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Irregular Warfare: U.S. Army’s IW Doctrine

Army University Press

This short film joins the Army’s ongoing effort to refresh Irregular Warfare doctrine, spotlighting the core principles that still work and proposing smart updates for today’s fight. Even as Great-Power competition dominates strategy, it underscores why mastering irregular tactics remains vital for countering peer nation-state adversaries.

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The Future of Irregular Warfare

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict joins CSIS’s Defense and Security Department President to explore how irregular warfare and the SOF enterprise are evolving. Their discussion spotlights shifting priorities and emerging technologies poised to reshape special-operations missions.

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Research focused on identifying and analyzing the complex challenges of conflict, violent extremism and terrorism.

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Betts 01 Taliban Humvee in Kabul

Taliban Challenged by Uptick of Islamic State–Khorasan Province Attacks

By nkirkpatrick2 | 04/15/2024 | Comments Off on Taliban Challenged by Uptick of Islamic State–Khorasan Province Attacks

Taliban Humvee in Kabul “The Taliban government has said that it has defeated the Daesh group and will not allow…

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Winter 02 Syria map showing major cities

Jordan Alarmed by Escalation in Syrian Smuggling Tactics

By nkirkpatrick2 | 04/15/2024 | Comments Off on Jordan Alarmed by Escalation in Syrian Smuggling Tactics

Syria map showing major cities as well as parts of surrounding countries and the Mediterranean Sea. “What were initially infiltration…

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Berg 01 Noboa the youngest president in Ecuadors history

Rising Violence Prompts Ecuador To Declare “Internal Armed Conflict”

By nkirkpatrick2 | 04/12/2024 | Comments Off on Rising Violence Prompts Ecuador To Declare “Internal Armed Conflict”

Noboa, the youngest president in Ecuador’s history, faces a crisis of insecurity. “President Daniel Noboa issued…an executive decree that reforms…

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Winter 01 Yemen map showing major population centers

Houthis’ Red Sea Attacks Not Only Motivated by Gaza

By nkirkpatrick2 | 04/12/2024 | Comments Off on Houthis’ Red Sea Attacks Not Only Motivated by Gaza

Yemen map showing major population centers as well as parts of neighboring countries and the Gulf of Aden and the…

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Rubin 02 Iraj Masjedi a Qods Force commander and former Iranian ambassador to Iraq

Iran Hints It Will Supply Air Defense Weaponry to Palestinians

By nkirkpatrick2 | 04/12/2024 | Comments Off on Iran Hints It Will Supply Air Defense Weaponry to Palestinians

Iraj Masjedi, a Qods Force commander and former Iranian ambassador to Iraq, meets with Qassem Soleimani, the late leader of…

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Billingsley 01 Chinese container ship off the coast of Los Angeles California

China’s Economic Interests at Risk With Rise of Houthi Shipping Attacks

By Dianne McIntosh | 04/09/2024 | Comments Off on China’s Economic Interests at Risk With Rise of Houthi Shipping Attacks

Chinese container ship off the coast of Los Angeles, California. “China is the customer for 90% of the oil exported…

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OE Watch 2024 issue 3

OE Watch Issue 3 2024

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2024 |

China Reinvigorates Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia Russia Developing Sixth Generation Combat Aircraft Inaction on Gaza Underscores “Arab…

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Zenn 02 MINUSMA Goundam 2015

Malian Coup Leader Faces Challenges Reconquering Kidal

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/29/2024 | Comments Off on Malian Coup Leader Faces Challenges Reconquering Kidal

MINUSMA Goundam 2015 “I am sending planes to bomb their positions and the army will return to Kidal….” Over the…

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Winter 01 Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023

Syrian Regime, Opposition Wary of Hamas Despite Support for 7 October Attacks on Israel

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/29/2024 | Comments Off on Syrian Regime, Opposition Wary of Hamas Despite Support for 7 October Attacks on Israel

Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023 “Syrians received the news of the operation as a historic, heroic act…

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Berg 02 Venezuelan armed forces

Drug Trafficking a Prime Source of Financing for Venezuela’s Maduro Regime

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/29/2024 | Comments Off on Drug Trafficking a Prime Source of Financing for Venezuela’s Maduro Regime

The Venezuelan armed forces have become critical to the Maduro regime’s ability to move drugs around the world. “Venezuela is…

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