Features

General Raymond Thomas III
Special Operations in a Chaotic World

Charles T. Cleveland, James B Linder and Ronald Dempsey
Special Operations Doctrine: Is it Needed?

James Q. Roberts
Need Authorities for the Gray Zone

Austin Long
The Limits of Special Operations Forces

Christopher Varhola
Regional Understanding and Unity of Effort

Jonathon Cosgrove
Context is King

Jason Wesbrock, Glenn Harned, and Preston Plous
Special Operations Forces and Conventional Forces Integration, Interoperability, and Interdependence

Christopher Thielenhaus, Pat Traeger, and Eric Roles
Reaching Forward in the War against the Islamic State

David C. Ellis, Charles N. Black, and Mary Ann Nobles
Thinking Dangerously

D.W. Lee
Resistance Dynamics and Social Movement Theory

From the Field

Linda Robinson
The SOF Experience in the Philippines and the Implications for Future Defense Strategy

Book Reviews

James Dobbins
Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism

Christopher J. Lamb
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

Lawrence Garber
How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why

Interview

Michael Miklaucic
An Interview with Stanley McChrystal