IRREGULAR THREATS

Contributors,

Products, & More

Other Contributors

T2Com Separator
Play Video

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.

Play Video

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.

DOCUMENTS AND ARTICLES

WITT program focuses on the activities and capabilities of countries like China, Russia, and Iran as well as the threat and evolution of paramilitary groups and terrorist networks

ISW’s Terrorist Networks Project delivers concise, expert analysis that maps and tracks global extremist organizations, giving you actionable insight into evolving threats.

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

RAND Corporation is a global policy think tank that provides research and analysis to inform policymakers on crucial issues, including international security and homeland security.

Complete Archive

T2Com Separator

Explore the complete archive of Irregular Threat products and articles created by T2COM G2, Partners, and Other Contributors.

Mountain Warfare and Other Lofty Problems: Foreign Perspectives on High-Altitude Combat (Les Grau and Charles Bartles)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/18/2011 | Comments Off on Mountain Warfare and Other Lofty Problems: Foreign Perspectives on High-Altitude Combat (Les Grau and Charles Bartles)

(Click image to download book.) There is long history of writings on mountain combat that include such luminaries as Clausewitz…

Passing It On: Fighting the Pushtun on Afghanistan’s Frontiers (General Sir Andrew Skeen. Les Grau and Robert Baer)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2010 | Comments Off on Passing It On: Fighting the Pushtun on Afghanistan’s Frontiers (General Sir Andrew Skeen. Les Grau and Robert Baer)

(Click image to download book.) This is a reproduction of a 1932 book published by General Skeen, who began fighting…

The Dragon’s Quantum Leap: Transforming from a Mechanized to an Informatized Force (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2009 | Comments Off on The Dragon’s Quantum Leap: Transforming from a Mechanized to an Informatized Force (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) Chinese observations of warfare in the information age have resulted in a widespread transformation and…

Property & Peace: Insurgency, Strategy, and the Statute of Frauds (Geoff Demarest)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2009 | Comments Off on Property & Peace: Insurgency, Strategy, and the Statute of Frauds (Geoff Demarest)

(Click image to download book.) This book argues that the quality of foreign real property systems be made a priority…

Iran and the West Part 1-3 BBC Documentary 2009

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/07/2009 |

Decoding the Virtual Dragon: Critical Evolutions in the Science and Philosophy of China’s Information Operations and Military Strategy (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2007 | Comments Off on Decoding the Virtual Dragon: Critical Evolutions in the Science and Philosophy of China’s Information Operations and Military Strategy (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) This book expands upon Dragon Bytes, the author’s earlier work on Chinese information warfare (IW)…

Future War (Makhmut Gareev and Vladimir Slipchenko)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2007 | Comments Off on Future War (Makhmut Gareev and Vladimir Slipchenko)

(Click image to download book.) In 2005, the Foreign Military Studies Office hosted a unique conference featuring two of Russia’s…

The New Great Game: Chinese Views on Central Asia (Charles Hawkins and Robert Love)

By Kevin O'Connell | 08/17/2005 | Comments Off on The New Great Game: Chinese Views on Central Asia (Charles Hawkins and Robert Love)

(Click image to download book.) In August 2005, ten top Chinese scholars traveled to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)…

Cyber Silhouettes: Shadows Over Information Operations (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2005 | Comments Off on Cyber Silhouettes: Shadows Over Information Operations (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) This book explores the impact of the Cyber Age on military thinking and operations worldwide.…

Dragon Bytes: Chinese Information War Theory and Practice (Timothy L. Thomas)

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/25/2004 | Comments Off on Dragon Bytes: Chinese Information War Theory and Practice (Timothy L. Thomas)

(Click image to download book.) This work examines China’s information-war (IW) theory and practice from 1995-2003. The effort rests upon…