Kevin D. Stringer, PhD https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Visa Dimension of Diplomacy An Economic Diagnosis of Palau Through the Liechtenstein Lens: Moving Up the Value Chain—International Political Economy Strategies for Microstates Mid-level Hiring and the War for Talent India and China May Not Be the Answer Honorary Consuls in Small State Diplomacy Think Global, Act Local: Honorary Consuls in a Transforming Diplomatic World Business Concepts for the Security Sector: Benchmarking, Core Competencies, and Outsourcing The Pacific Microstates and US Security Visa Diplomacy Counter Threat Finance (CTF): Grasping the Eel Energy Security: Applying a Portfolio Approach Distilling the Demographic Dividend: Retaining US Army Officer Talent for the 40-year Career? The War on Terror and the War for Officer Talent: Linked Challenges for the US Army The Light Infantry Division: Cold War Chimera La Suisse a besoin d’une solution de concordance à sa question sécuritaire The Resistance Operating Concept (ROC) Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Competition: Four Emerging Themes A Supreme Commander for the War on Terror Historical Lessons from the British and Germans: The Case for Integrated Indigenous Forces Educating the Strategic Corporal,” Military Review, September-October 2009 The Special Operations Doctrine of International Organizations: An Introductory Analysis to United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and European Union (EU) Approaches Global counterinsurgency and US army expansion: the case for recruiting foreign troops Pacific Island Microstates: Pawns or Players in Pacific Rim Diplomacy? Tackling Threat Finance: A Labor for Hercules or Sisyphus? Podcasts and Videos Urban Resistance to Occupation: An Underestimated Element of Land Warfare The Stringer Book Review of The American War in Afghanistan: A History (Author: Carter Malkasian) A Gray Zone Option for Integrated Deterrence: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Counter Threat Finance for Strategic Competition About me Jomini and Naval Special Operations Forces—An Applied-Competition Approach to Russia Beyond Direct Action: A Counter-Threat Finance Approach to Competition Force Integration in Resistance Operations: Dutch Jedburghs and U.S. Alamo Scouts Survival in the Russian Occupied Zone: Command and Organization in Resistance Underground Operations Afghanistan Endgame: Lessons from Cambodia 1973-1975 The Arctic Domain: A Narrow Niche for Joint Special Operations Forces Competing in the Arctic through Indigenous Group Engagement and Special Reconnaissance Activities The total defence snap link for national resistance: territorial defence forces – the Swiss example The Missing Lever: A Joint Military Advisory Command for Partner-Nation Engagement Special Operations Forces in Great Power Competition: A Policy Research Agenda for Operational Relevance and Value-Added Capability Building a Stay-Behind Resistance Organization: The Case of Cold War Switzerland Against the Soviet Union The Future of U.S. Landpower: Special Operations Versatility, Marine Corps Utility Books Policy Papers Articles Special Operations Forces (SOF): The Integrators for Total Defense and Resistance Special Operations Forces Institution-Building: From Strategic Approach to Security Force Assistance