The Irregular Warfare Podcast explores an important component of war throughout history. Small wars, drone strikes, special operations forces, counterterrorism, proxies—this podcast covers the full range of topics related to irregular war and features in-depth conversations with guests from the military, academia, and the policy community. The podcast is a collaboration between the Modern War Institute at West Point and Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.
115 episodes transcribedIn this first episode of our two-part series focused on irregular warfare in Ukraine, we're joined by Michael Kofman, the research program director in...
Plan Colombia has been described as a model of successful counterinsurgency and foreign internal defense at a time when large footprints in Iraq and A...
This episode explores how cyber tools and weapons are used at the tactical level within irregular warfare. Our guests, Dr. Trey Herr and Major Sally W...
Since completing its terraforming and island reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands in 2016, the People’s Republic of China has shifted its empha...
In this episode, we consider how extremists of all types have exploited maneuver space online, and what this means for efforts to counter violent extr...
From dynamite in the early twentieth century to drones, bioweapons, and private-sector satellite constellations today, lethal technologies are increas...
It has become axiomatic that cultural intelligence is key to success in counterinsurgency operations. But is it? This episode examines this assumption...
How do significant historical events and Russian cultural memory—especially those surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union—shape the Russian world...
Russia, China, and Iran have all been learning how to conduct irregular warfare from the United States, modeling their approaches to IW on observation...
A fundamental change in warfare is occurring, one that risks rendering the American way of war obsolete. As China uses technology to enhance the pri...
What is the role of security force assistance in achieving national security objectives? Where did security force assistance work well in the post-9/1...
Irregular warfare is executed across all domains. In the air, the responsibility for IW falls to Air Force Special Operations Command. Today, the comm...
In counterinsurgency warfare, how can powerful states reform corrupt or repressive governments into legitimate ones? Our guests on this episode, Jacqu...
In the aftermath of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the country's chaotic collapse, it is easy to forget the prominent role that the Unit...
hroughout history, IW organizations have undergone dramatic changes at all levels to meet the demands of new operating environments and threats. The b...
What is the intersection between cyber and irregular warfare? Should the United States consider cyberspace a typical or exquisite domain? How did the...
Will the role and capabilities required of special operations forces change in a geopolitical context characterized by great power competition? How wi...
What lessons should the United States and its allies take from twenty years of irregular warfare since 9/11? What will the future of irregular warfare...
Foreign fighters play an influential role in Islamic extremist groups. They tend to be more violent, more committed, and more resistant to reconciliat...
When information can travel globally at the tap of a finger, irregular warfare professionals must contend with an ever-changing environment. How does...
