Irregular Warfare Podcast

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1. Pacific Gambit: The Role of Irregular Warfare in Australia’s Great Strategic Shift

   12 Feb 2021 · 49 min

   Australia is undergoing the most fundamental strategic realignment since the Second World War, toward a focus on threats closer to home without reliance on the United States. In that context, what role does irregular…

2. Institution Building as a Counterinsurgency Tool: The Case of Colombia

   29 Jan 2021 · 41 min

   In 2016, the Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a peace deal, ending over five decades of guerrilla war. What lessons can be gleaned from the case for the irregular warfare community? Former US Ambassador to…

3. Competing for Influence: Operations in the Information Environment

   16 Jan 2021 · 41 min

   Information in its many forms has become a significant component of national power—the primary medium of competition between the United States and its adversaries. Our guests in this episode tackle that subject. Lt.…

4. Artificial Intelligence in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency

   1 Jan 2021 · 51 min

   What role do information and intelligence play in counterinsurgency? How can artificial intelligence assist in tracking and identifying insurgent or terrorist activity? What are some of the opportunities and challenges…

5. Breaking the Boom-Bust Cycle of Irregular Warfare

   18 Dec 2020 · 46 min

   Where does irregular warfare fit within the framework of national security policy? Does the recently released Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy attenuate focus, or relegate irregular warfare to a…

6. Russia’s Wagner Group and the Rise of Mercenary Warfare

   4 Dec 2020 · 51 min

   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 troops in conflict zones manage threats from armed groups when Russia…

7. The Practice and Politics of Security Force Assistance

   20 Nov 2020 · 54 min

   When, why, and under what circumstances does security force assistance work? This episode focuses on best practices of security force assistance, along with challenges, realistic expectations, and the role it will play…

8. David Petraeus on Irregular Warfare and Countering Violent Extremism

   6 Nov 2020 · 41 min

   This episode features a conversation with retired Gen. David Petraeus. He served over thirty-seven years in the US military, including as commander of coalition forces during the surge in Iraq, commander of US Central…

9. The Costs and Benefits of Unconventional Warfare and Subversion

   23 Oct 2020 · 52 min

   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 third-order effects when states use subversion to undermine their…

10. Counterinsurgency in the Philippines: An Inside Look at Partner Warfare

    9 Oct 2020 · 53 min

    This episode is a deep dive into insurgency and counterinsurgency in the Philippines, presented through the perspectives of two guests with many years of experience in Philippine counterinsurgency efforts. Dr. Joe…

11. The Pentagon Bureaucracy and the Human Domain of War

    25 Sep 2020 · 45 min

    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 how the Department of Defense thinks about war? In this episode, Nick…

12. Are Some Militaries Better at Counterinsurgency than Others?

    14 Sep 2020 · 48 min

    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 and failure in different counterinsurgency campaigns over time? In…

13. The Future of Irregular Warfare

    28 Aug 2020 · 52 min

    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 discuss how they see the future of irregular warfare and implications for…

14. Proxy Wars, Part 2: Opportunity and Risk in the Middle East

    14 Aug 2020 · 42 min

    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 Middle East with Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Dr. Eli Berman. This is…

15. Proxy Wars, Part 1: War Through Local Agents in Africa

    31 Jul 2020 · 55 min

    In this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, Kyle Atwell and Shawna Sinnott discuss proxy and partner warfare in Africa with retired Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks and Dr. Eli Berman. Eli and Mark discuss the objectives…

16. Inside Insurgency: Nonstate Armed Groups in Syria and Iraq

    17 Jul 2020 · 37 min

    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 with Dr. Vera Mironova of Harvard University and Dr. Daniel Milton of…

17. Irregular Warfare Oversight in DC

    3 Jul 2020 · 41 min

    What are the mechanics and politics that determine how the US government approaches irregular conflicts? That's the question at the center of this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast. Hosts Nick Lopez and Kyler…

18. Does Building Partner Military Capacity Work?

    19 Jun 2020 · 41 min

    This episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast features a conversation with two guests about an important question: Does building partner military capacity work? Dr. Stephen Biddle is a professor of international and…

19. Leadership Targeting and Drones: An Effective Counterterrorism Strategy?

    9 Jun 2020 · 40 min

    In the second episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, a collaboration between the Modern War Institute and Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, hosts Nick Lopez and Shawna Sinnott speak to…