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Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army
Dr. James Forest's monograph explores lessons and observations from the recent U.S. Special Operations Forces' (SOF) effort to help Ugandan and other ...
Jessica Turnley wades into the discussion with a short monograph on the concept of organizational identity or organizational culture and the difficult...
Understanding the Legacy of Canadian Special Operations Forces
Colonel Bernd Horn's monograph on the legacy of Canadian Special Operations Forces (SOF) highlights the colorful history and heritage of SOF from a vi...
In exploring Counterinsurgency and the Indirect Approach, Dr. Thomas Henriksen assesses several cases where the United States has employed an Indirect...
In this monograph counterterrorism expert James Forest assesses the threat Boko Haram poses to Nigeria and U.S. national security interests. As Dr. Fo...
The 2004 counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan was historic. Service personnel of general purpose, special operations, coalition, and irregular fo...
21st Century Approaches for Service and Technology Acquisition
"Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics." This quote is attributed to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert H. Ba...
This monograph looks at leveraging civilian personnel outside USSOCOM who possess unusual skills that can enhance and support special operations-desig...
In April 2015, military and civilian personnel from Canada, Mexico, and the United States came together at Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a symposium...
Leveraging Digital and LRC Learning to Reroute the Roadmap from Human Terrain to Human Domain
Dr. Robert R. Greene Sands' Assessing Special Operations Forces Language, Region, and Culture Needs uses his vast experience and knowledge of this sub...
A Brazilian Perspective
Narcoterrorism in Latin America: A Brazilian Perspective builds a case for giving greater attention to the narcoterrorism threat. General Alvaro sugge...
Brazil's Fight Against Criminal Urban Guerrillas
Major General (Ret.) Alvaro Pinheiro-whose career in the Brazilian Army has seen service as a paratrooper, jumpmaster, pathfinder, commando, and Speci...
How Allied and U.S. Strategy in Yemen Contributes to AQAP's Survival
In this monograph, Dr. Norman Cigar provides Special Operations Forces (SOF) commanders and planners with an overview of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Penin...
Lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq
Patrick Paterson's monograph, Training Surrogate Forces in International Humanitarian Law: Lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq, leverag...
Mr. Haddick discusses why USSOF and partner nation SOF in the Asia-Pacific region should prepare for expanded regional roles and responsibilities. Chi...
A Different Political Paradigm in Context
In this sweeping study of Yemen, Dr. Barrett argues that while Yemen may be a failed state, it is not a failed society. Yemen is a complex society wit...
Civic Action in the Battle of Baghdad
This monograph describes one facet of the Battle for Baghdad during the period January through November 2006. The story is based on the recollections,...
The purview of this study is not large-scale conventional wars such as Israel's 1948, 1956, 1967, or 1973 conflicts or America's Persian Gulf War or i...
Rethinking Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
The author of this paper--an experienced and highly regarded terrorism specialist--provides a learned narrative about the scholarship and doctrine con...
The publication of Dr. Wong-Diaz's monograph coincides with the major strategic reassessment of U.S. national security interests and future military p...
Dr. Mark Moyar outlines the history of the Village Stability Operations (VSO) program and its Afghan partner program, the Afghan Local Police (ALP). B...
Assuring Digital Intelligence Collection
In this paper, Dr. William G. Perry provides guidelines about processing computer equipment for transfer to information and intelligence professionals...
The Malinowski Model for a Qualitative Approach
In Advancing SOF Cultural Engagement: The Malinowski Model fora Qualitative Approach, Robert Greene Sands and Darby Arakelian propose a special operat...
The Past as Present, the Present as Future
I n his first monograph for JSOU Press, Roby Barrett researched and wrote this paper on security perspectives on the Gulf region of the Middle East fr...
Attacking Enemy Safe Havens
The concept of hunter-killer operations deep within enemy territory evokes a sense of excitement and adventure, especially for those of us familiar wi...
Using Financial Information to Disrupt Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist financing is a critical issue in the current fight against transnational terrorist networks or groups. Conceptually, this issue is considere...
New Concepts for a Changing Security Environment
Russell Howard's paper focuses on intelligence operations within denied areas and how these operations today differ from those of the Cold War period....
Scourge of the World Or So Much Hype?
In this monograph, Brigadier General (retired) Russ Howard and Ms. Colleen Traughber delve into the nexus between violent extremist elements and trans...
Dr. Moyar analyzes U.S. and international efforts to counter Mali's panoply of extremist organizations. Violent opposition to Mali's government has de...
The Best Business Model Available
In this monograph, the author sets the stage with a brief historical account of how maritime piracy has evolved over the centuries to its current stat...
Joe Celeski's current work on the role of policing in confronting security threats highlights the need to shift resources and emphasis towards policin...
Criminal Terrorist Agendas and the Operational Environment
Worldwide private security organizations, ranging from unarmed security guards to "combat-capable" paramilitary groups, can act as a force multiplier ...
The End of the Colonial Construct in the Greater Levant
Dr. Roby Barrett's The Collapse of Iraq and Syria: The End of the Colonial Construct in the Greater Levant is a timely, scholarly work that helps expl...
Countering and Fomenting Insurgencies
This JSOU publication affords the reader an opportunity to look into Pakistan's national security policy and strategy through the lens of a Pakistani ...
Colonel Warner "Rocky" Farr has made an important contribution to the body of SOF knowledge with this well-researched monograph. He advances the under...
Necessity, Acceleration, and Potential Alternatives
Brigadier General (Ret) Russ Howard articulates the need for SOF to develop language and cultural skills capabilities that reflect the wider range of ...
Insurgent Approaches to Neutralizing Adversary Intelligence Operations
Dr. Turbiville's latest monograph has significant implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces as we continue to operate in both combat and noncomb...