Stephen Watts

Patrick B. Johnston

Jason H. Campbell

Sarah H. Bana

Sameer Lalwani

This report describes counterinsurgency strategies and practices and conditions in which U.S. small-footprint partnerships may succeed. Case studies of the Philippines and Pakistan reinforce quantitative findings and highlight challenges for the U.S. in influencing partners.

Understanding U. S. Small-Footprint Interventions in Local Context

Countering Others' Insurgencies

Ben Connable

Dan Madden

Russia, China, and Iran use measures short of war to exploit and stretch U.S. thresholds for war to further their strategic ends. This report describes those measures, how nation-states use them, and why U.S. notions of thresholds might be outdated.

How Russia, China, and Iran Are Eroding American Influence Using Time-Tested Measures Short of War

Stretching and Exploiting Thresholds for High-Order War

Jason H. Campbell

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