Bridging the gap between scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to support the community of irregular warfare professionals.
@ESoConflict
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@WarInstitute
Congrats to
@IrregWarfare
editorial team member
@jon_d_bate
for successfully defending his dissertation this week
@Stanford
. We can’t wait to see his findings published!
Today, we’re excited to announce our 2022 IWI fellows!
They're a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who study & debate IW topics under the sponsorship of
@WarInstitute
&
@ESoConflict
.
In the upcoming weeks, we will introduce our distinguished Fellows.
We are proud to announce one of our own,
@z_e_griffiths
, was named to the 2021-2022 Class of
@WhiteHouse
Fellows! He will be assigned to the National Security Council during his fellowship. MAJ Griffiths is also a graduate of
@WestPoint_USMA
and
@Kennedy_School
. Congratulations!
🎙️Proxy Wars - Part 1!
IWI discusses the objectives of proxy & partner warfare, the tools available to influence local agents, and whether the US should increase or decrease its military and diplomatic footprint across Africa in GPC.
@clubmodel
Proud to announce registration for our inaugural conference is open! Scheduled just before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the U.S., providing an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from GWOT, and to consider the future of irregular warfare. Link below!
Registration for our inaugural conference is open! This conference will provide a unique opportunity to reflect on the
#GWOT
. See attached for our phenomenal line up and the link to register is attached below.
#Afghanistan
#China
#irregularwarfare
ANNOUNCEMENT! The Irregular Warfare Initiative team is pleased to announce the launch of our newsletter. To sign up, please visit this link:
Please share with all people interested!
@andymilburn8
@AtwellKyle
@JaharaMatisek
Essay Contest!
IWI &
@thejointstaff
J7 Office of Irregular Warfare and Competition are pleased to announce an essay contest to foster interest in and generate new ideas about the future of IW and competition.
See more information below.👇
@1st_SF_Command
@lmm20071
@SamWinterLevy
IWI's Inaugural Reading List! 📚
We asked members of the
#IWI
team to list some of their favorite irregular warfare books. What's your favorite IW book?
Expand your knowledge by adding these books to your reading list.
@JaharaMatisek
@kevinbilms
@WDMills1992
@RenanahJoyce
✍️ Story Telling and Strategy: How Narrative is Central to Gray Zone Warfare
Implausible Deniability - Goldilocks Competition - Sub-Provocative Action - Cumulative Effect
@DLKnoll
Indo-Pacific IW conference!
#IWI
will conduct a virtual panel discussion on the topic of Irregular Warfare in the Indo-Pacific Region on 25FEB, 1300-1415 PDT.
Register:
The panel includes MAJ GEN James (Jamie) Jarrard, Chief of Staff,
@INDOPACOM
Announcement!! 📣
The Irregular Warfare Podcast has officially received over 1,000,000 downloads since the podcast’s inception three years ago.
We want to thank the irregular warfare community for your continuous support and contributions to allowing us to achieve our mission.
🔙 Reflecting on the chilling parallels of Einsatzgruppen & Hamas' tactics on Oct 7, 2023. Hoffman, Vardy, & Ware's analysis underscores a grim historical continuity. How can we effectively counter such evolving terror threats?
#Counterterrorism
🌍🛡️
ANNOUNCEMENT!! The
#IWI
Team is expanding and looking to select applications for its 2022 Non-Resident Fellowship cohort. IWI Fellows are selected for 12 month terms. Applications are due by 03DEC21.
Application at:
@ArmyWarCollege
@NPS_Monterey
@csis_isp
New article!
"Bernard Fall believed that no invading force could possess sufficient military power to compensate for its political standing if that force lacked political legitimacy among the society it sought to control."
@NathanielLMoir
"America’s mistake, in two theaters, was in trying to reduce one of the more complex forms of conflict into something simple, uniform, and replicable without regard to the environment."
@mikenelson586
writes
@IrregWarfare
@AllBeretsMatter
@smallwars
What is to Come in Ukraine? Join us for an exciting panel this Thursday, November 17th at 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST.
REGISTER:
Hear IWI's
@JaharaMatisek
, MWI Chair
@SpencerGuard
, Russian Studies Director
@KofmanMichael
, Prof.
@AlexCecylia
, & Prof. Driscoll!
New IWI Article!
What weapon systems does Ukraine require from the United States?
“Cargo drones such as the US K-MAX or the British Maloy T150 could well have prevented the fall of Mariupol’s garrison.”
@andymilburn8
MAJ Andrew Maher introduces a broad framework for understanding
#IW
, a model termed the ‘Triangle of Rebellion’, which he applies to the example of foreign fighter mobilisation in North Africa.
