Special Operations Command Pacific and Special Operations Command Korea

Rising sea levels will, over the next decades, be the source of a variety of economic and social issues across the Indo-Pacific Command, which may drive conflicts in the region. These issues include natural disasters and extreme weather events that damage agriculture and trade, affect refugee flows, create challenges to port infrastructure, and impact changes to navigable waterways and sea routes. How can SOF better understand and adapt to this potentially destabilizing environment, and how can they best support allied and partner nations facing these issues?

• Edmonston, Col. Michael, "The Impact of International and Domestic Factors on the Military Outcomes of National Unification: A Study of Four Historical Cases with Lessons for Korean Unification," SAASS thesis, 2014, 200 pgs. 
  • Subsequently updated and published as an AU Press Kenney Paper on Indo-Pacific Security Studies, "The Potential Unification of Korea and a Unified Korean Armed Forces," 2023, 109 pgs.