External Research

Social Media Warriors: Leveraging a New Battlespace

Social Media Warriors: Leveraging a New Battlespace

Editor’s note: In this article for the US Army War College journal Parameters, Dr. Buddhika Jayamaha and MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek, demonstrate how adversaries have turned Western...

Why is Senegal’s Military so Good? A Case Study

Why is Senegal’s Military so Good? A Case Study

Editor’s note: In this article in the journal African Security, MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek shows how the “weak” Senegalese state has created an “effective” military that can be a...

Genius and Mastery in Military Innovation

Genius and Mastery in Military Innovation

Editor's note: In this article in the journal Survival, MWI non-resident fellow Nina Kollars explores the drivers of military innovation in times of war and peace.   When it comes to creating...

Countering the Russian Threat to the Baltics

Countering the Russian Threat to the Baltics

MWI Adjunct Scholar Manos Karagiannis argues that the defenses being built by the Baltic States will prove largely ineffective and possibly counterproductive against Russia.