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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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OE Watch Issue 10 2024

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

China Concludes Military Drills Near Taiwan Russia To Launch Two Satellites for Iran Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counterterrorism…

Turkey as a Drone Superpower

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

Turkey has emerged as a drone superpower on the world stage. In just the past few years, Turkey has become…

People’s Liberation Army: Army Campaign Doctrine in Transition

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

The PLA develops generic offensive, defensive, and special conditions campaign models to support planning and training for operational scenarios it…

Chinese-Tajikistani Security Cooperation Gaining Momentum

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

China and Tajikistan share a 477km border and have an estimated $1.78 billion in bilateral trade, which is significantly imbalanced…

Cultivating Joint Talent: PLA Education and Training Reforms

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

Cultivating joint command talent and promoting realistic and complex joint training at the campaign and tactical levels is critical to…

Armenia Struggles To Break Out of Russia’s Orbit

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/10/2025 |

Key Takeaways: – Armenia believes that Russia and the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have failed to fulfill their…

Russia’s Influence Waning in Former Soviet Republics, While Growing in the Global South

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/07/2025 |

Russia’s influence and ability to shape perceptions of Moscow appear to be waning across the former Soviet republics of Central…

PLA Bets on Combined-Arms Brigade as Its Maneuver Workhorse

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/06/2025 |

People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) combined-arms brigade (CAB) is the primary ground unit of action of China’s self-described “World Class Military”…

Kazakhstan Expands Opportunities for Volunteers To Join the Armed Forces

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/16/2025 | Comments Off on Kazakhstan Expands Opportunities for Volunteers To Join the Armed Forces

A U.S.-produced HMMWV of Kazakhstan’s Ground Forces equipped with a Russian-produced Konkurs anti-tank ground missile on parade. “Deputies of the…

Latin America’s Dictators Scramble To Join BRICS

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/16/2025 | Comments Off on Latin America’s Dictators Scramble To Join BRICS

The principal members of the BRICS grouping pose for a photo at the 2018 BRICS Summit. “Venezuela was left out…