Call for Submissions: Policy Recommendations for the New Administration
When a new American president takes office on January 20th, they will confront a dangerous national security environment shaped by Irregular Warfare (IW) challenges. From cyber warfare and gray zone conflicts to terrorism and insurgency, these challenges demand immediate, actionable solutions. The Irregular Warfare Initiative invites you to contribute fresh,
Four Years of Growth and Impact: The Irregular Warfare Initiative
Editor's Note: Today marks four years since the launch of the Irregular Warfare Podcast. What started as a small project by three military graduate students has grown into the Irregular Warfare Initiative, an influential platform for scholars and practitioners to share ideas on topics ranging from information warfare
How To Improve Your Pickup Aviation Advising Game
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. The United States failed in its attempts to build air forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for numerous reasons. Chief among these was policymakers’ excessive ambition: they failed to consider what the
The Changing Face of Insurgency
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. David Ucko, The Insurgent’s Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail (Hurst, 2022) When imagining counterinsurgency, I think about flying a helicopter full of US Navy SEALs and their Iraqi commando counterparts
Learning To Fly: How The US Military Can Fix The Problems Plaguing Aviation Advising Missions
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. In 2017, Afghan Mi-17 helicopters flown by crews from the elite Afghan 777 Special Mission Wing saved the day. Shortly after notification of an ISIS-Khorasan attack on a hospital in Kabul,
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