Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

This article is presented in a question-and-answer format, with the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s Maritime Program’s ...

Ford Pitts is a senior studying International Politics at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. His academic and professional interests focus on U.S. hostage affairs. This past ...

Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

Alden Tebbetts is a senior at Middlebury College, studying Political Science and Russian. He is an ROTC Cadet and is simultaneously enlisted in the Vermont Army National Guard. Upon graduation, he ...

Anthony Marco is an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. He graduated summa cum laude from West Point with a degree in military history. Upon commissioning, he completed graduate studies at Reichman ...

Owen West’s brief remark during the 2026 AUSA Project Agincourt autonomous warfare panel deserves attention beyond the room.

“Every intervention begins as a story of liberation. Without adaptation, it ends as a story of occupation.” Why do militarily superior forces consistently win the fight—but lose the peace? This is not ...

How do drone strikes shape civilian behavior? Episode 164 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores research using 12 billion cell phone records from Yemen, revealing civilian displacement on par with ...

Russia and China do not need to defeat the 11th Airborne Division or challenge an icebreaker in open water to shape outcomes in the Arctic. The enabling systems that sustain U.S. forces operate on ...

Editor's note: The "Short of War" Podcast discussing this article is AI-generated. While global chaos mounts with lingering conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and shifting U.S.