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

Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. The following organizations support IWI's mission to advance the study of irregular warfare. Bridging the gap ...

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.

As U.S. security guarantees in the Arabian Gulf face unprecedented strain, regional states must confront a resilient or fragmented Iran alone. This analysis outlines the strategic shift toward an ...

“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 ...

Co-director of IWI’s Maritime Program, Christopher Booth chaired a panel of guests invited by IWI as part of the Naval War College’s Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) 2026 Symposium ...