Russell Crandall talks about COIN and his latest book, America's Dirty Wars, which explores America's history of irregular warfare from the American Revolution to the War on Terror.

Lionel Beehner reviews Max Boot's Invisible Armies and finds the author's theories explaining insurgents' recent success to be unconvincing.

For today’s superpowers, strength in the art of hybrid warfare is found not on the front lines but on the fringe of international law and the grey regions of international policy, writes Jordan Bravin.

Chris Miller investigates which COIN strategies worked in Vietnam and why, providing valuable lessons for U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The dominant narrative of the Cold War focuses on the conflict in the West between Washington and Moscow, forgetting about the lessons learned in the "hot" war in Southeast Asia. These lessons are worth another look, argues Chris Miller.

Peter Storey reviews the book, Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerilla, by David Kilcullen.

John Wood argues looking at the "criminalization" of IRA terrorist violence during The Troubles may shed new light on COIN tactics in ethnic and sectarian conflicts in the 21st century.

Peter Storey makes the case that the rise and fall of urban warfare studies should not mean we turn away from the literature, especially given that our planet is becoming more urbanized.