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Ukraine: What is to Come?

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The Irregular Warfare Initiative takes great pride in announcing the selection of our 2023 Fellows.

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Tune in for a special IWI and @BelferCenter online panel on Resistance to Russ Aggression! Thurs, Nov 10th 1530GMT/1030EST Hear diverse views from @NATO_SOF LTG Fletcher, Finnish Sec Gen Toivonen, Russ Fellow @nataliabugayova , @MoD_Estonia BG Ühtegi - With our own @Dolivermore

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Congrats to ⁦ @IrregWarfare ⁩ editorial team member ⁦ @jon_d_bate ⁩ for successfully defending his dissertation this week ⁦ @Stanford ⁩. We can’t wait to see his findings published!

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Listen to 3 Air Force pilots try to explain to one Marine how airplanes work and why air advising is difficult. Great convo with ⁦ @tbswitze ⁩, ⁦ @jeff_phaneuf ⁩, ⁦ @EJohnTeichert ⁩, and Laura Jones @IrregWarfare podcast. ⁦ @Dolivermore ⁩

‎Irregular Warfare Podcast: Aviation Advising: Access and Influence through Airpower on Apple...

‎Show Irregular Warfare Podcast, Ep Aviation Advising: Access and Influence through Airpower - Dec 16, 2022

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Today, we’re excited to announce our 2022 IWI fellows! They're a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who study & debate IW topics under the sponsorship of @WarInstitute & @ESoConflict . In the upcoming weeks, we will introduce our distinguished Fellows.

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A small bureaucratic change at the Pentagon hints at a major shift for US special-operations units via @businessinsider @1st_SF_Command @DavidMaxwell161 @arnelpdavid @AllBeretsMatter @RobinsonEricD

A small bureaucratic change at the Pentagon hints at a major shift for US special-operations units

China and Russia both know irregular warfare is the ideal strategy against the US. Now the US Department of Defense is trying to counter that threat.

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Irregular Warfare & Great Power Competition

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We are proud to announce one of our own, @z_e_griffiths , was named to the 2021-2022 Class of @WhiteHouse Fellows! He will be assigned to the National Security Council during his fellowship. MAJ Griffiths is also a graduate of @WestPoint_USMA and @Kennedy_School . Congratulations!

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🎙️Proxy Wars - Part 1! IWI discusses the objectives of proxy & partner warfare, the tools available to influence local agents, and whether the US should increase or decrease its military and diplomatic footprint across Africa in GPC. @clubmodel

Proxy Wars, Part 1: War Through Local Agents in Africa - Modern War Institute

In this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, Kyle Atwell and Shawna Sinnott discuss proxy and partner warfare in Africa with retired Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks and Dr. Eli Berman. […]

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Proud to announce registration for our inaugural conference is open! Scheduled just before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the U.S., providing an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from GWOT, and to consider the future of irregular warfare. Link below!

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Just a teaser. New website launches tomorrow!

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Registration for our inaugural conference is open! This conference will provide a unique opportunity to reflect on the #GWOT . See attached for our phenomenal line up and the link to register is attached below. #Afghanistan #China #irregularwarfare

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ANNOUNCEMENT! The Irregular Warfare Initiative team is pleased to announce the launch of our newsletter. To sign up, please visit this link: Please share with all people interested! @andymilburn8 @AtwellKyle @JaharaMatisek

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Essay Contest! IWI & @thejointstaff J7 Office of Irregular Warfare and Competition are pleased to announce an essay contest to foster interest in and generate new ideas about the future of IW and competition. See more information below.👇 @1st_SF_Command @lmm20071 @SamWinterLevy

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IWI's Inaugural Reading List! 📚 We asked members of the #IWI team to list some of their favorite irregular warfare books. What's your favorite IW book? Expand your knowledge by adding these books to your reading list. @JaharaMatisek @kevinbilms @WDMills1992 @RenanahJoyce

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✍️ Story Telling and Strategy: How Narrative is Central to Gray Zone Warfare Implausible Deniability - Goldilocks Competition - Sub-Provocative Action - Cumulative Effect @DLKnoll

Story Telling and Strategy: How Narrative is Central to Gray Zone Warfare - Modern War Institute

Gray zone warfare can take the form of something as uneventful as building infrastructure. Since 2015, China has built three new villages in an area it claims is in Tibet, […]

