A Return to Maoist Insurgencies
No longer content to “hide its strength and bide its time,” China is embarking on an ambitious and destabilizing bid to usurp American leadership and
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Broken Promises: The Price of Abandoning Local Partners
The complex wars playing out from Eastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula have cast a spotlight on how partnerships between major military powers and local
SignalGate – A SOF Perspective
I spent a lot of time deployed at the Operational level as an advisor and planner, where, in that position, information and intelligence were fed
Meet the SOF Veterans Strengthening National Security
The United States has long benefited from leaders with military experience, but few bring the depth of operational knowledge, strategic thinking, and real-world problem-solving skills
Losing Africa: China’s Economic Takeover Is America’s Strategic Disaster
As Washington indulges in bureaucratic inertia, focusing disproportionately on counterterrorism and short-term aid programs, China is executing a global coup right under America’s nose—starting with
NDS Report Warnings
The most recent bipartisan Commission on the National Defense Strategy Report issues stark warnings about the escalating global threats facing the U.S. and the world,
Empowering Allies, Preventing Conflict: The Strategic Value of Foreign Internal Defense Missions
Foreign Internal Defense (FID) missions provide the U.S. with a low-cost, high-impact preventative measure to conventional conflict by enabling Host Nations (HN) to conduct unilateral
A Call for Vigilance: Rising Terror Threats and Global Instability Post-Afghanistan Withdrawal
On July 8th, 2021, President Biden stood in the East Room of the White House to declare: “The United States did what we went to
A Picture is Worth Thousands of Datapoints (At Least)
SOAA is deeply concerned about a picture released on the White House’s X (formerly Twitter) account showing President Biden shaking the hands of US Servicemembers.
The Strategic Importance of USASOC: Real-World Implications and the Case for Preservation
The United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) stands as a sentinel of our nation’s defense framework. Representing a sizable portion of the 6,000 total
Interlinkages and Partnerships for Security Webinar Series 1
If you were unable to join us for the first in our webinar series with American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI) on Interlinkages and
Webinar Series: Interlinkages and Partnerships for Security
No single government, research organization, or think-tank can address security-pressing issues in isolation. To this end, we are hosting the American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience
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