# Irregular Warfare Podcast

A podcast by Irregular Warfare Initiative. 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.

Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/IrregularWarfare/feed.xml

## Latest episodes

- [What's Cyber Good For?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/a0e2ae055753) (2026-10-13, 50 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nmhjhsq7yh5ukud8/What_s_Cyber_Good_For_aog4u.mp3
- [The Airpower We Need for Irregular Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/5aea8f0e7638) (2026-09-29, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gj9hiy9nnkky5fuf/_FINAL_Aviation_Advising_Episode_Audio_-_9_27_26_1116_PM8z5hc.mp3
- [War at Arm’s Length: Can Military Assistance Work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/14679098eb24) (2026-09-15, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/25uzpjpqg2t9tidg/war_at_arms_length_-_9_15_26_151_AMaw63c.mp3
- [Hidden Costs of Precision](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/917d3b479ba5) (2026-09-01, 52 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/g2n3r3ueunrphmmp/Hidden_Costs_of_Precision_FINAL6qohp.mp3
- [The Future of War Part IV: Special Operations on a Global Battlefield](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/326cc97c6bbe) (2026-08-18, 73 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xqytqs8c99r24xw7/Final_Pod_IWI6t4de.mp3
- [From Subversion to Resistance: Lessons from Russia’s War in Ukraine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/5b2f136fb6db) (2026-08-11, 60 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f673ndw8awxba6qn/Kudelia_episode_-_8_11_26_100_AM6qcss.mp3
- [Five Years After the Withdrawal: Insights from the Afghanistan War Commission](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/b68637a201a9) (2026-07-28, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4mkx2qx4znebivge/AWC_pod_27JULY_-_7_27_26_414_PM7oznz.mp3
- [Innovation Under Fire: What WWII’s Commandos Teach Us About War and the Future of Special Operations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/95fa6cef1721) (2026-07-21, 51 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zzybpts3cbnrwckb/Ep_160_Audio_-_FINAL_FOR_PUBLICATION9a8ks.mp3
- [From NATO to the Gulf: Allies, Access, and the Hidden Architecture of American Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/275d20500ae7) (2026-07-07, 57 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/696g476hztush9sx/Ep_159_FINAL_AUDIObqaiu.mp3
- [The Wars Nuclear Weapons Don't Prevent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/0bad2e84467f) (2026-06-23, 53 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/28gkx4bc4gizgred/Project_nuke_proxy_-_6_22_26_324_PM8mtqm.mp3
- [Setting Out to Win: Why America Needs to Get Serious About Irregular Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/0ef0004e8aca) (2026-06-09, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9pe9bk4i9vuss4s4/Episode_157_FINAL7uw33.mp3
- [Iran, Ukraine, and the Future of Naval Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/7a628ac78f56) (2026-06-02, 49 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qju3pxq4zuj436v8/Ep_156_Audio_FINAL6w68q.mp3
- [Hellscape Taiwan: Drones, Deterrence, and the Future of Asymmetric Defense](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/85ca864caf63) (2026-05-20, 53 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vb2smqvkam7273uc/Hellscape_Taiwan_Final_Cut7ahsh.mp3
- [The Counterinsurgency Dilemma: Foreign Fighter Influence on Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/c2f2af516ed3) (2026-05-08, 50 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mxq38qmqf7mb4ygj/Foreign_Fighters_Final_Cut9k8yn.mp3
- [Where the Lion Can’t Reach: Unconventional Warfare in Major War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/bbad446cfd2c) (2026-04-24, 52 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2qgmkegr2hvveam3/Ep_153_Audio_-_4_23_26_1047_PMagkld.mp3
- [What the Hell is Irregular Warfare Anyway?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/2f3ddad9f431) (2026-04-17, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fzy25qa3x3ar2cp3/WTH_Is_IW_Anyway_FINAL8bo5b.mp3
- [Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/c4c0656d8a92) (2026-04-03, 59 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hvm9skv32zxpncv6/Chokepoints_Final_Cut6wei0.mp3
- [From Orbit to Objective: Space and the Future of Conflict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/799866898d5b) (2026-03-20, 52 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/psa6yia8n5ut9rvk/IW_in_Space_Final_Cut91boc.mp3
- [Iran, Revolution, and the Logic of Proxy Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/c66322455d50) (2026-03-13, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h4jh5gpv7hmaieue/Iran_War_Pod81bv0.mp3
- [The Strategic Logic of Large Militant Alliance Networks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/4504382b35ce) (2026-03-06, 57 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jx5utzrt4rnqee3x/Strategic_Logic_of_Large_Militant_Alliance_Networks_-_3_6_26_1002_AM6lu82.mp3
- [Preserving the American Edge: Revitalizing the Defense Industrial Base](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/0a7f5c816bc0) (2026-02-20, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tnwujjbue5xqmdbb/American_Edge_Final_Cut_v2b5o51.mp3
- [Competitive Intervention, Proxy War, and Military Assistance: Anderson, Eyre, and Kuhlman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/5d38d5dee716) (2026-02-06, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2sfc7dphwq7tsdus/Ep_146_Final_Audio_Production_-_2_2_26_1135_PM6kgwo.mp3
- [Foreign Fighters in Ukraine and Beyond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/4ef4f833527b) (2026-01-24, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2d86yb33bgjgu3ha/Ep_145_Final_Audio_Production_-_1_23_26_226_PM6qu9q.mp3
- [The Future of War Part III: Strategic Sabotage in an Era of Great-Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/6ff2a9b00737) (2026-01-09, 61 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ihew9f82fpubs6s2/FoW_Part_III_final_cut64sd4.mp3
