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CTX Articles
The Combating Threats Exchange (CTX) is a biannual peer-reviewed online journal whose contributors are the men and women at the frontlines of counterterrorism. We publish firsthand accounts and analysis written by special operations personnel, as well as discussions of policy, trends, and operations written by government officials, researchers, CT professionals, and investigative journalists on five continents.
Read the latest CTX Articles
- The Huthis’ Irregular Warfare Strategy to Power and Iran’s Role in Yemen
- Salem Bhafi, Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | National Security Strategy
- 5 May 2025
- Geopolitical Resilience: A Case of Mongolia
- Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Altankhuu Badarch
- 17 Jan 2025
- Policing the Tribal Areas of Pakistan: The Influence of Tribal Traditions and the Need for Police Reforms
- Manzar Zaidi, Former Senior Police Officer and Rule of Law Academic and Practitioner
- 10 Jan 2025
- Preventing the Spread of West Africa’s Islamist Insurgencies into Ghana
- LTC Ernest Bosompem Darkwah, Ghana Armed Forces
- 16 Oct 2024
- Identity and Radicalization
- Maja Čavlović, Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Croatia
- 16 Aug 2024
- Ethics and Insights: Whose Lives Matter?
- Dr. Siamak Naficy, US Naval Postgraduate School
- 7 Jun 2024
Read the latest issue of CTX
- Letter from the Guest Editors
- Tahmina Karimova and Lawrence Walzer, Center on Combating Hybrid Threats, US NPS
- 01 Apr 2025
- Foreword
- Lawrence Walzer, Center on Combating Hybrid Threats, US NPS
- 01 Apr 2025
- Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems: Seeking Legal Clarity
- Kristen Fletcher, Marina Lesse, Rebecca Grippo, and Theresa Milio, US NPS
- 01 Apr 2025
- Rogues with Robots: Malign Actors and Drones in an Age of Hybrid Conflict
- Scott Moreland, Institute for Security Governance, Defense Security Cooperation University
- 01 Apr 2025
- Preventing An Inevitable Threat: Dealing with Drones
- Major Ian McAlpine, US Army Special Forces
- 01 Apr 2025
- Lessons from Ukraine and the Red Sea on Autonomous Systems and the Future of the US Navy
- Cecilia Panella, Saronic Technologies, and Lieutenant Christopher Mears, US Navy
- 01 Apr 2025
- Strengthening Ally and Partner Collaboration in the Unmanned Systems Realm
- Major Arian Sopiqoti, Albanian Ministry of Defense, and Zachary Klein, US NPS
- 01 Apr 2025
- The CTX Interview: Colonel Omar Rabling Valdez, Mexican Army interviewed by Colonel Ian Rice, CTX Editorial Review Board
- Colonel Omar Rabling Valdez, Mexican Army
- 01 Apr 2025

ECCO Insights (Opinion Essays)
Effective, January 2025, ECCO Insights is evolving to become an opinion piece section dedicated to timely discussions on pressing global matters. This new focus will provide military and security professionals a platform to share informed perspectives, offering unique insights on issues of immediate relevance. Through this transformation, ECCO Insights aims to foster thought-provoking dialogue and bring expert opinions to the forefront, enriching understanding and engagement with critical security challenges. Read more.
- The Huthis’ Irregular Warfare Strategy to Power and Iran’s Role in Yemen
- Salem Bahfi, Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | National Security Strategy
- 01 May 2025
- The Afghan Debacle: Causes, Consequences, and Ways Ahead
- Dr. John Arquilla, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, US Naval Postgraduate School
- 17 May 2024
- Barbarism Begins at Home
- Siamak Naficy
- 30 Jan 2023
- Perspectives on Ukraine and the Russian Invasion
- Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago. Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
- 07 Jan 2023
- Operational Design: Imagination Needed in Ukraine
- Guy Duczynski, Edith Cowan University and and M Smith, Australian Department of Defence
- 10 May 2022

CTX Conversations
The Combating Threats Exchange Journal (CTX) is thrilled to announce the launch of CTX Conversations, an engaging series of virtual discussions covering a spectrum of critical topics, including Irregular Warfare, Counterterrorism (CT), East Asian Security, and beyond. Read more.
- The Future of Insurgencies and Radical Groups in Africa
- Global ECCO
- 09 Jul 2024
- The Ukraine War: Military Lessons and Prospects for Peace
- CTX Staff
- 29 May 2024
- Strategic Implications of the Gaza War
- CTX Staff
- 15 Mar 2024
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The mission of CTX is to publish high quality analyses, opinions, and studies on hybrid warfare, special operations, and counterterrorism written by and for military officers, government officials, and security and academic professionals in the international community. We give priority to thoughtful, insightful, and creative work that offers lessons and ideas useful to fellow professionals. Send submissions to CTXeditor@GlobalECCO.org. Read our submission guidelines.
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