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A. COMPOUND SECURITY & STATECRAFT

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  • 1. Primary 'General Theory of Compound Security' (GToCS) & Applications
    • 1_General Theory of Compound Security and System Resilience
      • 1_General Theory of Compound Security and System Resilience
    • 1.2_The Architecture of Resilience_Intro to the GTOCS
      • 1.2_The Architecture of Resilience_Intro to the GTOCS
    • 23_General Theory of Compound Security and System Resilience (4th Age SOF plausibility probe)
      • 23_General Theory of Compound Security and System Resilience (4th Age SOF plausibility probe)
  • 2. Order, Legitimacy, and Global Structure
    • 1.1 Compound Maritime Security
      • 1.1 Compound Maritime Security
    • 1.2.1_The Next Twenty Years’ Crisis_A Global Security Re-Audit
      • 1.2.1_The Next Twenty Years’ Crisis_A Global Security Re-Audit
    • 18_This is World War III (Wilson-Bengo)_notebook
      • 18_This is World War III (Wilson-Bengo)_notebook
    • 18.1_Economic Policy as National Defense (Nov-25)
      • 18.1_Economic Policy as National Defense (Nov-25)
      • Supporting Documents - 18.1_Economic Policy as National Defense (Nov-25)
        • Supporting Documents – 18.1_Economic Policy as National Defense (Nov-25)
  • 3. Strategic Illusion, Collapse, & Drift
    • 11.4_America First Blowback_WHEM Case Study in Compound Fragility (Dec 25)
      • 11.4_America First Blowback_WHEM Case Study in Compound Fragility (Dec 25)
      • Compound Fragility Across the WHEM
        • Compound Fragility Across the WHEM
    • 5_Thinking Beyond--World War III
      • 5_Thinking Beyond–World War III
    • 8.1_The True Tragedy of American Power (2013)
      • 8.1_The True Tragedy of American Power (2013)
  • IRAN AFTER NEXT
    • IRAN AFTER NEXT
  • Munich_Then2Now
    • Munich_Then2Now
  • The Contagion Logic of (Compound) War
    • The Contagion Logic of (Compound) War
  • The Geometry of War_Compound Security and Iranian Conflict Aims
    • The Geometry of War_Compound Security and Iranian Conflict Aims
  • The Paradoxes of Power_Historical Trauma and Western Statecraft (ISR and USA)
    • The Paradoxes of Power_Historical Trauma and Western Statecraft (ISR and USA)
  • The Statist-Insurgent_Iran and the Era of Contagion War
    • The Statist-Insurgent_Iran and the Era of Contagion War
  • War versus Conflict
    • War versus Conflict

B. AMERICAN POWER_CIVIC HEALTH_& INSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL

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  • 1. Civic Crisis & Democratic Decay
    • 22_Tocquevilles Return-A Republic in Recoil
      • 22_Tocquevilles Return-A Republic in Recoil
    • x. America_The Paradoxical Power (2025)
      • x. America_The Paradoxical Power (2025)
      • (a) Civics-101 ("The Push-Pull of American Identity")
        • (a) Civics-101 (“The Push-Pull of American Identity”)
      • (b) Civics-101 ("America First v. 14th Amendment)
        • (b) Civics-101 (“America First v. 14th Amendment)
      • (c) Civics-101 ("American Exceptionalism")
        • (c) Civics-101 (“American Exceptionalism”)
      • (d) Civics-101 ("Womens' Rights")
        • (d) Civics-101 (“Womens’ Rights”)
      • supporting materials - x. America_The Paradoxical Power (2025)
        • supporting materials – x. America_The Paradoxical Power (2025)
        • The Paradoxical Power - Book by chapter
          • The Paradoxical Power – Book by chapter
          • The Paradoxical Power (Book Project)