@ADC_Australia
@AARCAusArmy
@1st_SF_Command
Read at:
Could not be more excited about upcoming episodes:
- GEN(r) Votel and Gayle Lemmon discuss working with partner forces in Syria
- Michele Flournoy and ADM(r) Eric Olson discuss the future of SOF
- CSA and Dr Peter Roberts discuss the Army in competition
Check out the new piece by IWI Team Member
@Jacob_A_Ware
"For extremists seeking to sow chaos and speed up some cataclysmic societal collapse...as symbols of mainstream liberal political order"
@WarOnTheRocks
@hoffman_bruce
📝New Article! Why must maritime infrastructure be protected?
"Undersea infrastructure,...make excellent targets for two reasons—they have tremendous strategic value, and it is very challenging to assign attribution.
@WDMills1992
📣 Event: "Proxy Warfare"
Join
@IrregWarfare
and
@CTCWP
for a two-part virtual panel discussion on
proxy warfare and its application in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
📅 Thursday, October 6th 5:00-7:00pm EST
LinkedIn:
YouTube:
Huge congratulations to
@IrregWarfare
junior editor Margaret Williams on being selected as a Rhodes Scholar! She has played an important role in producing IWI written content, we are so proud of her and excited to see what she accomplishes in the future!
@SamWinterLevy
@lmm20071
✍️ New article!
@JJSchroden
identified the critical components & implications of competition campaigning for
@USSOCOM
.
“USSOCOM should be able to turn the crank of force design, force development, and force employment faster than any other part of DoD.”
The
#IWI
team loved the high level of interest and engagement about our new IWI Fellowship program! We received an exponential amount of qualified applicants, which will require us about a month to review. Expect an announcement on selections around mid-January.
@JaharaMatisek
Unconventional warfare, stabilization, FID, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, information support ops, cyberspace ops, countering threat networks, civ-mil ops, and security cooperation -- submit your arguments to the
@IrregWarfare
Initiative to drive public discourse on IW
EP. 39 RELEASE! GEN Richard Clarke and
@RobinsonL100
discuss the
#SOF
competencies that are likely to be most relevant to future conflict, with an emphasis on information operations and the importance of working with partner forces.
@WarInstitute
@USSOCOM
Fellows Friday!
We’d like to highlight our 17 fellows and share a little bit about who they are. They are an integral part of our team and we look forward to publishing their work on irregular warfare and beyond.
You can learn about each member below.
@JaharaMatisek
New Irregular Warfare Initiative launches on Friday.
Get excited.
This is more than a website, it’s a rally point and resource for the community of irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
Onward!
We are proud to publish this latest piece by
@hoffman_bruce
, Will Vardy, and our own
@Jacob_A_Ware
. The authors explore practices used by Nazis, ISIS, and now Hamas to spread terror and engage in ethnic cleansing.
Please read, comment, and share!
"Incentives are a standard tool of alliance diplomacy, and yet in the context of security assistance partnerships, the military has recoded conditionality as bullying."
Big news! The 2024 Non-Resident Fellows for the Irregular Warfare Initiative are here! 🌟 25 top minds from various sectors, ready to revolutionize irregular warfare. Join us in welcoming them and shaping the future of warfare.
#IrregularWarfare2024
#MilitaryInnovation
💡🌍🤝
In this article, Dr. Emrah Ozdemir advocates for the application of “stability policing” to some of the thorniest crisises currently threatening global security. Stability policing relies primarily on military and paramilitary law enforcement units.
New IWI Article!
“An insurgency may be unavoidable. But even if it does lead to a Russian defeat, Ukrainians—and the Western policymakers who are backing them—should not deceive themselves about just how awful insurgent warfare will be.”
@TomPepinsky
Christopher Maier told
#SASC
that the U.S. "should be considering strongly" an effort to help Taiwan strengthen its ability to conduct irregular warfare. Article by
@StephenLosey
from
@Militarydotcom
Happy New Year!
#IWI
is grateful for your support this past year in bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, & policymakers. In 2021, IWI published two of
@WarInstitute
Top 10 most popular articles
#5
&
#8
.
@Jack_Watling
@DLKnoll
🎙️ NEW IWI Episode!
IWI explores the nuances of India’s approach to COIN, assesses India’s philosophical approach, and discusses the critical difference between fighting internal insurgents and expeditionary COIN operations.
Sumit Ganguly &
@sajidshapoo
.
