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Great Power Competition: Proxy Forces: Documents

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Documents

A Rivalry of Necessity: An Analysis of Mechanisms of Contention Between The Islamic Republic of Iran and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A Structural-Relational Analysis of Party Dynamics in Proxy Wars

American Mercenaries: A Historical Precedence in East Asia

Analyzing the Russian Way of War: Evidence from the 2008 Conflict with Georgia

Brothers Disunited: Russia's Use of Military Power in Ukraine

Civil Wars Hijacked: A Case Study of the Lebanese Civil War

Crusaders, Sellswords, and Separatists: The Russian State’s Use of Paramilitaries, Separatists, and Irregular Armies

Cyborgs at Little Stalingrad: A Brief History of the Battles of the Donetsk Airport, 26 May 2014 to 21 January 2015

Dangerous Myths: How the Crisis in Ukraine Explains Future Great Power Conflict

Decoding the Wagner Group: Analyzing the Role of Private Military Security Contractors in Russian Proxy Warfare

Effective Client Management: Maximizing The Influence of External Sponsors Over Affiliated Armed Groups

Evaluating Insurgency External Support Through the French-Algerian War, Vietnam War, and Islamic State

Foreign-Backed Clients and Legitimacy: The Political Development of Iraq's Shiite Militias (2005-2018)

The Foreign Fighters Phenomenon and Related Security Trends in the Middle East

From Cradle to Grave: The Lifecycle of Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria

Hezbollah in Syria

Hezbollah: Social Services as a Source of Power

Hezbollah's Regional Activities in Support of Iran's Proxy Networks

How Might Great Power Competition and Regional Dynamics Change Following the Targeted Killing of Qassam Soleimani?

In Pursuit of a General Theory of Proxy Warfare

Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis

Iran’s New Interventionism: Reconceptualizing Proxy Warfare in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East

Iran's strategy of influence in the Middle East

Iran’s Unconventional Alliance Network in the Middle East and Beyond

Irregular Adversaries and Hybrid Threats: An Assessment-2011

Insurgency in Yemen: Houthi and Insurgent Threats to Maritime Operations

Lessons to be Learned? What the IRGC Quds Force Can Teach Us About Mission Command

“Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014

Mercenaries and War: Understanding Private Armies Today

Outsourcing Small Wars: Expanding the Role of Private Military Companies in U.S. Military Operations

Preliminary Lessons from Russia’s Unconventional Operations During the Russo-Ukrainian War, February 2022–February 2023

Project 1704: A U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, an Appropriate U.S. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower

Pseudo Operations

Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Other Countries

Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine

Rebels without a Cause: Russia’s Proxies in Eastern Ukraine

Rising Conflicts: An Analysis Of Cold War Proxy Wars And Their Modern Application

The Russian Federation’s Use of Non-State Actors in Hybrid Operations in Europe

Russian Hybrid Warfare in Syria: Airforce, Private Military Contractors and Dis-Information

Russian Lessons Learned In Syria: An Assessment

The Russian Military’s Lessons Learned In Syria

Russian Private Military Companies: An Evolving Set of Tools in Russian Military Strategy

Russian Private Military Companies: Continuity and Evolution of the Model

Russian Private Military Companies: Their Use and How to Consider Them in Operations, Competition, and Conflict

Russian Private Military Contractors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengths, Limitations and Implications

Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies: the implications for European and Norwegian Security

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Sectarianism, a Quest for Regional Hegemony, and International Alignments

The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan

The Future of Iran’s Influence through Proxy Employment

The New Condottieri and U.S. Policy the Privatization of Conflict and Its Implications

The Origins of the “Reagan Doctrine Wars” in Angola, Central America, and Afghanistan

The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War

The Proxy Dilemma: Capability and Resolve in US–Iranian Competition

The QUDS Force Model: What Makes Irregular Warfare Effective in Asymmetric Conflict

The Private Military Firms: Historical Evolution and Industry Analysis

The Saudi–Iranian Rivalry and Its Regional Effects

The Syrian Conflict and Russia’s Search for Regional Hegemony in a Contested Middle East: Implications for the Euro-Atlantic Community

The Tweet of Damocles: Lessons for U.S. Proxy Warfare

Then and Now: Comparing the Flow of Foreign Fighters to AQI and the Islamic State

Threat Tactics Report: Hizballah

Tools of Russian Influence: How Putin Uses Military-Technical Cooperation, Proxies, and Peacekeepers to Achieve His Objectives

Twenty-First Century Proxy Warfare: Confronting Strategic Innovation in a Multipolar World

US Counter-Islamic State Strategy: It Could Be Worse

US Military Engagement in the Broader Middle East

Utilization of Private Military Companies in the Contemporary International Security Environment

Western Foreign Fighters in Syria: An Empirical Analysis of Recruitment and Mobilization Mechanisms

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