Fireside Chat: Ukraine & the Future of European Security
What lessons has Russia learned from the war against Ukraine, how might this shape their near-term statecraft, and what does this mean for Europe? Overview European security discourse focuses on the threat of Russian "hybrid warfare," and the attendant need to build resilience, enhance preparedness, and reconstitute deterrence.
Capital Controls: The Evolution of Outbound Investment Security Strategy
The United States sits in the middle of an interconnected global financial system, and American investors form a significant segment within the bedrock of global economy. The country’s share of outbound investment is quite staggering, with U.S. multinational enterprises holding a cumulative investment position of more than $6.
Los límites de la decapitación de líderes: consecuencias estratégicas del exceso de confianza en la fuerza militar para la transformación política
Read in: English Nota del editor: Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en inglés. Por favor, consulte la versión original, ya que pueden existir errores de traducción. Durante más de dos décadas, la política de seguridad nacional de EE. UU. ha confiado repetidamente en la decapitación de líderes como un mecanismo
Al-Hol’s Collapse: How Syria’s Detention Crisis is Enabling Islamic State Resilience
At its peak, the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria was the largest detention site in the post-2019 Islamic State (IS) detention and displacement system, housing approximately 25,000 individuals. In January 2026, a contested transfer of custody from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to the Syrian government triggered a rapid
Hannah Lamb’s “Angle of Attack” Featured on Chief of Staff of the Army’s March 2026 Recommended Articles List
The Irregular Warfare Initiative is proud to highlight that “Angle of Attack: Apache Attack Helicopters in Unmanned Skies,” by Hannah Lamb, has been featured in the March 2026 edition of the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Recommended Articles List, published by Army University Press. Lamb’s article offers
Covert Crypto: a Double-edged Sword for Special Operations
“For covert operations, the misconception that crypto is inherently 'anonymous' is hazardous... Instead, crypto provides the potential for non-attribution or deliberate exposure, depending on the type of operation.” In the current landscape of strategic competition and irregular warfare, the ability to operate covertly in the financial domain is
The Limits of Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Consequences of Overreliance on Military Force for Political Transformation
Leer en: Español For more than two decades, U.S. national security policy has repeatedly relied on leadership decapitation as a mechanism for catalyzing systemic change. In practice, this has often meant turning to military force as the primary instrument for resolving problems rooted in political decay, institutional corruption, and
Geoeconomics of Irregular Warfare: Iran and the Global Ripple Effects — Part VI
In Part Six of Irregular Warfare Initiative’s special series examining the unfolding conflict with Iran, Gianni Koskinas (CEO, Hoplite Group), Hamlet Yousef (IWI Economic & Legal Warfare Advisor), and Ed Bogan (Founder, Institute for the Study of States of Exception) analyze how innovation and industrial capacity are reshaping the
Solving the Dilemma: A Leadership Model for Irregular Warfare ('Guerrilla Leader Series' - Part 3 of 3)
“Every intervention begins as a story of liberation. Without adaptation, it ends as a story of occupation.” Why do militarily superior forces consistently win the fight—but lose the peace? This is not a new question. It is the defining paradox of modern irregular warfare. From Vietnam to Afghanistan to
Geoeconomics of Irregular Warfare: Iran and the Global Ripple Effects — Part V
In Part Five of Irregular Warfare Initiative’s special series examining the unfolding conflict with Iran, Hamlet Yousef (IWI Economic & Legal Warfare Advisor), Ioannis Koskinas (CEO, Hoplite Group), Tom Johansmeyer (Co-Director, IWI Economic & Legal Warfare Group), and Ed Bogan (Founder, Institute for the Study of States of Exception)
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