            • The Paradoxical Power (Book Project)
    • xxxx. The Civic Brief (post-"Experiences" Educational Explainers)
      • TCB_Experience-5 (JAN '26)_America the SuperFORCE (Paradoxical Power)
        • TCB_Experience-5 (JAN ’26)_America the SuperFORCE (Paradoxical Power)
  • 2. American Power in Transition
    • 11_American Power in Transition-- Interventionism and Strategic Stability
      • 11_American Power in Transition– Interventionism and Strategic Stability
    • 25_Contemporary Global Security Challenges and Strategic Transformation
      • 25_Contemporary Global Security Challenges and Strategic Transformation
      • Supporting Materials - 25_Contemporary Global Security Challenges and Strategic Transformation
        • Supporting Materials – 25_Contemporary Global Security Challenges and Strategic Transformation
    • 25.1_THE IRAQ WAR
      • 25.1_THE IRAQ WAR
      • Supporting Materials - 25.1_THE IRAQ WAR
        • Supporting Materials – 25.1_THE IRAQ WAR
    • 25.2_ THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
      • 25.2_ THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
      • Afghanistan--The Days After (post-2021)
        • Afghanistan–The Days After (post-2021)
      • Supporting Materials - 25.2_ THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
        • Supporting Materials – 25.2_ THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
    • 25.3_Military Transformation
      • 25.3_Military Transformation
      • Supporting Materials - 25.3_Military Transformation
        • Supporting Materials – 25.3_Military Transformation
    • 6_Army Transformation-A Field Report
      • 6_Army Transformation-A Field Report
      • Army Transformation (2003-2005)
        • Army Transformation (2003-2005)
        • AGILE EAGLE OPORD (MODULES)
          • AGILE EAGLE OPORD (MODULES)
    • 6.1_Rage Against the Machines (Lyall-Wilson 2009)
      • 6.1_Rage Against the Machines (Lyall-Wilson 2009)
    • xx. Rebuilding America's Broken Compact (2025)
      • xx. Rebuilding America’s Broken Compact (2025)
      • xxx-Blueprints for Action ....
        • xxx-Blueprints for Action …
  • 3. Republic Recovery & Civic Projects
    • 12_The AMERICA Project--Call to Action for American Republic Recovery
      • 12_The AMERICA Project–Call to Action for American Republic Recovery
      • S.O.A.R.
        • S.O.A.R.
    • 19_Letters to the Republic_notebook
      • 19_Letters to the Republic_notebook
    • 20_Blueprints from the Ashes-- Reimagining American Democracy
      • 20_Blueprints from the Ashes– Reimagining American Democracy
    • 21_Blueprints from the Ashes-- Reclaiming the American Republic
      • 21_Blueprints from the Ashes– Reclaiming the American Republic
    • x. The American Compact
      • x. The American Compact
      • 4. Civic Classroom (Materials)
        • 4. Civic Classroom (Materials)
      • The Civic State Papers
        • The Civic State Papers
      • VI. Civic Renewal and Public Service
        • VI. Civic Renewal and Public Service
    • xxx. American Civics 101
      • xxx. American Civics 101
      • Authoritarianism_Power Transitions_Compound Security
        • Authoritarianism_Power Transitions_Compound Security
      • Had the Crown Prevailed_Alternate Americas
        • Had the Crown Prevailed_Alternate Americas
      • post-Ken Burns Documentary Trilogy
        • post-Ken Burns Documentary Trilogy
        • Word Docs
          • Word Docs
      • Power and Empowerment (2023 Keynote Address for St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs)
