David Maxwell
Stop Calling It the “Gray Zone”: How China Exploits the Language of Ambiguity
"The problem is not that China operates in a gray zone. The problem is that the free world continues describing warfare in terms China itself does not recognize." For more than a decade strategists, journalists, and policy makers have relied on the phrase “gray zone” to describe China’
Irregular Warfare: If We Ever Stop Arguing About IW, Then IW Will Be Dead
"Large-scale combat operations win through maneuver warfare and war of attrition. Irregular, unconventional, and political warfare wins through exhaustion. They target will, cohesion, legitimacy, and endurance. They erode the foundations of power rather than destroying its visible structures." Irregular warfare (IW) refuses to sit still. It shifts with
Lessons From The Philippines: Irregular Warfare In Action
This Irregular Warfare Initiative article was originally posted through our partner organization, the Modern War Institute at West Point. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the world watched as the United States began a punitive expedition to Afghanistan to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, oust the Taliban, and
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.