Geoeconomics of Irregular Warfare: Iran and the Global Ripple Effects — Part VII
In Part Seven of Irregular Warfare Initiative’s series on the Iran conflict, produced by IWI’s Economic & Legal Warfare team, the focus turns to how escalation is being applied across economic, legal, and cognitive domains. The discussion features an expert panel including, Gianni Koskinas (CEO, Hoplite Group), Hamlet
What the Hell Is Irregular Warfare Anyway?
Episode 152 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast grapples with the many definitions of irregular warfare used across the community of interest. In this episode, our guests discuss why the concept of irregular warfare has resisted a stable definition across decades of changing doctrine, and what that persistent confusion has cost
Economic Warfare Reimagined: Insurance as a Tool of U.S. Strategic Influence
The U.S. is losing the war on sentiment in the Global South, where the world’s most economically vulnerable countries rely on larger powers for economic support and security. Russia and China have capitalized on this dynamic by seizing the economic initiative in this region, often at the expense
Conflict Has Memory: Why Local Wars Follow Distinct Trajectories
A map can tell you where a conflict is happening today, but it is blind to where that war has been - and where it is stubbornly determined to go. Analysts and planners assess geopolitical fault lines, patterns of violence, human factors, and threat networks to understand the dynamics of irregular
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
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
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
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