        • Power and Empowerment (2023 Keynote Address for St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs)
      • The American Devolution
        • The American Devolution
      • Two Views of Politics_Downs v. Schattsneider
        • Two Views of Politics_Downs v. Schattsneider
  • America's Sicily Expedition
    • America’s Sicily Expedition
  • American Power in Transition (2023)_Videos
    • American Power in Transition (2023)_Videos
  • Born of Awakening and Enlightenment_ The American Synthesis
    • Born of Awakening and Enlightenment_ The American Synthesis
    • The_American_Synthesis
      • The_American_Synthesis
  • The Broken Trinity_ Restoring the Civil-Military Strategic Balance
    • The Broken Trinity_ Restoring the Civil-Military Strategic Balance

C. WAR & PEACE_DEFENSE & SECURITY PRACTICE

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  • 1. Special Operations Forces, Irregular Warfare, & Campaigning
    • 11.2_Counter-ISIL Campaign Strategy for Iraq and Syria--How It Worked (Summer 2014)
      • 11.2_Counter-ISIL Campaign Strategy for Iraq and Syria–How It Worked (Summer 2014)
    • 14_Joint SOF Roles in Irregular Warfare Curriculum
      • 14_Joint SOF Roles in Irregular Warfare Curriculum
      • JNEXT-new roles
        • JNEXT-new roles
    • 15_Making the Case for a Joint Special Operations Profession
      • 15_Making the Case for a Joint Special Operations Profession
      • SOF as Joint Profession
        • SOF as Joint Profession
    • 16_Special Operations Forces for a New Age (Special Theory of Compound Security)
      • 16_Special Operations Forces for a New Age (Special Theory of Compound Security)
    • 17_Winning Looks Like--SOFs Four Ages and Future Campaigns
      • 17_Winning Looks Like–SOFs Four Ages and Future Campaigns
      • WWLL
        • WWLL
        • pdfs
          • pdfs
    • 17.1_Deterrence in the Future Operating Environment (Minerva Proposal_2022)
      • 17.1_Deterrence in the Future Operating Environment (Minerva Proposal_2022)
    • 17.2_Taiwan SMEE (Nov 2022)
      • 17.2_Taiwan SMEE (Nov 2022)
      • Supporting Materials - 17.2_Taiwan SMEE (Nov 2022)
        • Supporting Materials – 17.2_Taiwan SMEE (Nov 2022)
    • 17.3_ESTIMATING POWER RIVALRIES
      • 17.3_ESTIMATING POWER RIVALRIES
      • supporting materials - 17.3_ESTIMATING POWER RIVALRIES
        • supporting materials – 17.3_ESTIMATING POWER RIVALRIES
    • 17.4_***Compound Security Competition
      • 17.4_***Compound Security Competition
    • 17.5_War versus Conflict
      • 17.5_War versus Conflict
    • 17.6_Regime Change_The Costs of Strategic Delusion
      • 17.6_Regime Change_The Costs of Strategic Delusion
    • 18.2_After Mosul-- Earging the Syria-Iraq Conflict Context
      • 18.2_After Mosul– Earging the Syria-Iraq Conflict Context
    • 8.2_Beyond COIN (2013)
      • 8.2_Beyond COIN (2013)
    • 9.3_Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR)_Inside the War Room (2014-2018)
      • 9.3_Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR)_Inside the War Room (2014-2018)
      • Michael Gordon (NYTs) Interview (2017-18)
        • Michael Gordon (NYTs) Interview (2017-18)
        • Messaging
          • Messaging
  • 2. Theater & Force Design
    • 2. Theater & Force Design
    • 10.1_Achieving WoG Outcomes (2018)
      • 10.1_Achieving WoG Outcomes (2018)
    • 11.1_A Grand Strategy for the Greater Middle East
      • 11.1_A Grand Strategy for the Greater Middle East
      • Supporting Materials - 11.1_A Grand Strategy for the Greater Middle East
