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Sociocultural Analysis
Special Operations Forces Civil Affairs in Great Power Competition
Authored by:
Travis Clemens
Informal Governance as a Force Multiplier in Counterterrorism: Evidence for Burkina Faso
Authored by:
Margaret Ariotti, Kevin Fridy
Political Strategy in Unconventional Warfare: Opportunities Lost in Eastern Syria and Preparing for the Future
Authored by:
Carole O’Leary, Nicholas Heras
Advancing SOF Cultural Engagement: The Malinowski Model for a Qualitative Approach
Authored by:
Robert Greene Sands, Darby Arakelian
Structural Violence and Relative Deprivation: Precursors to Collective Political Violence in Sierra Leone
Authored by:
Earl Conteh-Morgan
Property Rights and Social Justice as an Indicator of Stability: The SOF Nexus
Authored by:
Bill Mandrick
Reconceptualizing Radicalized Groups and Their Messages
Authored by:
Paul Lieber, Yael Lieber
IS and Cultural Genocide: Antiquities Trafficking in the Terrorist State
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Marc Elliott, Jonathan Prohov
Cultural Intelligence for Special Forces Personnel
Authored by:
Russ Howard,
Greta Hanson, Carly Laywell
Assessing Special Operations Forces Language, Region, and Culture Needs: Leveraging Digital and LRC Learning to Reroute the "Roadmap" from Human Terrain to Human Domain
Authored by:
Robert Greene Sands, Darby Arakelian
Strategic Culture
Authored by:
Russ Howard
Iran: Illusion, Reality, and Interests
Authored by:
Roby Barrett
Strategic Culture and Strategic Studies: An Alternative Framework for Assessing al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad Movement
Authored by:
Richard Shultz
Cultural and Linguistic Skills Acquisition for Special Forces: Necessity, Acceleration, and Potential Alternatives
Authored by:
Russ Howard
Cross-Cultural Competence and Small Groups: Why SOF are the way SOF are
Authored by:
Jessica Glicken Turnley
The Bali Paradox: An Examination of Jemaah Islamiyah 1992 - 2002
Authored by:
Gregory Smith
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