Craig Whiteside
@craigwhiteside.bsky.social
teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo
fantastic article, great writing here
Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. Jamie Thompson spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town:
The Missing Kayaker
What happened to Ryan Borgwardt?
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
fantastic article, great writing here
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Former chairman, Gen (ret) CQ Brown in @warontherocks.bsky.social today with an important article
warontherocks.com/2025/11/raci...
warontherocks.com/2025/11/raci...
Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
In November 2015, I was five months into commanding the air campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Operation Inherent Resolve was in full
warontherocks.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Former chairman, Gen (ret) CQ Brown in @warontherocks.bsky.social today with an important article
warontherocks.com/2025/11/raci...
warontherocks.com/2025/11/raci...
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Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
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Mali JNIM is now operating with increasing confidence & visibility […] well-armed combatants driving around a Malian town bordering Burkina Faso in the middle of a civilian population that does not flee is significant
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Islamist extremists have taken this African country to the brink
A fuel blockade imposed by al-Qaeda-aligned militants has paralyzed the capital of Mali and roiled its repressive military government.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Mali JNIM is now operating with increasing confidence & visibility […] well-armed combatants driving around a Malian town bordering Burkina Faso in the middle of a civilian population that does not flee is significant
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Wait so we’re also in an armed conflict against a completely different group? Sure yeah why not
Pentagon discloses the latest strike on suspect boats in the Caribbean -- No. 7 in its current campaign -- with another video, but no evidence. In a first, this one is alleged to have ties to the Colombian insurgency group the ELN.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Wait so we’re also in an armed conflict against a completely different group? Sure yeah why not
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On @cnn.com discussing the early retired of U.S. Southern Commander leader, Admiral Holsey, and the use of semi-submersible vessels by drugg smugglers. youtu.be/RQPqVUHR3dg
ADM STAV ON CNN with Brianna Keilar 10 17 25
YouTube video by ADM STAV VIDEOS
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
On @cnn.com discussing the early retired of U.S. Southern Commander leader, Admiral Holsey, and the use of semi-submersible vessels by drugg smugglers. youtu.be/RQPqVUHR3dg
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The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...
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Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.
The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics
At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...
www.cnn.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.
The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Nancy Youssef is the real deal, met her in a combat zone, cool as a cucumber, doing her thing. Great writer. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nancy Youssef is the real deal, met her in a combat zone, cool as a cucumber, doing her thing. Great writer. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Air Advisors are a frequent target in an Air Force that undervalues activities that are hard to quantify.
What better way to advance the idea of burden sharing than to build professional, interoperable, and reliable allies and partners?
irregularwarfare.org/articles/fai...
What better way to advance the idea of burden sharing than to build professional, interoperable, and reliable allies and partners?
irregularwarfare.org/articles/fai...
Failure Bias in Air Advisory Missions
Discover how the U.S. Air Force’s failure bias has shaped decades of decision-making—and why successful air advisory missions deserve renewed attention.
irregularwarfare.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Air Advisors are a frequent target in an Air Force that undervalues activities that are hard to quantify.
What better way to advance the idea of burden sharing than to build professional, interoperable, and reliable allies and partners?
irregularwarfare.org/articles/fai...
What better way to advance the idea of burden sharing than to build professional, interoperable, and reliable allies and partners?
irregularwarfare.org/articles/fai...
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Check out this post on "armed group constellations," super interesting!
This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇
www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...
www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...
Armed Group Constellations in Multiparty Civil Wars: How Syrian Rebels Toppled Assad - Civil War Paths
Dr. Regine Schwab is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt, working on contemporary civil wars, militant Islamist groups, wartime institut...
www.civilwarpaths.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Check out this post on "armed group constellations," super interesting!
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A regular reminder to keep standing up to authoritarians 🇵🇭
Chinese Cutters Ram Philippine Fishery Vessels in Spratly Islands — USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/10/14/c...
news.usni.org/2025/10/14/c...
