Strategic Turning Points
The Battle of Mogadishu: A Strategic Review of Operation Gothic Serpent
In early October 1993, U S and United Nations forces engaged in what would become one of the most intensely...
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Grozny: When A City Becomes A Test For Modern War
Grozny is one of those names that quietly sits in the background of contemporary conflict debates. We reference it when...
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Kenya 2002: When the Missile Misses
Written by Ido Kalev. This is a personal first hand account from his operational experience, shared here exactly as originally...
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The Fall of El Fasher and the Weaponisation of Darfur’s Conflict
In recent weeks, the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in Sudan, has emerged as a tragic...
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The Fragile Alliance: How Culture and Conflict Shaped Cooperation in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan was never fought on a single front. It unfolded across mountain valleys, government offices, training camps,...
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After Blackwater: How PMCs Evolved, Professionalized, and Fragmented
Private Military and Security Companies are no longer a curiosity confined to Iraq War retrospectives. Since the Blackwater era, the...
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