        • Supporting Materials – 11.1_A Grand Strategy for the Greater Middle East
    • 11.3 Active Containment as Grand Strategy
      • 11.3 Active Containment as Grand Strategy
    • 16.1_USSOCOM Message Alignment Program Narrative Guidebook
      • 16.1_USSOCOM Message Alignment Program Narrative Guidebook
    • 16.2 THE JSOU and JSOU “NEXT” … SHARPENING THE EDGE OF SOF’s ADVANTAGE, FOR NATION, IN THE FOURTH AGE
      • 16.2 THE JSOU and JSOU “NEXT” … SHARPENING THE EDGE OF SOF’s ADVANTAGE, FOR NATION, IN THE FOURTH AGE
    • 16.3 Sharpening SOF's Advantage_For Nation
      • 16.3 Sharpening SOF’s Advantage_For Nation
    • 2_Dueling Regimes-Balkan Intervention Policy 1990-1998
      • 2_Dueling Regimes-Balkan Intervention Policy 1990-1998
      • 10_There and Back Again-Reconsidering the Balkans
        • 10_There and Back Again-Reconsidering the Balkans
        • Supporting Materials - 10_There and Back Again-Reconsidering the Balkans
          • Supporting Materials – 10_There and Back Again-Reconsidering the Balkans
      • Supporting Materials - 2_Dueling Regimes-Balkan Intervention Policy 1990-1998
        • Supporting Materials – 2_Dueling Regimes-Balkan Intervention Policy 1990-1998
    • 7_USG Integrated Civ-Mil Campaign Plan for Afghanistan
      • 7_USG Integrated Civ-Mil Campaign Plan for Afghanistan
      • AFG
        • AFG
    • 9_Strategic Landpower-- Concept_ Challenges_and Future Directions
      • 9_Strategic Landpower– Concept_ Challenges_and Future Directions
      • On American Grand Strategy
        • On American Grand Strategy
    • 9.2_USCENTCOM Theater Strategy Narrative Brief (2014)
      • 9.2_USCENTCOM Theater Strategy Narrative Brief (2014)
  • 3. Defense Economics, Acquisition, & Arms Control
    • 24.1_Compound Security--Winning the Race for Tomorrow’s Technologies
      • 24.1_Compound Security–Winning the Race for Tomorrow’s Technologies
      • Supporting Materials - 24.1_Compound Security--Winning the Race for Tomorrow’s Technologies
        • Supporting Materials – 24.1_Compound Security–Winning the Race for Tomorrow’s Technologies
    • 3_Commercialism Versus Security in US Arms Export Policy
      • 3_Commercialism Versus Security in US Arms Export Policy
      • Supporting Materials - 3_Commercialism Versus Security in US Arms Export Policy
        • Supporting Materials – 3_Commercialism Versus Security in US Arms Export Policy
    • 3.1_Unintended Consequences (Dissertation-2004)
      • 3.1_Unintended Consequences (Dissertation-2004)
      • Supporting Materials - 3.1_Unintended Consequences (Dissertation-2004)
        • Supporting Materials – 3.1_Unintended Consequences (Dissertation-2004)
    • 3.2_FMS REFORM
      • 3.2_FMS REFORM
      • Supporting Materials - 3.2_FMS REFORM
        • Supporting Materials – 3.2_FMS REFORM
    • 3.3_Designing Defence_ Acquisition- Customer Behavior- and Competitive Campaigning
      • 3.3_Designing Defence_ Acquisition- Customer Behavior- and Competitive Campaigning
    • 3.4_***Compound Security Dilemma Meets Defense Industrial Base
      • 3.4_***Compound Security Dilemma Meets Defense Industrial Base
  • THERE AND BACK AGAIN_Trump Executive Order Reforming Foreign Defense Sales System and the Return of The Dollars and Senselessness of the Commercialization of the Global Arms Market
    • THERE AND BACK AGAIN_Trump Executive Order Reforming Foreign Defense Sales System and the Return of The Dollars and Senselessness of the Commercialization of the Global Arms Market
  • What is "Regime Change?"
    • What is “Regime Change?”

