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Amplify. Illuminate. Address.
The IWC serves as the central mechanism for developing the Department of Defense’s (DOD) irregular warfare knowledge and advancing the Department's understanding of irregular warfare concepts and doctrine in collaboration with key allies and partners.
The IWC – a component of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation University – is pleased to invite nominations for participation in the inaugural Irregular Warfare Colloquium, to be held in the Washington, DC on July 27-28, 2023.
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WHAT WE DO
Creating innovation and adaptability in national security.
The IWC serves as the central mechanism for developing the Department of Defense’s (DOD) irregular warfare knowledge and advancing the Department's understanding of irregular warfare concepts and doctrine in collaboration with key allies and partners. Our mission is to AMPLIFY and collaborate to build an innovative and adaptable global networked IW community of interest; To Strategically ILLUMINATE current and future irregular threats, crises, and obstacles; and to ADDRESS current and future irregular threats to the US, allies, and partners by providing optionality.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Translations
The Irregular Warfare Center provides translations of original Russian and Chinese language primary source material on irregular warfare-related topics to facilitate fair use of the provided publication by researchers, practitioners, and partners upon request.
2023 Book Recommendations
In the spirit of the Chairman of the Joint Chief’s reading list and the Chief of Naval Operations Professional Reading Program, the leadership of the Irregular Warfare Center offers its irregular warfare reading recommendations for 2023.
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Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) Leadership To Participate in The Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) Symposium
A leadership team of IW subject matter experts representing the Irregular Warfare Center is scheduled to attend the Center for...
May 2023 IWC Newsletter
Welcome to the monthly newsletter for the IWC. This newsletter is designed to keep our community up-to-date on the latest...
The Irregular Warfare Center Hosts Professional Military Education (PME) Day
The newly established Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) hosted a Professional Military Education (PME) Day on April 27, 2023, at the...
The Irregular Warfare Center and Defense Security Cooperation University Host University Days Event
By David Wyscaver (CTR), IWC Public Affairs and Strategic Communications Manager, Morgan 6 LLC. & Mallory Thornton, Public Affairs Specialist,...
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
Transformational Irregular Warfare
Leaders Thought Course
(TILT-C)
A course to develop select senior US Government leaders from across the departments and agencies to collectively understand and apply irregular warfare as both a tool of US policy (including policy design and implementation via the execution of strategies and campaigns), as well as its uses by near-peer adversaries against the US.
