The Irregular Warfare Podcast explores an important component of war throughout history. Small wars, drone strikes, special operations forces, counterterrorism, proxies—this podcast covers the full range of topics related to irregular war and features in-depth conversations with guests from the military, academia, and the policy community. The podcast is a collaboration between the Modern War Institute at West Point and Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.
118 episodes transcribedInformation in its many forms has become a significant component of national power—the primary medium of competition between the United States and its...
What role do information and intelligence play in counterinsurgency? How can artificial intelligence assist in tracking and identifying insurgent or...
Where does irregular warfare fit within the framework of national security policy? Does the recently released Irregular Warfare Annex to the National...
What role do private military companies such as Russia’s Wagner Group play on the modern battlefield? How should US policymakers and US and allied tro...
When, why, and under what circumstances does security force assistance work? This episode focuses on best practices of security force assistance, alon...
This episode features a conversation with retired Gen. David Petraeus. He served over thirty-seven years in the US military, including as commander of...
What are unconventional warfare and foreign subversion? Will they be important in an era of great power competition? What are some of the second- and...
This episode is a deep dive into insurgency and counterinsurgency in the Philippines, presented through the perspectives of two guests with many year...
What is the human domain of warfare, and will it be more or less relevant in great power competition? Who should own it? What does it take to change...
Are the US Marines better at counterinsurgency than the US Army? How about the British Army? If so, why? If not then what else might explain success a...
In Episode 8 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, hosts Nick Lopez and Shawna Sinnott speak to best-selling authors August Cole and P.W. Singer to discus...
In this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, Shawna Sinnott and Kyle Atwell discuss the history and context of proxy and partner warfare in the M...
In this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, Kyle Atwell and Shawna Sinnott discuss proxy and partner warfare in Africa with retired Maj. Gen. Ma...
In this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, Kyle Atwell and Nick Lopez discuss the inner workings of nonstate armed groups in Syria and Iraq wit...
What are the mechanics and politics that determine how the US government approaches irregular conflicts? That's the question at the center of this epi...
This episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast features a conversation with two guests about an important question: Does building partner military capa...
In the second episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, a collaboration between the Modern War Institute and Princeton University’s Empirical Studies...
The Irregular Warfare Podcast is a new collaboration between the Modern War Institute at West Point and Princeton University's Empirical Studies of Co...