D. EDUCATION_TRANSITIONS LEADERSHIP & THE 'RONIN' INTELLECTUAL FRAMEWORK

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  • 1. The WiSE Sentinel Leaders Academy
    • 1. The WiSE Sentinel Leaders Academy
    • 26.2_THE WiSE COMPOUND SECURITY ACADEMY
      • 26.2_THE WiSE COMPOUND SECURITY ACADEMY
      • PwP-WiSE Academy (Business Model)
        • PwP-WiSE Academy (Business Model)
  • 2. Education, Learning & Strategy
    • 11.2 The Johnson Grand Strategy Program at West Point
      • 11.2 The Johnson Grand Strategy Program at West Point
    • 26.1_Joint SOF Common Core Curriculum (2023)
      • 26.1_Joint SOF Common Core Curriculum (2023)
    • 26.3_What is Compound Security For Business Leaders
      • 26.3_What is Compound Security For Business Leaders
      • Inside the Leaders Mind Podcast
        • Inside the Leaders Mind Podcast
    • 4_Educating Post-Modern US Army Strategic Planners
      • 4_Educating Post-Modern US Army Strategic Planners
      • Education the Future Holistic Warrior
        • Education the Future Holistic Warrior
    • 4.1_THE HOLISTIC WARRIOR--A Bibiliographic Assessment
      • 4.1_THE HOLISTIC WARRIOR–A Bibiliographic Assessment
    • 4.2_THE MARSHALL STUDY
      • 4.2_THE MARSHALL STUDY
    • 4.3_On Leadership
      • 4.3_On Leadership
  • 3. Leadership, Transition, & Instiutional Renewal
    • 0_Wilson W.i.S.E. Consulting Business Plan
      • 0_Wilson W.i.S.E. Consulting Business Plan
    • 0.1_StormWiSE and Conquering The Compound Security Dilemma
      • 0.1_StormWiSE and Conquering The Compound Security Dilemma
      • Supporting Materials - 0.1_StormWiSE and Conquering The Compound Security Dilemma
        • Supporting Materials – 0.1_StormWiSE and Conquering The Compound Security Dilemma
    • 0.2 On Transitioning
      • 0.2 On Transitioning
      • Petraeus (5-21-21)
        • Petraeus (5-21-21)
      • Supporting Documents - 0.2 On Transitioning
        • Supporting Documents – 0.2 On Transitioning
    • 0.3 The WiSE-TBW-PwP Ecosystem
      • 0.3 The WiSE-TBW-PwP Ecosystem
      • Professors Without Portfolio (PYP)
        • Genesis Story of the Intellectual Ronin
          • Genesis Story of the Intellectual Ronin
        • Prospectus_PWP (the Santa Fe Institute crossed with a dojo crossed with a public square)
          • Prospectus_PWP (the Santa Fe Institute crossed with a dojo crossed with a public square)
        • Supporting Materials - Professors Without Portfolio (PYP)
          • Supporting Materials – Professors Without Portfolio (PYP)
      • Rise of the Intellectual Ronin--A 'TED' Talk
        • Rise of the Intellectual Ronin–A ‘TED’ Talk
      • The WiSE Ecosystem--A "Consilience"-Generating Flywheel
        • The WiSE Ecosystem–A “Consilience”-Generating Flywheel
      • WiSE--The Civic ExoSkeleton
        • WiSE–The Civic ExoSkeleton
    • 13_Renewing SSI Relevance and Influence--Internal Look and Plan
      • 13_Renewing SSI Relevance and Influence–Internal Look and Plan
      • SSI-Next
        • SSI-Next
    • 24_Ahead of the Curve-- StormW.i.S.E. Brings Artificial Intuition to Beating Compound Security Dilemmas
      • 24_Ahead of the Curve– StormW.i.S.E. Brings Artificial Intuition to Beating Compound Security Dilemmas
    • 7.1_Force and Faith in Military Strategy
      • 7.1_Force and Faith in Military Strategy
    • 8_Assessing and Improving Army Career Alumni Program Transition
      • 8_Assessing and Improving Army Career Alumni Program Transition
    • 9.1_Force and Faith in the American Experience (2007-2011)
      • 9.1_Force and Faith in the American Experience (2007-2011)
    • 9.1.1_On Polarity_Secular v. Sacred Claims
      • 9.1.1_On Polarity_Secular v. Sacred Claims
  • Compound Cognition
    • Compound Cognition
  • JSOU NEXT_ Sharpening the Fourth Age SOF Advantage
    • JSOU NEXT_ Sharpening the Fourth Age SOF Advantage
  • The Predator’s Comfort_ Evolution, Race, and the Empathy Gap - NotebookLM_files
    • The Predator’s Comfort_ Evolution, Race, and the Empathy Gap – NotebookLM_files
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      • Predatory Empires

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