The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) Hosts International Irregular Warfare Week

The newly established Irregular Warfare Center hosted its second IW-themed event, International Irregular Warfare Week, from March 16-17, 2023, in Arlington Va. The IWC’s International Irregular Warfare Week was a follow-up event for the survey and interviews conducted by the IWC Engagements Department with the intent to compare and contrast the conceptualization of IW between different European institutions. “The first […]

The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) To Host IW Seminar at Georgetown University

The newly established Irregular Warfare Center is scheduled to host its third IW-themed event in less than a month, The Georgetown IW Seminar, March 23, 2023, in Washington D.C. In partnership with Georgetown University, the IWC will host a two-hour seminar on the establishment of the Center, explore the definition of IW and examine a Ukrainian case-study with ROTC Cadets, […]

The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) to Host International Irregular Warfare Week

The newly established Irregular Warfare Center is scheduled to host its second IW-themed event, International Irregular Warfare Week, from March 16-17, 2023, in Arlington Va. The IWC’s International Irregular Warfare Week is a follow-up event for the survey and interviews conducted by the IWC Engagements Department with the intent to compare and contrast the conceptualization of IW between different European […]

Blind Sided: A Reconceptualization of the Role of Emerging Technologies in Shaping Information Operations in the Gray Zone

In June 2022, Facebook and Twitter accounts suddenly focused their wrath on Australian company Lynas. The previous year, Lynas—the largest rare earths mining and processing company outside China—had inked a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to build a processing facility for rare earth elements in Texas. Over a year after the deal was signed, concerned Texas residents began taking to social media to loudly voice opposition to the deal. They claimed the facility would create pollution and toxic waste, endangering the local population. Residents disparaged Lynas’s environmental record, and called for protests against the construction of the processing facility and a boycott of the company.

The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) Hosts IW Medical Resiliency Workgroup

The newly established Irregular Warfare Center hosted its first IW-themed event, the IW Medical Resiliency Workgroup, from Feb. 22-24, 2023, in Bethesda, Md. This event was the Center’s initial working group for Irregular Warfare Medicine curriculum development. The event brought together U.S. and allied and partner nation surgeons to discuss medical capabilities in contested or non-permissive environments. Opening remarks were […]