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Due to the high demand of Irregular Warfare content and feedback from the podcast - we are expanding! More to follow! @WarInstitute @ESoConflict @1st_SF_Command @WestPointSOSH @USASOCNews @PrincetonSPIA

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Indo-Pacific IW conference! #IWI will conduct a virtual panel discussion on the topic of Irregular Warfare in the Indo-Pacific Region on 25FEB, 1300-1415 PDT. Register: The panel includes MAJ GEN James (Jamie) Jarrard, Chief of Staff, @INDOPACOM

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Announcement!! 📣 The Irregular Warfare Podcast has officially received over 1,000,000 downloads since the podcast’s inception three years ago. We want to thank the irregular warfare community for your continuous support and contributions to allowing us to achieve our mission.

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🔙 Reflecting on the chilling parallels of Einsatzgruppen & Hamas' tactics on Oct 7, 2023. Hoffman, Vardy, & Ware's analysis underscores a grim historical continuity. How can we effectively counter such evolving terror threats? #Counterterrorism 🌍🛡️

From Einsatzgruppen to Hamas: A Historical Continuum of Mobile Mass Murder - Irregular Warfare...

Hamas's terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 mimicked Einsatzgruppen tactics from Nazi Germany's genocidal war on Jews.

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ANNOUNCEMENT!! The #IWI Team is expanding and looking to select applications for its 2022 Non-Resident Fellowship cohort. IWI Fellows are selected for 12 month terms. Applications are due by 03DEC21. Application at: @ArmyWarCollege @NPS_Monterey @csis_isp

IWI Fellows Application for the 2022 IWI Fellows Cohort

The Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) is a joint venture between the Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) Project at Princeton University and the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, US...

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New article! "Bernard Fall believed that no invading force could possess sufficient military power to compensate for its political standing if that force lacked political legitimacy among the society it sought to control." @NathanielLMoir

The Overlooked Irregular Warfare Expert the Pentagon Should Study Today - Modern War Institute

In his 1961 book about warfare in Southeast Asia, Street Without Joy, Bernard Fall, the Howard University professor and former French Resistance fighter, explained, “A dead Special Forces sergeant is...

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"America’s mistake, in two theaters, was in trying to reduce one of the more complex forms of conflict into something simple, uniform, and replicable without regard to the environment." @mikenelson586 writes @IrregWarfare @AllBeretsMatter @smallwars

It Was the Best of COIN, It Was the Worst of COIN: A Tale of Two Surges - Modern War Institute

As twenty years of counterinsurgent wars come to a close with the impending withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States is still trying to make sense of why American efforts failed […]

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Upcoming IWI Conference! 🗓On 15MAR at 1830-1945EST, IWI with @CTCWP will conduct a virtual panel discussion about the role of IW today and in the future. Register: Panelists: Gen. Richard Clarke, @BElias26552889 , & @DonRassler . @1st_SF_Command @USSOCOM

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The @IrregWarfare Initiative virtual conference is THIS week. The small group discussions and inter-university research workshops are full, but it is not too late to register for the two panels! @SamWinterLevy @SWilkins11 @CatrinaDoxsee @z_e_griffiths @ABNChk @ESoConflict

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NEW IWI Article! "Rather than invest in huge amounts of technology, data processing, drones, or satellites, the U.S. should invest in the minds of its warriors." Dr. Peter Roberts & Dr. @SandorFabian2 . @RUSI_org @WarInstitute @USSOCOM @1st_SF_Command

More Odysseus, Less Achilles: Developing Special Operations Forces for the Challenges Ahead -...

Since the 2017 US National Security Strategy reoriented the US military to strategic competition, many scholars and practitioners have argued that the future of special operations forces (SOF)...

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SOF "have fallen into predictable patterns, become overly reliant on technological solutions, and grown accustomed to short operations enabled by overwhelming support." Latest @IrregWarfare by @Jack_Watling . @AllBeretsMatter @carryingthegun @1st_SF_Command

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How can Russia's counter-irregular warfare impede a U.S.-led unconventional #warfare campaign in a third country? MAJ Benjamin Arbitter and MAJ Kurt Carlson provide their insights into this question. @1st_SF_Command @WarOnTheRocks @CSIS_Threats @USSOCOM

The Changing Face of Russian Counter-Irregular Warfare - War on the Rocks

The United States has special operators in close proximity to Russian forces on three continents. In many cases, the Russian forces on the ground are

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What is to Come in Ukraine? Join us for an exciting panel this Thursday, November 17th at 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST. REGISTER: Hear IWI's @JaharaMatisek , MWI Chair @SpencerGuard , Russian Studies Director @KofmanMichael , Prof. @AlexCecylia , & Prof. Driscoll!

