Peter Burns
Economic Warfare & Chinese AI
How Chinese open-weight models serve as an economic weapon, and the target is American AI
250 Years After America’s First Irregular War
America turns 250 today. From 18th century irregular warfare to Alexis de Tocqueville, we pause to acknowledge IWI's roots, mission, and the civic duty that powers it.
Maritime Autonomous Systems Featuring Ukraine's SBU — Center on IW and Armed Groups 2026 Symposium
Co-director of IWI’s Maritime Program, Christopher Booth chaired a panel of guests invited by IWI as part of the Naval War College’s Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) 2026 Symposium – as supported by the Naval War College Foundation - to discuss autonomous maritime vessels.
Geoeconomics of Irregular Warfare: Iran and the Global Ripple Effects — Part IX
In Part Nine of Irregular Warfare Initiative’s special series on the conflict with Iran, presented by the Economic & Legal Warfare Team, Hamlet Yousef (IWI Economic & Legal Warfare Advisor), Matt Flug (Co-Director, Economic & Legal Warfare Project, IWI), Tom Johansmeyer (Co-Director, Economic & Legal Warfare Project,
Q&A with Vib Altekar, Co-Founder and CTO of Saronic Technologies
On June 8, a Saronic Corsair autonomous surface vessel located and recovered the crew of an Apache helicopter after it went down off the coast of Oman, the first time an ASV was utilized in an active combat rescue mission. On May 11, Vib Altekar, Co-Founder and CTO of
Geoeconomics of Irregular Warfare: Iran and the Global Ripple Effects — Part VIII
In Part Eight of Irregular Warfare Initiative’s special series examining the conflict with Iran, produced by IWI’s Economic & Legal Warfare team, our expert panel featuring Norman Roule (Former Senior U.S. Intelligence Official), Hamlet Yousef (IWI Economic & Legal Warfare Advisor), and Tom Johansmeyer (Co-Lead, Economic
Precision-Guided Predictions: Intelligence Risk in Prediction Markets
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