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Countering Threats and Challenges

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Maritime Sabotage: Lessons Learned and Implications for Strategic Competition
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The Psychology of (Dis)information: A Primer on Key Psychological Mechanisms
Learning from the Past: US Domestic Counterterrorism from 1970 to 1985
The U.S. Departs Afghanistan
September 11, 2021
Rendering of COVID-19 with the globe in the center
6 Ways the U.S. Can Counter Extremist Groups in the COVID-19 Era
Rendering of COVID-19 with the globe in the center
Why Pandemics Are National Security Threats
Viral Extremism
Rioters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
To Counter Domestic Extremism, Avoid Extremism
No Risk Free Option in Afghanistan
Viral Extremism: COVID-19, Nontraditional Threats, and US Counterterrorism Policy
Analysis in Combat: The Legacy of Desert Storm
Women in military formation
Understanding Gender and Violent Extremism
Analysis in Combat: Operation Desert Saber
Analysis in Combat: First to the Front
Analysis in Combat: Desert Storm at Sea
Analysis in Combat: The Story of Desert Storm
The Congo Crisis: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Special Operations forces at night
Why Are Special Operations Ever Conducted?
The Mujahideen: From Allies To Menace
Apartheid in South Africa: Project Coast
National Guardsmen with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare to exit a C-130 Hercules during a night training mission over Muscatatuck, Ind.
Why Special Operations? A Risk-Based Theory
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Social Media Bots: Implications for Special Operations Forces
Social media executives are sworn in to testify before U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
Social Media Bots: Laws, Regulations, and Platform Policies
Setting the Night on Fire: Right-Wing Terrorism in the U.S.