Ep 55 of the IW Podcast included Kent DeBenedictis and explored arguments from his book Russian Hybrid warfare and the Annexation of Crimea. The pod seeks to make scholarship more accessible to the the IW professional community.
NEW IWI Article! Andrew Maher summarizes the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s inaugural conference on September 10, 2021, which brought together almost nine hundred participants. We thank you for your support!
@WarInstitute
@ESoConflict
@1st_SF_Command
What lessons should the U.S. military take from twenty years of war in Afghanistan?
🎙EP 35 discusses COIN in Afghanistan, the limits of technology & over-the-horizon counter-terrorism, and the the hard learned lessons of IW.
@wesleysmorgan
@AtwellKyle
New Article! “If we achieved so much, then, what’s next for proxy wars in the twenty-first century? Proxy war has been labeled ‘the most successful kind of political war’ being waged today, but what does success look like in indirect warfare?
@VladimirRauta
IWI's latest newsletter!
In just June, IWI published 8 new articles, 2 podcast episodes, & excitedly introduced Project Maritime!
Incredibly thankful to all of the talented authors & guests who have taken the time to share their insightful thoughts.
"If IW experts are to truly understand the nuances of resistance and develop innovative approaches to these types of challenges, then we must broaden our sources of information to include those that some may see as unconventional."
@Civil_Affairs
New article! SFC Brian Nau’s book review on “The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytic Memoir” by Gen (r) Charles Cleveland outlines three options for creating an IW proponent to develop the “concepts, doctrine and canon” required to achieve success.
🎙IWI celebrates with our 50th podcast episode!
We discuss the history of technological innovation and examples of current and burgeoning technologies that will impact future warfare.
Guests: Prof. Audrey Kurth Cronin (
@akcronin
) & MG Patrick Roberson.
IWI Fellow Spotlight!
@RenanahJoyce
is an assistant professor of politics at
@BrandeisUniver
. She studies the way great powers shape security and compete for influence in smaller states - to arm, train, & advise partner militaries.
Read her latest
#IWI
pieces in the thread.
New IWI Podcast! What happens when authoritarianism expands into online environments?
In EP 84, John Tullius and Steven Feldstein delve into what digital repression is and how authoritarian regimes are using new technologies to control their populations.
The
@IrregWarfare
is honored to publish Dr.
@ethanbdm
of
@HarrisPolicy
at the
@UofC
. Dr. Bueno de Mesquita examines the broader geopolitical implications for the United States and the challenges posed by the escalating war between Israel and Hamas.
Jake Shapiro and Colonel Pat Howell joined us to discuss the role irregular wars play in the era of Great Power Competition and a book Jake co-authored Small Wars Big Data.
Check out the inaugural podcast to be released on 25 May 2020.
@ESoConflict
@WarInstitute
@JacobNShapiro
How will SOF balance enduring counterterrorism missions with new requirements to deter great power rivals?
🎙 EP 39 discusses the SOF competencies that are likely to be most relevant to future conflict with GEN Richard Clarke and
@RobinsonL100
.
@USSOCOM
All that free time over the holiday break stressing you out? Use it to submit an important idea based on your research or practitioner experience to publish through
@IrregWarfare
/
@WarInstitute
.
Submissions criteria here:
@SamWinterLevy
@lmm20071
NEW IWI Article! What is wrong with Joint Combined Exchange Training?
"SOCOM should avoid a narrow, overly conservative approach to the statute pertaining to JCETs, and instead should seek the maximum amount of flexibility within the law."
@gt_richmond
IWI Dep Development Director
@AmosFox6
, who is building the business side of IWI, was a guest on
@wavellroom
's
#ThisMeansWar
. Listen for a talk on
#Ukraine
, and why Russian Battalion Tactical Groups have had little success.
IWI, in conjunction w/
@NDU_CISA
& the US Army’s SWCS, will be hosting a virtual panel on resistance moderated by IWI Fellow
@martijnkitzen
.
Sign up at to receive the video link as well as updates on all IWI events.
Read the first article from our new project maritime!
"Ukraine has demonstrated how important rivers... are to larger, more conventional conflicts in today’s era, characterized by strategic competition as well as irregular conflict"
by
@WDMills1992
Episode 90 "Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives" is at the
@IrregWarfare
! Listen as Dr Andreas Krieg and Dr Andrew Whiskeyman discuss how states weaponize narratives to control the information space and achieve their interests.
CATRINA DOXSEE (
@CatrinaDoxsee
) of
@CSIS_Threats
and
@IrregWarfare
joined us this week to give a detailed briefing on the majority of Wagner's operations throughout Africa. Including crimes in the Central African Republic, and the retreat from Mozambique.