Kevin Pauley·Aug 15Part 6 — The Ugly Arithmetic of Urban War: What Clearing a City Really CostsPart 6 of the series “Legitimacy and the Limits of War”
Kevin Pauley·Aug 14Part 5 — Inside the Houthi Movement: Grievance, Faith, and Why Bombs BackfirePart 5 of the series “Legitimacy and the Limits of War”A response icon1
Kevin Pauley·Aug 13Part 4 — Legitimacy as Currency: How the Weak Build Real PowerPart 4 of the series “Legitimacy and the Limits of War”
Kevin Pauley·Aug 12Part 3 — How Regular Armies Actually Beat Guerrillas, and Why America Couldn’tPart 3 of the series “Legitimacy and the Limits of War”
Proxy Gambit·Jun 30Africa corps inherits wagner’s war in mali with more drones and less deniabilityAs Russia transitions from PMC to Defence Ministry control in the Sahel, loitering munitions recycled from Ukraine are appearing over…