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
Hiding In The Noise: Preparing The Irregular Warfare Community For The Age Of AI
by Matthew Moellering According to the 2020 Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy, the United States is underprepared to counter irregular warfare; the dawn of the AI age compounds this problem. As AI continues to transform human society by fundamentally changing how people experience reality, US adversaries are
Hiding In The Noise: Preparing The Irregular Warfare Community For The Age Of AI
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. According to the 2020 Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy, the United States is underprepared to counter irregular warfare; the dawn of the AI age compounds this problem. As
Time, Space, And Material: Metrics For Assessing Irregular Warfare
Benjamin Jebb and Laura Jones Episode 62 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores the diverse concepts that undergird irregular warfare (IW) as a whole. These theoretical structures offer innovative ways to conceptualize and envision the wide array of unconventional activities that comprise IW. Our guests begin by addressing the various
The Pentagon's Reckoning With Civilian Casualties Is A Good Start—But It's Only A Start
by Paul Lushenko On August 25, the US Department of Defense announced sweeping changes to help minimize civilian casualties in war. The “Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan,” or CHMR-AP, followed the botched drone strike in Afghanistan in August 2021, which killed ten civilians. Following this tragedy, a
Another Forgotten War: America's Experience In Afghanistan
Jeff Phaneuf and Kyle Atwell Episode 61 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast contemplates lessons learned from America’s twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Our guests begin by discussing whether, in the year following the US withdrawal, the United States and its allies have sufficiently reflected on lessons learned from
On Resistance: A Primer for Further Research
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. Authors’ note: This primer reflects the discussion of an expert panel on resistance as a deliberate strategy featuring Major General Patrick Roberson, Dr. Ulrica Pettersson, Dr. Byron Harper, and Dr. James
Going Viral: Preparing Ground Forces for Combat in the Information Age
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. Of all the lessons of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, one stands out: the importance of achieving dominance in the information domain. From the first days of the war, Ukraine has
Insurgents Rarely Win: Adaptation In The Face Of Failure
Kyle Atwell and Jeff Phaneuf Episode 60 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores both the recent history and the future character of insurgency. Our guests begin by arguing that insurgency will play an important role in great power competition, although states’ objectives will change from the transformational nation-building goals
The Next Variant Of Russia's Political Warfare Virus
by Joshua C. Huminski Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a belated immune response to Moscow’s political warfare campaign to subvert democracy and exploit systemic weaknesses in Europe and the United States. To be sure, there were attempts to halt or roll back the Kremlin’s efforts before
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