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The Irregular Warfare Initiative has published several articles from contributors on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 1/n

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New IWI Article! What weapon systems does Ukraine require from the United States? “Cargo drones such as the US K-MAX or the British Maloy T150 could well have prevented the fall of Mariupol’s garrison.” @andymilburn8

The United States is Sending Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine—Just Not the Systems It Needs -...

Twisted metal, still smoldering; the eviscerated hull of a vehicle, its top half ripped off—this is what the Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 leaves in its wake. There were two such drones […]

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Terrorism & International Order

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MAJ Andrew Maher introduces a broad framework for understanding #IW , a model termed the ‘Triangle of Rebellion’, which he applies to the example of foreign fighter mobilisation in North Africa. @ADC_Australia @AARCAusArmy @1st_SF_Command Read at:

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Could not be more excited about upcoming episodes: - GEN(r) Votel and Gayle Lemmon discuss working with partner forces in Syria - Michele Flournoy and ADM(r) Eric Olson discuss the future of SOF - CSA and Dr Peter Roberts discuss the Army in competition

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Check out the new piece by IWI Team Member @Jacob_A_Ware "For extremists seeking to sow chaos and speed up some cataclysmic societal collapse...as symbols of mainstream liberal political order" @WarOnTheRocks @hoffman_bruce

The Accelerating Threat of the Political Assassination - War on the Rocks

When Shinzo Abe was slain weeks ago by an assailant wielding a homemade firearm, it sent shockwaves rippling around Japan and beyond, prompting a

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📝New Article! Why must maritime infrastructure be protected? "Undersea infrastructure,...make excellent targets for two reasons—they have tremendous strategic value, and it is very challenging to assign attribution. @WDMills1992

Maritime Sabotage: Protecting Europe’s Soft Underbelly

Explore the importance of protecting undersea infrastructure and NATO's role in safeguarding critical pipelines and cables from sabotage.

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📣 Event: "Proxy Warfare" Join @IrregWarfare and @CTCWP for a two-part virtual panel discussion on proxy warfare and its application in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 📅 Thursday, October 6th 5:00-7:00pm EST LinkedIn: YouTube:

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"Wagner’s potential deployment to Mali stands to further erode democracy by entrenching an illiberal government and exacerbating longstanding counterterrorism challenges in the Sahel." @JaredA_Thompson @CSIS_Threats @csis_isp @1st_SF_Command

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Merry Christmas, from our #IWI family to yours!

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Have you listened to EP. 30 yet?? Our guests Honorable @micheleflournoy and Admiral (R.) Eric Olson tackle difficult questions like where is SOF falling short in the shift to meet this new focus area? @WarInstitute @USSOCOM @1st_SF_Command @CNASdc

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Huge congratulations to @IrregWarfare junior editor Margaret Williams on being selected as a Rhodes Scholar! She has played an important role in producing IWI written content, we are so proud of her and excited to see what she accomplishes in the future! @SamWinterLevy @lmm20071

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📣 Call for applicants! IWI is seeking applicants to join the 2023 cohort of fellows. Deadline is 31 October. ➡️ Apply here: @IrregWarfare @WarInstitute @ESoConflict

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On Resistance

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Ep30 of @IrregWarfare Pod, "Back to the Future: Resetting SOF for Great Power Competition" is now on YouTube: Convo between @micheleflournoy , ADM Eric Olson, @AtwellKyle , & @abigailpgage remains highly relevant almost 1.5 years later @carryingthegun

Back to the Future: Resetting SOF for Great Power Compeitition |...

Originally aired July 2, 2021.Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrregWarfareFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/IrregWarfareNewsletter: https://www.irregularwarfar...

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✍️ New article! @JJSchroden identified the critical components & implications of competition campaigning for @USSOCOM . “USSOCOM should be able to turn the crank of force design, force development, and force employment faster than any other part of DoD.”

Competition Campaigning: What It Looks Like and Implications for US Special Operations Command -...

