Nathan Emery and Yevgeny Gershman Abstract Counterproliferation is often conceptualized as a highly technical mission domain, dominated by the U.S. Intelligence Community, Special Operations Forces, and federal agencies. Proliferators such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea leverage illicit procurement networks alongside the legitimate mechanisms of global trade and finance.  This article argues that Civil Affairs (CA) officers with Commerce and Trade specialties represent an...

This image was created by artificial intelligence LTC Colin Blair INTRODUCTION MAJ Lucas Harrell’s article in September’s edition of the Eunomia Journal titled “No Bench, No Game: Reconstituting Special Operations Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Depth from the Reserve”  is a welcome call to ready our Civil Affairs (CA) forces – specifically those residing the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) – for the rigors of Large-Scale Combat Operations, or LSCO. Lucas correctly notes that the expected...

Author: Stanislava P. Mladenova PhD. Reviewed by: Denton Knight There are only two semi-legendary books in US Army Civil Affairs (CA)...