Modern War Institute

For well over a decade, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad managed to hold onto power during a complicated civil war involving a number of anti-regime...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, one of its first targets was the city of Mariupol. Despite being outnumbered by—and less well equipped...

Writing is often treated as a peripheral activity in the military, but it is a defining characteristic of any profession—including the profession of arms....

During the United States’ post-9/11 counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, many US service members survived wounds that would have been fatal in any...

Both military practitioners and scholars believe that artificial intelligence will influence the character of war in the future. But it’s difficult to know how...

Thirty years ago this week—on October 3, 1993—US special operations forces launched a mission in Mogadishu. It was part of Operation Gothic Serpent, which...