In March 2022, the Pentagon released a new National Defense Strategy (NDS) that identified China as the “most consequential strategic competitor” of the United States. The NDS also described two […]

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The #IWI team loved the high level of interest and engagement about our new IWI Fellowship program! We received an exponential amount of qualified applicants, which will require us about a month to review. Expect an announcement on selections around mid-January. @JaharaMatisek

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IWI's Inaugural Newsletter Released! This newsletter is an attempt to consolidate all content generated each month to make it easily accessible. Subscribe and share it with your colleagues. @AtwellKyle @andymilburn8 @JaharaMatisek @SamWinterLevy @tbswitze

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Unconventional warfare, stabilization, FID, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, information support ops, cyberspace ops, countering threat networks, civ-mil ops, and security cooperation -- submit your arguments to the @IrregWarfare Initiative to drive public discourse on IW

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EP. 39 RELEASE! GEN Richard Clarke and @RobinsonL100 discuss the #SOF competencies that are likely to be most relevant to future conflict, with an emphasis on information operations and the importance of working with partner forces. @WarInstitute @USSOCOM

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Fellows Friday! We’d like to highlight our 17 fellows and share a little bit about who they are. They are an integral part of our team and we look forward to publishing their work on irregular warfare and beyond. You can learn about each member below. @JaharaMatisek

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New Irregular Warfare Initiative launches on Friday. Get excited. This is more than a website, it’s a rally point and resource for the community of irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. Onward!

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Only 3 weeks left! The IWI team is expanding and we are looking to select #practitioners , #researchers , and #policymakers for the first IWI Fellows cohort. If interested, apply now to compete for acceptance. Apply at: @1st_SF_Command @ArmyWarCollege

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We are proud to publish this latest piece by @hoffman_bruce , Will Vardy, and our own @Jacob_A_Ware . The authors explore practices used by Nazis, ISIS, and now Hamas to spread terror and engage in ethnic cleansing. Please read, comment, and share!

From Einsatzgruppen to Hamas: A Historical Continuum of Mobile Mass Murder - Irregular Warfare...

Hamas's terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 mimicked Einsatzgruppen tactics from Nazi Germany's genocidal war on Jews.

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Episode 33 is out! @LiamSCollins and @WillWechsler join Shawna Sinnott and @andymilburn8 to discuss why the U.S. has failed at #irregularwarfare . They specifically discuss the collapse of #Afghanistan . @AtlanticCouncil @CTCWP @WarInstitute @ESoConflict

An Un-American Way of War: Why the United States Fails at Irregular Warfare - Modern War Institute

The United States and other nations have spent billions of dollars and invested untold effort, not to mention lives, in a global campaign against Islamist terrorism—and yet the threat landscape […]

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🎙Episode 8 discusses how best-selling authors August Cole and P.W. Singer see the future of irregular warfare and its implications for policymakers, practitioners, and academics. @august_cole @peterwsinger @MarineCorpsU @AtlanticCouncil

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Author of this @IrregWarfare article @racheltecott is speaking @WarInstitute on the topic "The Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Causes and Consequences" - tomorrow with @PaulDMiller2 , @JJSchroden , and IWI co-director @AtwellKyle .

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"Incentives are a standard tool of alliance diplomacy, and yet in the context of security assistance partnerships, the military has recoded conditionality as bullying."

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Big news! The 2024 Non-Resident Fellows for the Irregular Warfare Initiative are here! 🌟 25 top minds from various sectors, ready to revolutionize irregular warfare. Join us in welcoming them and shaping the future of warfare. #IrregularWarfare2024 #MilitaryInnovation 💡🌍🤝

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In this article, Dr. Emrah Ozdemir advocates for the application of “stability policing” to some of the thorniest crisises currently threatening global security. Stability policing relies primarily on military and paramilitary law enforcement units.

An Irregular Use of Military Force: Stability Policing Operations - Irregular Warfare Initiative

Merging law enforcement forces with military capabilities in the form of stability policing is a critical part of global peacekeeping.

