Insurgency

August 20, 2026 | Will Selber

Resistance to Taliban rule persists in Afghanistan

As the Taliban’s reign over Afghanistan enters its sixth year, the Taliban remains stronger, more unified, and better equipped than it was before September 11, 2001. Today, its flag flies across all...

August 6, 2026 | Will Selber

Afghan United Front commences operations against Taliban

On August 1, a new anti-Taliban resistance group emerged in Afghanistan. After years of hinting at military operations, the Afghan United Front (AUF), led by former Afghan National Army Lieutenant...

July 22, 2026 | Caleb Weiss |

Somalia claims it killed senior Shabaab leader

Somalia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced yesterday that its forces, alongside “international partners,” killed Maalin Jinow Ibrahim, a reported co-founder of Shabaab and a member of its central...

April 14, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Plot to Kill Damascus Rabbi Highlights Hezbollah’s Goal To Destabilize Syria

During former dictator Bashar al-Assad’s rule, Hezbollah used Syria as a launchpad for weapons smuggling into Lebanon. Today, even after the fall of Assad’s regime, the group is still working to destabilize...

March 24, 2026 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

The Islamic State’s targeting of a Chinese mine in Congo proves the group is a resilient threat

Between March 11 and 12, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attacked and destroyed a Chinese-owned mine in Muchacha in Congo’s Ituri Province, more than 50 kilometers outside of the...

June 23, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

America in 2020: “Insurrection” or “Incipient Insurgency”?

In the two weeks of disorder that followed the death of George Floyd, 200 cities imposed curfews; 31 states and the District of Columbia called out the National Guard; active-duty U.S. troops deployed in...

March 24, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Unknown in Libya

The Los Angeles Times reports: Despite fears that Islamic extremists may be playing a hidden role in the rebellion against Moammar Kadafi, the U.S. intelligence community has fo...

January 3, 2011 | Joint Forces Quarterly

An Actor-centric Theory of War

The United States, the most powerful nation in the world, is reassessing its approach to war. With America entering the 10th year of what was originally called the global war on terror, the Natio...

February 21, 2007 | Clifford D. May

Un fracaso de comunicación

En Irak, no hemos estado perdiendo en el choque de armas sino en el choque de percepciones. Nuestros enemigos entendieron muy al principio que no podían derrotar en combate a las tropas am...

February 21, 2007 | Clifford D. May

A Failure to Communicate

In Iraq, we have been losing not clashes of arms but clashes of perceptions. Our enemies understood early on that they could not defeat American troops in combat. But they were clever enough to r...

June 1, 2005 | Clifford D. May |

What If We Don’t Win?

In Iraq, they say, failure is not an option. But it is a possibility. From the start of the intervention, two critical questions have awaited answers: Is there a critical mass of Iraqis...

December 23, 2003 | The Miami Herald

Hussein Capture, Gadhafi Move are ‘Geopolitically Significant’

It has been a great week for the United States and an extraordinary time to be in Israel. The amazing capture of the Butcher of Baghdad in a rat-hole near Tikrit was followed quickly by the surpr...