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
The Iran War: A War with or against the AI Sector?
The 2026 Iran War marks the dawn of hyperwar, accelerating military AI integration while disrupting critical upstream supply chains like Qatari liquid helium. This dual physical and financial pressure creates a shared strategic crisis for both the U.S. and Chinese AI sectors.
Hidden Costs of Precision: What Drone Strikes Actually Do to Civilians
New research using cellphone data from Yemen reveals that U.S. drone strikes cause widespread civilian displacement and communication spikes, even when avoiding casualties. These non-lethal disruptions create significant strategic and humanitarian costs overlooked by military planners.
A Bed-ROC-k for Total Defense: Building a Practical Manual to Disrupt Hybrid Threats and Deter War
While the Resistance Operating Concept guides post-occupation survival, states require a practical peacetime framework to deter hybrid aggression. This article proposes an international Total Defense manual, drawing on Finnish history, to operationalize whole-of-society resilience.
Chinese Money Laundering Networks: A Key Enabler of Cartel Operations
Chinese Money Laundering Networks are key enablers of cartel operations. Discover how illicit finance reframes modern irregular warfare, shifting the financial domain from a law enforcement focus into strategic military terrain essential for countering non-state adversaries.
Setting Out to Win: Why America Needs to Get Serious About Irregular Warfare
This episode explores why the United States has largely failed at irregular warfare over the past 75 years and what can be done to reverse that trend and win at irregular warfare. LTG (Ret.) Charles Cleveland and Dr. Rob Burrell are the guests.
A Global Security Advisory and Assistance Strategy for Strategic Competition: Winning Before War Through Effective Campaigning
"The true value of security assistance is not measured in weapons delivered or training events completed. It is measured in trust, relationships, access, influence, and capability."
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 Essence of Irregular, Unconventional, and Political Warfare: Solving Complex Political-Military Problems and Creating Dilemmas for Adversaries
“The essence of irregular, unconventional, and political warfare is not violence. It is strategy."
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
