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New Reports and Articles on Irregular
Warfare (IW)
January 15, 2021.
"What's In a Name? Reimagining Irregular Warfare Activities for
Competition", by Kevin Bilms, War on the Rocks. A
career DoD civilian serving in ASD SO/LIC argues that IW needs a
new market strategy that will eliminate misconceptsions and
assist others in recognizing IW's value in GPC.
January 15, 2021.
"From Counterterrorism to Irregular Warfare: What Does That Mean?", by
Jason Criss Howk, Clearance Jobs. The US government and DoD is
moving away from a narrow focus on CT to the larger view of IW.
January 11, 2021.
"A small bureaucractic change at the Pentagon hints at a major shift for
US special-operations units", by Stavros Atlamazoglou, Business
Insider. The Pentagon has turned the Combating Terrorism Technical
Support Office into the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate
(See a
DoD Memo dated 18 Nov 2020).
January 1, 2021.
"Better understanding irregular warfare in competition", by Kevin
Bilms, Military Times.
October 14, 2020.
"Nobody Puts IW in an Annex: It's Time to Embrace Irregular Warfare as a
Strategic Priority", by David H. Ucko, Modern War Institute at
West Point.
October 2, 2020.
"Irregular warfare strategies must move beyond special forces, Pentagon
says", Defense News. An explanation of the IW Annex to the
National Defense Strategy.
October 2, 2020.
"Irregular Warfare Annex to National Defense Strategy Made Public",
DoD.
July 3, 2015.
"The 'new' type of war that finally has the Pentagon's attention", By
Todd Greentree, The Washington Post. The DoD is very concerned
with Russia's ability to employ a combination of stealth invasion, local
proxy forces and international propaganda to annex Crimea and destabilize
eastern Ukraine.
August 21, 2014. "Ambiguous warfare providing NATO
with new challenge". Yahoo News at this
link. . Russia's unconventional attack on the Ukraine leaves NATO
perplexed on how to respond.
May 2014. Putin's "New Warfare".
By John
R. Haines, Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) at this link.
June 26, 2014. Naval War College confers with
Irregular Warfare Experts, DVIDS at this
link. CIWAG annual symposium at Newport, R.I.
October 12, 2013. "Coalition and Irregular Warfare
Center shows little for $42 million effort", Las Vegas Review-Journal
at this
link. The Air Force IW Center wastes money.
September 27, 2012. Trends in Hybrid and
Irregular Warfare, USNI News at this link.
April 16, 2009. "Irregular Warfare Center opens".
Nellis Air Force Base at this
link.
December 16, 2008.
"Irregular Warfare: Everything yet Nothing", Small Wars Journal.
A team of authors provide their perspective on the Irregular
Warfare (IW) Joint Operating Concept (JOC) published by DoD on 11 Sep
2007.
January 2008. Success in Irregular Warfare:
Structures and Strategies Needed, by Sam Holliday, American Diplomacy
at this
link.
Videos and Podcasts About Irregular Warfare
Irregular Warfare Podcast, Modern War
Institute at West Point
https://mwi.usma.edu/category/podcasts/irregular-warfare-podcast/
Irregular Warfare, Hybrid Threats, and the
Future Role of Ground Forces, Center for Strategic & International
Studies, June 23, 2014.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZM3CfWh1I
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