Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces: A Concept for Proactive Campaigning Short of Traditional War

by Eric Robinson, Gabrielle Tarini, Timothy Heath

This report develops a new concept for strategic disruption by special operations forces, exploring how disruptive campaigns can frustrate an adversary's preferred strategy and enable friendly gains across multiple instruments of national power. This research articulates a clear framework for special operations campaigning short of war, particularly when potentially escalatory conventional options are ill-suited or infeasible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977411843
• ISBN13: 9781977411846
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"