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Sign up and save the date!! On 09NOV at 1940-2045, MG Scott Jackson ( @armysfac ), @JaharaMatisek , and @RenanahJoyce will discuss the future of Security Force Assistance. The audience will get the ability to ask questions to the panelists. @WarInstitute @carryingthegun @smallwars

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New IWI Article! “An insurgency may be unavoidable. But even if it does lead to a Russian defeat, Ukrainians—and the Western policymakers who are backing them—should not deceive themselves about just how awful insurgent warfare will be.” @TomPepinsky

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Christopher Maier told #SASC that the U.S. "should be considering strongly" an effort to help Taiwan strengthen its ability to conduct irregular warfare. Article by @StephenLosey from @Militarydotcom

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Get excited! The @IrregWarfare is expanding to the Irregular Warfare Initiative on Wednesday! Articles, transcripts, and more set to drop soon! @WarInstitute @ESoConflict @1st_SF_Command @WestPointSOSH @USASOCNews @PrincetonSPIA

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Happy New Year! #IWI is grateful for your support this past year in bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, & policymakers. In 2021, IWI published two of @WarInstitute Top 10 most popular articles #5 & #8 . @Jack_Watling @DLKnoll

The MWI Top Ten: Our Most Read Articles of 2021 - Modern War Institute

At the end of 2016, MWI released a list of the most widely read articles that we published that year. It’s a tradition that we have kept alive in each […]

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Today IWI will host its first Twitter Spaces event featuring @andymilburn8 , currently reporting in Ukraine for @TaskandPurpose

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🎙️ NEW IWI Episode! IWI explores the nuances of India’s approach to COIN, assesses India’s philosophical approach, and discusses the critical difference between fighting internal insurgents and expeditionary COIN operations. Sumit Ganguly & @sajidshapoo .

Misguided Citizens: India’s Approach to Counterinsurgency - Modern War Institute

Episode 70 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores the nuances of India’s approach to counterinsurgency throughout the nation’s history. Our guests assess the Indian counterinsurgency experience,...

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🎙NEW EPISODE! @WarInstitute | @ESoConflict Ep 64: The Great Equalizer: Irregular Warfare in the City This episode explores the interplay between urban spaces and irregular warfare. w/guests @SpencerGuard & @ChuckRitter7

The Great Equalizer: Irregular Warfare in the City - Modern War Institute

Episode 64 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores the interplay between urban spaces and irregular warfare. Our guests begin by examining how demographic and economic shifts are increasing the...

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Ep 55 of the IW Podcast included Kent DeBenedictis and explored arguments from his book Russian Hybrid warfare and the Annexation of Crimea. The pod seeks to make scholarship more accessible to the the IW professional community.

Russian 'Hybrid Warfare' and the Annexation of Crimea

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NEW IWI Article! Andrew Maher summarizes the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s inaugural conference on September 10, 2021, which brought together almost nine hundred participants. We thank you for your support! @WarInstitute @ESoConflict @1st_SF_Command

The Lessons of Two Decades of War: A Review of IWI’s Inaugural Conference - Modern War Institute

The Irregular Warfare Initiative’s inaugural conference was conducted on September 10, 2021, and brought together almost nine hundred participants. This conference builds on the mission of IWI—to...

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What lessons should the U.S. military take from twenty years of war in Afghanistan? 🎙EP 35 discusses COIN in Afghanistan, the limits of technology & over-the-horizon counter-terrorism, and the the hard learned lessons of IW. @wesleysmorgan @AtwellKyle

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New Article! “If we achieved so much, then, what’s next for proxy wars in the twenty-first century? Proxy war has been labeled ‘the most successful kind of political war’ being waged today, but what does success look like in indirect warfare? @VladimirRauta

How to Think about Proxy Wars in the Twenty-first Century - Irregular Warfare Initiative

A new handbook on proxy wars calls for a subfield studying irregular warfare, examining the topic in a diverse and forward-thinking way.

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Online release of the Routledge Handbook of US CT and IW Ops. @IrregWarfare podcast episode forthcoming. Includes essays by essential practitioners / scholars: @LiamSCollins @JJFForest @SethGJones @brianfishman @benedettabertiw @ahfdc @DavidMaxwell161 ...

Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Oper

This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of U.S. counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around

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IWI's latest newsletter! In just June, IWI published 8 new articles, 2 podcast episodes, & excitedly introduced Project Maritime! Incredibly thankful to all of the talented authors & guests who have taken the time to share their insightful thoughts.

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"If IW experts are to truly understand the nuances of resistance and develop innovative approaches to these types of challenges, then we must broaden our sources of information to include those that some may see as unconventional." @Civil_Affairs

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New article! SFC Brian Nau’s book review on “The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytic Memoir” by Gen (r) Charles Cleveland outlines three options for creating an IW proponent to develop the “concepts, doctrine and canon” required to achieve success.

