Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University

Editor’s Note: this article is being republished with the permission of the Irregular Warfare Initiative as part of a republishing arrangement between IWI and SWJ. The original article was published on April 17, 2026 and is available

Following the Afghan Taliban’s 2021 takeover and the consequent revival of the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan’s counterterrorism doctrine has undergone a notable shift. Previously, large-scale military operations defined Pakistan’s kinetic response, but the post-resurgence doctrine has increasingly relied on cross-border airstrikes and small-scale intel...

The following are excerpts from the testimony of Admiral Frank M. Bradley, USN, Commander, USSOCOM, at an

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