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Analysis in Combat: Desert Storm at Sea
Analysis in Combat: The Story of Desert Storm
The Congo Crisis: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
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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.](/reports/2020/09/Why%20SpecOps.png)
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](/reports/2020/10/jack%20dorsey.png)
Social Media Bots: Laws, Regulations, and Platform Policies
Setting the Night on Fire: Right-Wing Terrorism in the U.S.
![Serviceman receiving medical treatment](/images/InDepth/Post60.jpg)
U.S. Forces are Weathering the COVID-19 Crisis — So Far
The Bear Came Over the Mountain
![Kim Jong Un in front of North Korean flag](/images/InDepth/Post54.jpg)
Does Kim Jong Un Have a Succession Plan?
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The Blind Swing to Great Power Competition
![North Korean Military Review](/images/InDepth/Post44.jpg)
COVID-19's Maximum Pressure Campaign on North Korea
Ending the Endless War
![US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo](/images/InDepth/Post36.jpg)
The U.S. is Close to a Deal with the Taliban: What’s Next?
![Lebanese flag waving at an outdoor rally](/images/InDepth/Post31.jpg)
What Does Lebanon's New Government Mean for the U.S.?
After Soleimani
![US Forces loading into a cargo plane. Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez](/images/InDepth/Post26.jpg)
Attack on U.S. Forces in Kenya
Russia's Role in the Libyan Civil War
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Russia’s Role in the Libyan Civil War
Why Isn't the U.S. Getting Anywhere With North Korea?
Atonement: The 1973 Yom Kippur War