a timely research study led by Matt Army of Brown University. The study examines how autonomous targeting, designation, and decision-support systems affect decision-making and accountability within the military chain of command.
#Veterans with direct or indirect experience using or supporting these systems may qualify. Only non-classified experiences are discussed. (Active-duty personnel and those under NDAs are excluded.)
̲𝚂̲𝚝̲𝚞̲𝚍̲𝚢̲ ̲𝚍̲𝚎̲𝚝̲𝚊̲𝚒̲𝚕̲𝚜̲:
• Confidential, one-on-one interview (15–60 minutes)
• Flexible format: El Paso, phone, or Zoom
• No identifying information collected; all responses anonymized
Interested?:
Contact: Matt Army, Independent Researcher (Brown University MPA ’25)
https://t.co/EETt5H7QDr @BrownUniversity @asu @Future_of_War
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New #SWJFieldReport: Running Estimate (Crawling When We Need to Run)
👤 By: Major John R. Harrell, Major James Villanueva, Major Peter Farese, and Joe Hammond
This article is republished in #SmallWarsJournal with permission from Center for Army Lessons Learned.
https://t.co/BTG8OPbMj6 #Army #USArmy #CenterforArmyLessonsLearned @USArmy
New #SmallWarsJournal Research Note: Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 59: Police Raid “Megaoperação Contenção” on Comando Vermelho Leads to 132 Killed
By:
👤Dr. John Sullivan of #SWJElCentro Senior Fellow and Associate Editor
👤Dr. Jose de Arimateia da Cruz, PhD/MPH, #SWJElCentro Fellow
"A police counter-gang “megaoperação” (mega-operation) targeting the #ComandoVermelho (#CV) or #RedCommand in in the Alemão and Penha favelas on northern #RiodeJaneiro killed at least 132. The raid on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 is reportedly the deadliest police operation in #Brazil’s history.The operation conducted by 2,500 police form Rio’s civil and military police targeted the CV’s territorial control of these two favelas. The CV countered the police action with gunfire and aerial #drones. Four police officers were killed during the operation."
🔗 Find the Research Note here: https://t.co/TyNGRM7M2g #SWJResearchNotes
#SmallWarsJournal is pleased to announce a new publishing partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The series is titled “Transforming Military Education." #PME
https://t.co/AXPWybdS1U
🎬 It's time for a #SmallWarsJournal Double Feature! 🎞️ 📽️ Second, read and discuss our latest essay: AI-Driven Disinformation Campaigns on Twitter (X) in the Russia-Ukraine War
👤 By: Tayyaba Rehan
𝙰̲𝚋̲𝚜̲𝚝̲𝚛̲𝚊̲𝚌̲𝚝̲:̲
"In the Russia-Ukraine war, sectors like the digital and psychological ones were added to the conflict, and AI-driven fake news on Twitter (X) played a major part. Propaganda was disseminated to large numbers by operatives who used automated tools powered by artificial intelligence. They applied data mining and AI techniques to read through large data sets, find out what people felt about certain situations, and then send messages that mattered to specific groups. People were exposed to AI-created content, which included articles, images, and deepfakes, all aimed at copying the look of trustworthy sources, tricking users, and harming what people think about Ukraine’s leadership and help from the West."
🤔 💭𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘐 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 "𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴," 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯❓
Let's discuss!🗣️
🔗: https://t.co/ocvgnAVMso
🎬 It's time for a #SmallWarsJournal Double Feature! 🎞️ 📽️ First, read and discuss our latest essay: An Inflection Point for Information Operations Officers
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👤 By: LTC Peter Wilcox
𝚃̲𝚑̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚙̲𝚛̲𝚘̲𝚋̲𝚕̲𝚎̲𝚖̲:̲
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"Today, the Army’s information dominance community stands at a strategic inflection point—a moment demanding a reexamination of how it defines the role for #InformationOperations (IO) officers. Since Field Manual 100-6’s publication in 1996, each doctrinal revision—including Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 3-13, Information—has cast IO officers chiefly as “synchronizers” and “integrators” (S&I) of information capabilities and organizations, subordinated to the lethal arc of combat power while neglecting the non-lethal. The result, even after five iterations, is a doctrine still groping for coherence. As U.S. Army Colonel Sarah White observes:
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The service has cycled and recycled through numerous attempts at doctrinal codification, and yet it seems to be in much the same place in 2023 [and I would argue 2025] as it was in the early 1990s: aware that the information revolution means something for warfare, yet unsure of what that something is, what it should be called, and what is the appropriate doctrinal response.
