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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.

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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.

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Wargame Insights Into PLA Strengths and Vulnerabilities

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/07/2025 |

Wargaming as the PLA reveals potential strengths of their operational approach but is tempered by identified vulnerabilities in their military…

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tactics and Lessons Learned

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/07/2025 |

TRADOC G2 briefing for the Combat Training Centers (CTC) Commanders’ Conference, regarding PLA tactics and lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine…

Asymmetric Warfare across Multiple Domains

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/06/2025 |

The Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes returning guest blogger Ethan Sah with another insightful submission exploring how Iran’s Axis of Resistance…

Iran Problem Set Overview

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/05/2025 |

This report provides an overview of the Iranian problem set. The information from this report is completely derived from publicly…

GCKN Training and Education Courses Handout

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/03/2025 |

GCKN provides the Army with relevant sociocultural analysis, methodology, expertise, and training to contextualize the Operational Environment (OE) in an…

Sociocultural Exploiter Series

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/27/2025 | Comments Off on Sociocultural Exploiter Series

This country’s environmental vulnerabilities and economic disparities, intensified by severe weather events, make it susceptible to external exploitation. These conditions…

OE Watch Issue 1 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

Little Evidence That Algeria Is Shifting From Russian to Chinese Arms Imports Amid Ukraine Conflict Iran Asks Tajikistan Not To…

OE Watch Issue 5 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

China Now Claims To Have World’s Top Destroyer Force Russia Tries To Appeal to New Contract Soldiers in Moscow Iran…

OE Watch Issue 3 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

China Integrating PLAAF Elements Into PLAA Training, Including OPFOR Wagner Group Adapts To Trench Warfare, Assault Tactics in Ukraine Taiwan…

OE Watch Issue 2 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

Russia Expands Naval Infantry Amid Ukraine Conflict China Rapidly Developing AI-Driven Warfare Systems To Enhance Combat Efficiency Hong Kong Aerospace…