Three Proposals to Raise the Profile of Irregular Warfare (Book Review) - Irregular Warfare...

To improve its irregular warfare capabilities, the U.S. should consider better coordinating war-fighting strategy across the interagency.

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🎙IWI celebrates with our 50th podcast episode! We discuss the history of technological innovation and examples of current and burgeoning technologies that will impact future warfare. Guests: Prof. Audrey Kurth Cronin ( @akcronin ) & MG Patrick Roberson.

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T-14 days until the release of the January newsletter! Once a month, #IWI will email you all the original thought-provoking IWI content you enjoy in one easy message. Subscribe now! @WarInstitute @1st_SF_Command @ArmyWarCollege @armysfac @NPS_Monterey

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IWI Fellow Spotlight! @RenanahJoyce is an assistant professor of politics at @BrandeisUniver . She studies the way great powers shape security and compete for influence in smaller states - to arm, train, & advise partner militaries. Read her latest #IWI pieces in the thread.

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Tomorrow the IWP team will roll out a new initiative in conjunction with @WarInstitute and @ESoConflict Aiming to keep the irregular warfare flame alive! @PrincetonCISS @PrincetonSPIA @SAISHopkins @ColumbiaSIPA @ArmyUniversity @AirWarCollege @WHINSECCAG @usacac

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New IWI Podcast! What happens when authoritarianism expands into online environments? In EP 84, John Tullius and Steven Feldstein delve into what digital repression is and how authoritarian regimes are using new technologies to control their populations.

The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance -...

Episode 84 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast is our fourth installment of the IWI Project on Cyber where we look at Steven Feldstein’s book The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping...

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The Tyranny of Color-Coded Maps: What We Get Wrong About Measuring Control During Armed Conflict "...Taliban tend to seek control over people and behavior—not necessarily territory alone" By @Afghan_Policy @a_a_jackson @LeighMayhewodi @florian_weigand

The Tyranny of Color-Coded Maps: What We Get Wrong about Measuring Control during Armed Conflict -...

After a stunning military advance, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. This seemingly sudden takeover, with hundreds of districts falling like dominos, took most observers by...

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The @IrregWarfare is honored to publish Dr. @ethanbdm of @HarrisPolicy at the @UofC . Dr. Bueno de Mesquita examines the broader geopolitical implications for the United States and the challenges posed by the escalating war between Israel and Hamas.

American Geopolitical Strategy and the Israel-Hamas War - Irregular Warfare Initiative

For understandable reasons, much of the analysis of the war between Israel and Hamas focuses on concerns that are internal to the conflict: Is Israel’s stated intention to destroy Hamas feasible; and...

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Pineland Underground released Ep64 of the IW Pod as a bonus episode. PU Pod is a great resource for @1st_SF_Command , #SOF - check it out! PU host SGM @ChuckRitter7 was a guest on this episode along with @WarInstitute 's urban war pro @SpencerGuard .

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Apply now! We are excited to receive and select applicants for the upcoming 2022 Non-Resident Fellowship Cohort. The deadline is 03 Dec 21. @1st_SF_Command @ArmyWarCollege @WestPointSOSH @NPS_Monterey Application:

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Jake Shapiro and Colonel Pat Howell joined us to discuss the role irregular wars play in the era of Great Power Competition and a book Jake co-authored Small Wars Big Data. Check out the inaugural podcast to be released on 25 May 2020. @ESoConflict @WarInstitute @JacobNShapiro

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Ep66: New @IrregWarfare Podcast episode! @Markhertling ( @CNN , former @USArmyEURAF CDR) & @DerekSReveron ( @NavalWarCollege ) discuss the role of security cooperation in NATSEC with @BElias26552889 ( @BowdoinCollege & IWI Fellow) & Ben Jebb.

Slow Burn: How US Security Cooperation Shapes Operational Environments - Modern War Institute

Episode 66 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores how America’s security cooperation programs can help shape regional security environments by training foreign militaries. Our guests begin by...

