{"title":"The Israel-Hamas conflict: ‘You might not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you’","authors":"Amos C. Fox","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2346128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2346128","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the Israel-Hamas conflict, focusing on the ‘survive-win’ cycle and the concept of attrition in armed conflict. It highlights how power differentials between combatants – like...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the reinvention of colonialism, 1945–1971","authors":"Mujeeb Kanth","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2348321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2348321","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Small Wars & Insurgencies (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"205 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"South America: small wars, insurgencies & aerial acquisition programs","authors":"Wilder Alejandro Sanchez","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2336089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2336089","url":null,"abstract":"While maintaining minimal deterrence capabilities, South America’s has not experienced inter-state warfare in almost three decades. Internal security challenges exist, while militaries are involved...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selling security to Africa: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the fate of African intrastate security","authors":"Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey, Vladimir Antwi-Danso","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2344489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2344489","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing demand for privatised security has rekindled significant attention to private military and security companies (PMSCs) in international relations and security discourse. Focusing on t...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140841710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The troubled triangle: US–Pakistan relations under the Taliban’s shadow","authors":"Muhammad Asad Latif","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2343345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2343345","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Small Wars & Insurgencies (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering the sources of revolutionary violence: the case of Colombia’s National Front (1958-1964)","authors":"Oliver Dodd","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2336635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2336635","url":null,"abstract":"Scholars often explain political violence by highlighting factors such as state weakness. This article shifts the analysis to a focus on state character. More specifically, the article analyses how...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Afghanistan’—the transnational connection between Haqqani Network and the Arab World","authors":"Angana Kotokey","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2338050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2338050","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the dynamics in the Haqqani Network’s (HN) connection with the Arab world which influenced the latter’s relationship with Afghanistan. The financial as well as ideological net...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Azerbaijan’s power plays: analyzing Baku’s policy towards Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh after 2020","authors":"Mushegh Ghahriyan, Veronika Torosyan, Anush Harutyunyan","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2336991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2336991","url":null,"abstract":"The article examines Azerbaijan’s policy towards Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh after the 44-day war of 2020. This research answers the questions: What is Azerbaijan’s strategy and policy following t...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review essay: proxy warfare and mercenaries","authors":"Lawrence E. Cline","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2338079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2338079","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Small Wars & Insurgencies (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Armed opposition to the Stroessner regime in Paraguay: a review article","authors":"Andrew Nickson","doi":"10.1080/09592318.2024.2333065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2333065","url":null,"abstract":"This review article addresses the little-known armed opposition to the Stroessner regime in Paraguay (1954–89) that remained virtually unreported during the dictatorship. It is based largely on fir...","PeriodicalId":501268,"journal":{"name":"Small Wars & Insurgencies","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140584305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}