The U.S. and other countries helped train elite anti-terror units in countries facing serious crime The trained personnel can end up joining criminal networks and ...

Writing in the Washington Times, columnist Don Feder called the recent disturbances in sanctuary cities the first steps of a left-wing attempted American revolution. He likens them to the early stages ...

Editor’s note: This is the depressing conclusion of a chapter on the Romans from a new book, The Many Faces of War. What is the relevance of the Imperial Roman Way of War and Counterinsurgency for ...

The counterinsurgency officer who rallied his patrol after an ambush and set the template for small-team leadership.

President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that all U.S. military forces would leave Afghanistan this year drew immediate criticism from a wide range of national security experts and elected officials.

An Afghan Air Force MD-530 flies above Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan as Afghan tactical air controllers conduct simulated airstrike training Dec. 18, 2017. Several ATACs worked with coalition advisors to ...

In “Bullets Not Ballots,” Jacqueline L. Hazelton challenges the claim that winning “hearts and minds” is critical to successful counterinsurgency campaigns. Good governance, this conventional wisdom ...

Last night, Donald Trump became the third consecutive U.S. president to commit to a counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. He did not do so willingly; indeed, like President George W. Bush, Donald ...

Unless the United States alters its diplomatic and military strategies in Africa, it is inevitable that it will repeat past mistakes. Terrorism is once again increasing, with Islamic extremists ...

But counterinsurgency does demand an additional set of priorities. It is, after all, not difficult to intuit that these missions require different equipment and skills than conventional combat. There ...