PRISM - Current Issue

Current Issue

(September 2025)

Strategic Statecraft in a Fragmented World

Features

Director’s Introduction

By Dr. Dennis Walters, Director, Irregular Warfare Center

Letter from the Editors

By Kevin D. Stringer, Ph.D., Joshua Hastey, Ph.D., Sandor Fabian, Ph.D.

What the Red Dragon Fears: Assessing Resistance in China

By Robert S. Burrell

Decentralized Democratic State- Building: Evidence from the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

By Kacper Grass

Decentralized Stabilization Assistance

By Roger Myerson

Strategizing Lawfare as a Key Irregular War Modality

By David J. Scheffer

Slovenian Independence and the Resistance Operating Concept: A Comparative Analysis
By Robert Redding and Blaž Torkar

The Iatrogenic Paradox: When Information Operations Undermine Strategic Objectives
By Daniel Eerhart

Book Reviews

Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan
Reviewed by Whitney Grespin

Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance

Reviewed by Mark Grzegorzewski

Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance

Reviewed by William Mengel