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Guerrilla Raids: Lessons from History for Irregular Warfare
The Guerrilla Raid: Precision, Pressure, and Psychological Impact Guerrilla warfare depends on deception, mobility, and asymmetry. Few tactics embody these principles more clearly than the raid. When executed well, a raid can cripple enemy logistics, disrupt command nodes, and deliver a psychological shock that far exceeds its physical damage. But when executed poorly? A failed…
Social Network Analysis
Mapping Resistance Networks: The Power of Social Network Analysis Resistance movements, whether peaceful or armed, do not appear by chance. They grow, survive, or collapse based on the strength of the networks that connect them. Trust, communication, and influence are the foundations of these systems. Social Network Analysis (SNA) provides the framework to understand how…
Social Movement Theory
Social movement theory provides the analytical framework for understanding how ordinary people organize to challenge power structures, resist oppression, and force political change. For practitioners and analysts of irregular warfare, these theories are not abstract academic exercises — they are operational models that explain why some resistance movements succeed, why others collapse, and what conditions…
Sabotage on the Rise
Global acts of sabotage are on the rise