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How will SOF balance enduring counterterrorism missions with new requirements to deter great power rivals? 🎙 EP 39 discusses the SOF competencies that are likely to be most relevant to future conflict with GEN Richard Clarke and @RobinsonL100 . @USSOCOM

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Interested in submitting a short commentary on irregular warfare? Contact us here and we will provide more information on how you can get involved in the conversation. @NPS_Monterey @NavalWarCollege @USACGSC @USACGSC @AirWarCollege @MarineCorpsU @1st_SF_Command @USSOCOM

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🎙NEW IWI Podcast! IWI examines the evolving relationship between climate change, Arctic security, and geopolitical competition. Honorable @GoodmanSherri & BG Shawn Satterfield ( @socnorth ) describe America’s interests in the Arctic.

The Arctic Heats Up: Global Competition in the High North - Modern War Institute

Episode 69 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast examines the evolving relationship between climate change, Arctic security, and geopolitical competition. Our guests begin by describing America’s intere...

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All that free time over the holiday break stressing you out? Use it to submit an important idea based on your research or practitioner experience to publish through @IrregWarfare / @WarInstitute . Submissions criteria here: @SamWinterLevy @lmm20071

IWI Submissions - Modern War Institute

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NEW IWI Article! What is wrong with Joint Combined Exchange Training? "SOCOM should avoid a narrow, overly conservative approach to the statute pertaining to JCETs, and instead should seek the maximum amount of flexibility within the law." @gt_richmond

How to Fix the Joint Combined Exchange Training Program - Modern War Institute

At precisely 2:30 a.m., a combined team of hackers from the United States and one of its partner nations launched a denial-of-service attack against the adversary’s cellular provider. For more […]

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IWI Dep Development Director @AmosFox6 , who is building the business side of IWI, was a guest on @wavellroom 's #ThisMeansWar . Listen for a talk on #Ukraine , and why Russian Battalion Tactical Groups have had little success.

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What lessons should the United States and its allies take from twenty years of irregular warfare since 9/11? Get @AtwellKyle and Andrew Maher's take below! @WarInstitute @1st_SF_Command @smallwars @the_nathan_b

What Have We Learned from Twenty Years of War? - Modern War Institute

What lessons should the United States and its allies take from twenty years of irregular warfare since 9/11? What will the future of irregular warfare look like? Episode 38 of […]

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IWI's Inaugural Conference! This event brought together almost 900 participants to keep the flame alive regarding the hard-won lessons of the past 20 yrs. @CraigAWhiteside @saracplana @CatrinaDoxsee @JennaEJordan @CandaceRondeaux @lmm20071 @mzmargulies

The Lessons of Two Decades of War: A Review of IWI’s Inaugural Conference - Modern War Institute

The Irregular Warfare Initiative’s inaugural conference was conducted on September 10, 2021, and brought together almost nine hundred participants. This conference builds on the mission of IWI—to...

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Interested in becoming an IWI Fellow?? If so, apply now and compete to be accepted for the 2022 Fellowship Cohort. Looking for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Apply at: @ArmyWarCollege @NPS_Monterey @1st_SF_Command @ESoConflict @WarInstitute

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IWI, in conjunction w/ @NDU_CISA & the US Army’s SWCS, will be hosting a virtual panel on resistance moderated by IWI Fellow @martijnkitzen . Sign up at to receive the video link as well as updates on all IWI events.

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Read the first article from our new project maritime! "Ukraine has demonstrated how important rivers... are to larger, more conventional conflicts in today’s era, characterized by strategic competition as well as irregular conflict" by @WDMills1992

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Episode 90 "Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives" is at the @IrregWarfare ! Listen as Dr Andreas Krieg and Dr Andrew Whiskeyman discuss how states weaponize narratives to control the information space and achieve their interests.

Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives - Irregular Warfare Initiative

This week’s episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast examines how states weaponize strategic narratives to control the information space and achieve their interests. Our guests begin by addressing...

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. @IrregWarfare editorial board member @CatrinaDoxsee ( @CSIS_Threats ) spoke on Wagner Group in Africa @TheRedLinePod . @CandaceRondeaux @daphnemccurdy @JaredA_Thompson @andymilburn8 @abernard @SWilkins11 @csis_isp

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CATRINA DOXSEE ( @CatrinaDoxsee ) of @CSIS_Threats and @IrregWarfare joined us this week to give a detailed briefing on the majority of Wagner's operations throughout Africa. Including crimes in the Central African Republic, and the retreat from Mozambique.

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IWI Inaugural Conference Fireside Chat is live right now! Our guests first discussed, what would an accepted outcome look like in #Afghanistan ? @ESoConflict @WarInstitute @smallwars #IWIConf2021

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