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This essay contends that the Army should reconceive IO officers primarily as a unit’s chief military deception officer (CMDO)—responsible for deception at the core, while secondarily supporting lethal operations. Such a shift would restore military deception (MILDEC) to its rightful place as a significant combat power enabler in large-scale, joint, and multi-domain operations. It would also bring much-needed clarity as to what exactly the task and purpose of Army IO officers are."
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🤔 💭𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘐𝘖 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳❓
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Let's discuss! 🗣️
https://t.co/E5jkNr1Z06
"Unconventional Warfare: Solving Complex Political-Military Problems and Creating Dilemmas for Adversaries"
👤 By: Col. @DavidMaxwell161, Ret., Editor-at-Large of #SmallWarsJournal
𝙸̲𝚗̲𝚝̲𝚛̲𝚘̲𝚍̲𝚞̲𝚌̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚘̲𝚗̲:̲ ̲𝙰̲ ̲𝚃̲𝚑̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚔̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚐̲ ̲𝙼̲𝚊̲𝚗̲’̲𝚜̲ ̲𝚆̲𝚊̲𝚛̲
"In the 21st century strategic landscape, #UnconventionalWarfare (UW) is not a relic of Cold War shadow conflicts. It is a vital instrument of national power: a disciplined, sophisticated, and intellectually demanding capability required to solve the most complex political-military problems (or assist in solving them alongside the Joint Force or Intelligence Community). In addition to solving problems, UW creates dilemmas for adversaries operating in the #GrayZone between #peace and #war. It is also a necessary capability before, during, and after large scale combat operations. It is, as many have long argued, a foundational component of the #SpecialForces identity and one of the three legs of what I call the “two SOF trinities.”
"To modernize our conceptualization of Special Operations Forces (SOF), I’ve proposed two SOF trinities:
🔱 First Trinity (Core Special Warfare Capabilities):
▪️ Unconventional Warfare
▪️ Irregular Warfare
▪️ Support to Political Warfare
🔱 Second Trinity (SOF Comparative Advantage):
▪️Governance
▪️Influence
▪️Support to Indigenous Forces and Populations
UW is foundational to both trinities. It is the operational vehicle by which SOF implements political warfare strategies and secures strategic outcomes through the indirect approach."
🤔 💭 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺❓
https://t.co/ShOSyIhlWx
#SWJBookReview: Brutal Catalyst: What Ukraine’s Cities Tell Us About Recovery From War. By Dr. Russell W. Glenn
Reviewed by: Susan Siegrist Thomas, Graduate Fellow with #SmallWarsJournal 🔱
𝙸̲𝚗̲𝚝̲𝚛̲𝚘̲𝚍̲𝚞̲𝚌̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚘̲𝚗̲:̲
Since Feb. 24, 2022, the Russian strikes on the cities of #Kyiv, #Kherson, #Odesa, and #Mariupol have persisted in a complex and multidimensional conflict. Brutal Catalyst: What Ukraine’s Cities Tell Us About Recovery From War by Dr. Russell W. Glenn offers a comparative analysis of Ukraine’s wartime urban challenges alongside historical postwar reconstruction in #Tokyo, #Nagasaki, #Berlin, #Manila, and #Sarajevo. Glenn’s research enables readers to comprehend the depth of Ukraine’s trauma and the impact of destruction. The book provides a strategic framework for Ukraine’s redevelopment.
What is #IrregularWarfare?
This short video by Joint Special Operations University provides an introduction into the complex nature of #IrregularWarfare.
#SpecialOperations #GreatPowerCompetition #SpecOps #SmallWarsJournal
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