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Beyond Cuba
Contributor MOE GYO Moe Gyo is a writer and consultant working with ethnic organizations in Myanmar. Writing from the Thai–Myanmar borderlands, he draws on years of direct engagement with communities shaped by conflict and disrupted health systems. His work captures firsthand how resilience and informal support networks develop under prolonged irregular warfare. His writing has…
Case Study: The Revolutionary War
In July 1776 the Continental Congress declared the independence of thirteen British colonies. The anniversary invites commemoration, but for students of irregular warfare the Revolutionary War insurgency invites something more useful: analysis. The ARIS case study The Patriot Insurgency (1763–1789), written by Robert R. Leonhard and a Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory team for US…
Revolutionary Warfare in Three Visions
Contributor MOE GYO Moe Gyo is a writer and consultant working with ethnic organizations in Myanmar. Writing from the Thai–Myanmar borderlands, he draws on years of direct engagement with communities shaped by conflict and informal governance under prolonged irregular warfare. His writing has appeared in the Small Wars Journal and the Journal of Special Operations…
Africa’s Expanding Gray Zone
In January 2026, fighters affiliated with the Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) struck the international airport in Niamey, Niger’s capital, marking the group’s first major attack on a hardened target near a Sahelian seat of government. Weeks later, Russia’s Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arrived in Niamey to discuss expanding Africa Corps operations, the latest chapter…
Karen National Union (KNU) Case Study
This case study applies the War Marketplace Framework (WMF) across three analytical levels — competition, structure, and strategy — to one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies: the conflict between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Myanmar state. Rather than treating the Karen war as an ethnic rebellion, a counterinsurgency campaign, or a peripheral civil…
Guinea-Bissau: Anatomy of a Successful Coup
// Updated August 2026 This article originally reported the Guinea-Bissau coup of 26 November 2025 as a failed attempt. That was wrong, and the sections below have been rewritten. The coup succeeded. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló was detained at his office, flown to Senegal on 27 November and later relocated to the Republic of the…
The Resistance Hub Podcast: Irregular Warfare, Explained
We launched The Resistance Hub Podcast to make the art and theory of resistance accessible to everyone. Too often, these conversations are by elites, for elites. While policy-facing content is important, our brand is designed for everyday people, the ones who need to understand how these forces shape their lives. The show runs weekly on…
Tripoli Erupts: Power Struggles and Civilian Impact in Libya’s Fragmented Capital
Tripoli is once again in the crosshairs of conflict. A sudden wave of violence swept through the Libyan capital in May 2025 after the killing of a powerful militia commander, disrupting daily life and plunging neighborhoods into darkness, both figuratively and literally. For the city’s residents, power cuts, street battles, and checkpoints are the symptoms…