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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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Possible New Chinese Frigate Offers Clues on Future Weapons Testing

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on Possible New Chinese Frigate Offers Clues on Future Weapons Testing

A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) 8 round HQ-10 short range surface to air missile system shown on a Type…

Chinese Icebreaker Makes Port Call in Murmansk

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on Chinese Icebreaker Makes Port Call in Murmansk

Chinese icebreaker Xue Long 2 docked at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 2024. “The research icebreaker that is owned and managed…

Russia Conducts Its Largest Naval Exercise in More Than 30 Years

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Its Largest Naval Exercise in More Than 30 Years

Russian Buyan-M corvette Uglich of the Caspian Flotilla firing countermeasures during maneuvers part of Ocean-2024. Note the letter “Z” in…

Russian Duma to Strengthen Pro-Kremlin Youth Movements

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on Russian Duma to Strengthen Pro-Kremlin Youth Movements

First meeting of the patriotic youth movement called Yunarmiya 2 June 2016. “One of the areas of youth policy will…

The Evolution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on The Evolution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Ukraine

A Russian First-Person-View UAV with small payload attached. “One of the main military-technical components of combat actions in the special…

ATP 7-100.1, Russian Tactics: Logistics

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/21/2024 |

This article is an excerpt from the recently published Army Techniques Publication (ATP), 7-100.1 Russian Tactics, and will distill critical…

Report Highlights North Korea’s Fixation on Information Control

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/18/2024 | Comments Off on Report Highlights North Korea’s Fixation on Information Control

North Korean students receive classroom instruction under the watchful eye of a camera and portrait of Kim Jong Un (2018).…

North Korea Previews Hypothetical Negotiating Strategy

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/18/2024 | Comments Off on North Korea Previews Hypothetical Negotiating Strategy

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un meets U.S. President Trump in the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone (2019).…

Belarus and Iran Broaden Military Cooperation

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Belarus and Iran Broaden Military Cooperation

“Commander of the Iranian army, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, shakes hands with the commander of the Belarusian Air Force, Major…

Iran Increasing Lithium Battery Production

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Iran Increasing Lithium Battery Production

The Yuz, Iran’s domestically-manufactured electric vehicle, unveiled in November 2021. “We must make progress to make up for this backwardness.”…