As the US shifts its priorities toward countering near-peer adversaries like Russia and China, its special operations forces are adapting to new challenges, leveraging skills honed during the Cold War.
US special operations forces offer critical flexibility amid stagnation in defense spending and force size and can counter aggressors elsewhere while the military prioritizes the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
The authors argue that US special operations should return to their 'roots' and Cold War practices, which successfully countered Soviet influence through unconventional warfare.
These practices included supporting resistance groups, conducting covert intelligence operations, and executing evacuation missions, ultimately becoming key enablers to counter coercion below the armed conflict threshold.
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