- [Ukraine's Hidden Front: The Strategic Impact of Resistance Operations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/91cadcb2ac2b) (2025-12-26, 61 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fk7j3r4amub5nafx/Episode_125_ReRelease9anzq.mp3
- [What Determines Success in Guerrilla Warfare?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/4d704d19ba7a) (2025-12-15, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7usr2y2r46rn7snu/Ep_143_Final_Audio_-_12_15_25_135_AM7v25z.mp3
- [Codifying Irregular Warfare—Inside the Pentagon’s new DoD Instruction 3000.07](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/78baf3825804) (2025-11-28, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kuahwa46vqs8tjig/IW_Policy_Final_Cut921qv.mp3
- [Is Resistance Working in Ukraine?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/9971f4afb540) (2025-11-14, 53 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfr4hkbwm9nhbex4/Ep_141_Final_Audio_to_Publish8311y.mp3
- [South America in Competition Conference: Bonus Episode 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/93eadc2dd3dc) (2025-11-07, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v64y59zqdxzk7b3j/Bonus_Episode_2bqdis.mp3
- [Unrestricted Innovation: The Supply Chain Battlefield](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/7c972c21c014) (2025-10-31, 51 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qzczj5wudsmh85im/DIU_Pod_Final7t6fr.mp3
- [South America in Competition Conference: Bonus Episode 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/d01ffc9f2023) (2025-10-24, 54 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6rub5d6k44a6v4ed/Bonus_Episode_16bx47.mp3
- [Future of War Part II: On Their Own](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/20e411b5e94a) (2025-10-17, 61 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v2d7nbb93wcqg853/FoW_Part_II_Final_Cut_with_Advertisement728fa.mp3
- [Insurgent Armies and State Formation after Victory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/4de99feac3b6) (2025-10-03, 55 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xmpz5uyepbsn6zm4/Insurgent_Armies_After_Victory7nzkp.mp3
- [Future of War Part I: Raiders at the Edge of Tomorrow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/991b339d7fe7) (2025-09-19, 50 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tm6v9i9bgj8i33qn/Safe_Harbor_II_final_cut9k8lh.mp3
- [The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/43fa3b6d6762) (2025-09-05, 47 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e246ezd5fxk6xzaz/Boiling_Moat_Final_Cut6o4bf.mp3
- [Winning Without Fighting: Economic Power and Information Warfare (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/1d367d30130c) (2025-08-22, 39 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tze2zk5qxbz67q4m/WWF2_Finalblpon.mp3
- [Winning Without Fighting: Strategic Culture and Gray Zone Competition (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/b48b48224a9b) (2025-08-08, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/up35y3nrt7qg8rse/WWF1_1.m4a
- [Winning Without Fighting: Strategic Culture and Gray Zone Competition (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/20a93274c15b) (2025-08-08, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/up35y3nrt7qg8rse/WWF1_1.m4a
- [Security Hybridization: U.S., China, and the Future of Global Security Assistance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/a4857aec5ca6) (2025-07-10, 55 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/865b52nrj7usz7pk/Security_Hybridization_with_Engagements_Adav6gj.mp3
- [Operation Spider’s Web and the Future of Asymmetric Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/584ab2f7f168) (2025-06-25, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/efqh6z6w86ciscrp/Spiders_Web_Final_Cutbbvqw.mp3
- [Agile, Adaptable, AFSOC: Building Edge in Contested Skies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/49d66bb57f92) (2025-06-13, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cgyqstj8qg98zkf8/AFSOC_Final8dlwy.mp3
- [Five Years of IWI: From Podcast to Platform](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/16b0a3e62fcd) (2025-05-30, 64 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/s96qgg7kjx74amau/5_Year_Episode_Final_29anyu.mp3
- [The Inheritance: America's Military After Two Decades of War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/b87ead38234a) (2025-04-22, 55 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9jeuxwzyiwwpfqgk/Inheritance_Final_Cut_1_b0sqf.mp3
- [Plausible Deniability: Proxy Actors and the Hybrid Threat Ecosystem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/c6863bb22dd2) (2025-04-04, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jtn9hmmjg5bxbx5b/Ep_1268yr5a.mp3
- [Ukraine's Hidden Front: The Strategic Impact of Resistance Operations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/9d1e962d08c0) (2025-03-14, 60 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pshhgdsjprheaxgd/Ep_125_UKR_Resistance_Episodeb8of0.mp3
- [The Fourth Age: The SOCOM Commander's Vision for the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/4494621e8f6e) (2025-02-13, 59 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cjii5rk65b8d2598/Episode_124_Future_of_SOF_Fenton_Shorter_Cole_FINAL_READY_FOR_PUBLISHING7xemv.mp3
- [Training for Victory: Lessons for Security Force Assistance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/1d9531a69cdd) (2025-01-28, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7asz9umvf7uiqrfk/Training_for_Victoryarq76.mp3
- [Theory vs. Practice: What is Irregular War?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/a38815824402) (2025-01-10, 52 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/myizqh4vseqj6n4c/Episode_122_-_Theory_vs_Practice-_What_is_Irregular_War_-_1_10_25_530_AM9kuet.mp3
- [Below the Threshold: China's Strategy of Armed Coercion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/be8e20f28f0f) (2024-12-27, 46 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ecq8u2y9aarajz3q/Ep_1217i7wo.mp3
- [Culture, Access, Influence: The FAO Advantage in Irregular Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1514636385/9b47325036f4) (2024-12-13, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/77y469khbsewjama/Ep_120bhpfd.mp3

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