Coffee With the Fellows: Building Partner Capacity in an Era of Strategic Competition
Building partner forces is a persistent challenge for U.S. strategy in an era of strategic competition, and security force assistance efforts frequently fall short. In this episode of Coffee With the Fellows, Alex Chinchilla and Jacob Zack sit down with IWI Fellows Lumpy Lumbaca and Paul Kearney to unpack
Why Green Berets Can’t Stop Asking Who They Are
"Our concern should not be SF guys questioning who they are. Our concern should be whether anyone at Bragg and MacDill is listening."
The Role of Foreign Fighters in a Taiwan Resistance Scenario
"Taiwanese veterans who fought in Ukraine’s International Legion against Russia have returned with a stark warning: Taiwan is not ready for war with China." While diplomatic efforts and military deterrence strategies dominate headlines on Taiwan, a less explored area is the potential role of foreign fighters should
The History of U.S.-Iranian Irregular Warfare
The relationship between the United States and Iran is far more intricate than a conventional bilateral conflict. Dubbed the “twilight war,” U.S.-Iranian relations is replete with examples of Irregular Warfare (IW), including events of the recent past like the U.S.-Russia-Iran proxy war in Syria, the
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
