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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Why does providing aircraft to partner forces so often fall short of building an effective air force? Retired Lieutenant General Anthony Rock, Michael Horowitz, and Tobias Switzer join Kyle Atwell to ...

U.S. military assistance often has a bad reputation, but it isn’t doomed to failure. This episode examines why assistance succeeds with some partners and falls short with others. LTG (Ret.) Charles ...

Editor's note: The "Short of War" Podcast discussing this article is AI-generated. This episode highlights an important aspect: cyber offenders do not exist in a vacuum; rather, they are constantly ...

The ANSF’s collapse was not a military defeat. It was the final, visible stage of an institutional failure that had been running for two decades. Following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, ...

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 ...