Chinese Cutters Ram Philippine Fishery Vessels in Spratly Islands - USNI News
Chinese cutters rammed and water cannoned two Philippine fishery vessels near Sandy Cay and Thitu Island over the weekend in the latest spat between the two countries in the South China Sea. The incid...
news.usni.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A regular reminder to keep standing up to authoritarians 🇵🇭
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US-India expert who advised US administrations arrested over secret documents reut.rs/43e10Hb
US-India expert who advised US administrations arrested over secret documents
A leading expert on U.S.-India relations who has advised successive U.S. administrations has been arrested and charged with unlawful retention of national defense information, including over a thousand pages of top secret and secret documents at his home, court documents showed.
reut.rs
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
US-India expert who advised US administrations arrested over secret documents reut.rs/43e10Hb
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Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!
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September 29 is the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Babyn Yar.
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi forces began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv.
This horrific tragedy took over 100,000 innocent lives.
Never forget. Never again.🕯️🧵
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi forces began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv.
This horrific tragedy took over 100,000 innocent lives.
Never forget. Never again.🕯️🧵
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
September 29 is the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Babyn Yar.
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi forces began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv.
This horrific tragedy took over 100,000 innocent lives.
Never forget. Never again.🕯️🧵
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi forces began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv.
This horrific tragedy took over 100,000 innocent lives.
Never forget. Never again.🕯️🧵
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Thrilled to share our latest article in the TPV special issue on motivations! We explore how gendered narratives and misogyny act as a powerful shared language—connecting identity factors across far-right movements in Australia and the UK 👇🏼
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thrilled to share our latest article in the TPV special issue on motivations! We explore how gendered narratives and misogyny act as a powerful shared language—connecting identity factors across far-right movements in Australia and the UK 👇🏼
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
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Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.
One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII
Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.
www.militarytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.
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The Pentagon has finally gotten around to announcing Jonathan Braga as the next commander of JSOC, succeeding Mitch Bradley who is taking over SOCOM.
Braga joined Delta Force in 2002, was a squadron commander there in the surge era, then commanded Delta 2015-17 when it was running the war in Syria.
Braga joined Delta Force in 2002, was a squadron commander there in the surge era, then commanded Delta 2015-17 when it was running the war in Syria.
September 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Pentagon has finally gotten around to announcing Jonathan Braga as the next commander of JSOC, succeeding Mitch Bradley who is taking over SOCOM.
Braga joined Delta Force in 2002, was a squadron commander there in the surge era, then commanded Delta 2015-17 when it was running the war in Syria.
Braga joined Delta Force in 2002, was a squadron commander there in the surge era, then commanded Delta 2015-17 when it was running the war in Syria.
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I’m so gratified that some of the people I learn most from on this subject — Jim Mattis, Peter Feaver, @eliotacohen.bsky.social, @heidiurben.bsky.social, and Richard Kohn found my book worthwhile.
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I’m so gratified that some of the people I learn most from on this subject — Jim Mattis, Peter Feaver, @eliotacohen.bsky.social, @heidiurben.bsky.social, and Richard Kohn found my book worthwhile.
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Per AFRICOM there have been 68 US airstrikes in Somalia this year. Plus there’s one declared ground operation.
By our tally that makes this year the new overall peak of strikes in Somalia www.newamerica.org/future-secur...
By our tally that makes this year the new overall peak of strikes in Somalia www.newamerica.org/future-secur...
America’s Counterterrorism Wars
Tracking the United States's drone strikes and other operations in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya.
www.newamerica.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Per AFRICOM there have been 68 US airstrikes in Somalia this year. Plus there’s one declared ground operation.
By our tally that makes this year the new overall peak of strikes in Somalia www.newamerica.org/future-secur...
By our tally that makes this year the new overall peak of strikes in Somalia www.newamerica.org/future-secur...
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A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria, state media and a war monitor reported.
It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader.
It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader.
U.S.-led coalition captures a senior Islamic State member in Syria
www.stripes.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria, state media and a war monitor reported.
It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader.
It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader.
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Shot (2019) direct.mit.edu/isec/article... . Chaser (2025)
August 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Shot (2019) direct.mit.edu/isec/article... . Chaser (2025)