Unconventional warfare has become all too conventional, even if it is not yet adequately understood. It is paradoxical that the coming of mighty engines of war that literally extend war "out of this ...

Unconventional warfare. ... Much COIN doctrine was incorporated into the stability-operations chapter of FM 31-20, as well as into the Psychological Operations, SF and Civil Affairs courses.

Being successful in the era of irregular warfare will require a focus on new ways of building and preparing the force, according to a panel of military and civilian experts. Speaking at the 2011 Joint ...

UW is defined in Training Circular 18-01, Special Forces Unconventional Warfare, ... Although the doctrinal definition for NSL is still in development, ...

6. Economic Warfare: Choking the Lifelines. India’s 2025 suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty sent a bold signal. Trade bans, cutting off airspace, and lobbying for global sanctions can further ...

The U.S. and Russian militaries have both talked for years about "hybrid warfare" as the future of war. Yet it remains a fuzzy term with no fixed meaning. The general idea is waging unconventional ...

But with U.S. troops now embroiled in unconventional warfare against insurgents in Iraq, ... an elaborate war-game simulation designed to test this new military doctrine in advance of the invasion ...

Reliance on unconventional warfare helped defeat ISIS and, for a time, kept Syrian government forces out of the predominantly Kurdish regions. But the United States was never willing to go all in ...