Andrew Milburn
Time Is Not On Kyiv's Side: Training, Weapons, And Attrition In Ukraine
Andrew Milburn The battalion commander shrugged helplessly when we advised him that five days was a completely inadequate amount of time in which to train his soldiers. “This is all we have—they are needed on the front,” he replied with grim finality. A few days later, on a separate
Learning All the Wrong Lessons: Why an Over-the-Horizon Approach to Counterterrorism Won’t Work
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. President Joe Biden’s speech in the wake of the US withdrawal from Kabul was intended to put a seal on a painful chapter in the nation’s history. “I was
Out of Africa: The Strategic Mistake of US Disengagement from Somalia
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. In December 1992, as an infantry platoon commander, I was among the first Marines to land in Mogadishu at the onset of Operation Restore Hope. It was a mission that made
ARMED OVERWATCH: AIRPOWER IN IRREGULAR WARFARE—PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Aviation has played an important role in irregular warfare, from its use by the British against rebellious tribesmen in Iraq and Transjordan in the interwar period to the era of the unblinking eye and precision strike in Afghanistan. Our guests discuss this evolution in the use of airpower to support
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.