Across
- 4. What do you call a proxy actor of a proxy supported by the US.
- 6. the term “proxy war” refers to a conflict in which countries oppose each other indirectly, through the use of ______, typically in a third country.
- 8. SOF operates in 75-100 countries on a given day, it must work through ____ ______ cooperation to achieve US policy goals...
- 9. this strategy also cannot require a substantial commitment of U.S. military forces. So it must rely primarily on U.S. ____ ______, intelligence and other diplomatic resources, as well as the resources of Interpol and partner nations in the region and elsewhere.
- 11. one possible alternative strategy is to focus on disrupting _____ to and between these conflicts. That is, the U.S. government could focus resources on reducing external non-state actors’ ability to move people, money and materials into and out of selectsemi-proxy wars.
- 12. The US strategic paradox, then is the ritualization of war, based on a theory of liberalism, combined with technical superiority driving adversaries to irregular means, leaves the US military unable to impose its will on the ______ centric enemy.
- 13. The _____ is also likely to be the single greatest challenge of the US military, and SOCOM, will face in the conduct of war in the coming century.
Down
- 1. The truth is that every context is ______
- 2. The paradox resides in the inability of US strategic culture to permit the achievement of desired political outcomes because warfare has become ritualized through ________.
- 3. ______ goes beyond a civil war; it has become a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- 5. ISIS is as much an ______ as it is an entity.
- 7. Our technical advantage has taught adversaries that an _____ fight is the only way to counter our military might.
- 10. A proxy actor of the United states is ________ to some degree to the US for its behavior in a conflict.