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Sea Control 589: Non-state Special Operations
Episode 589
Dr. Craig Whiteside is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College resident program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism and the International Centre for Counterterrorism-The Hague. Whiteside’s current work focuses on the leadership succession and military doctrine of the Islamic State militant group, and he co-authored The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement (Hurst Publishers/Oxford University Press, 2020). His current book is Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects (Routledge, July 2025). He is the 2022 winner of the US Naval War College Excellence in Research Award. His publications can be found here.
Links:
Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects https://www.routledge.com/Non-state-Special-Operations-Capabilities-and-Effects/Rice-Whiteside/p/book/9781032594514?srsltid=AfmBOoqur7WH1KdVFwx-v-itaXGYJ4GaMwNHJH5i67tZDV34tj1q2DG6
The Isis Reader https://theisisreader.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web
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