The IWC recently hosted its first essay competition for the IW Student Working Group (SWG) FAN, which includes outstanding individuals at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. After a rigorous selection process, we are thrilled to announce the winner: Sam Paulson! Congratulations to Sam for his exceptional essay, titled “Technical Means, Strategic Ends: Cyber Deterrence in the Context of Information […]
July 2024 Newsletter
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The Center Publishes First Organizational Book: The Future Faces of Irregular Warfare: Great Power Competition in the 21st Century
The Department of Defense’s Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) is extremely proud to announce the publication of its first book, The Future Faces of Irregular Warfare: Great Power Competition in the 21st Century, published by the Irregular Warfare Center Press, now available on the IWC’s website as an E-book. The book is an edited volume of essays from leading scholars and […]
IWC Co-Hosts FBI National Academy Association’s Annual Asia-Pacific Symposium in Vietnam
The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) co-hosted the FBI National Academy Association’s annual Asia-Pacific symposium in Danang, Vietnam, June 24-25, 2024. Dr. Jeff Gardner, IWC’s Chief of Curriculum, provided opening remarks and welcomed more than 190 attendees to the annual event. “The IWC is honored to assist in sponsoring this 24th Asia Pacific Conference to allow continued professional collaboration in dealing […]
The Center and FPRI to Host Conference Emphasizing IW Lessons Learned Since 9/11
The Department of Defense’s Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) and the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s (FPRI) Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare will co-host a two-day conference on September 17 and 18, 2024, to discuss irregular warfare lessons learned since 9/11 at the U.S. Naval Institute Jack C. Taylor Conference Center, Annapolis, Maryland. The conference aims to capture […]
June 2024 Newsletter
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UPDATED DEADLINE: Call for Papers: Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned Since 9/11
Submission deadline extended to August 1, 2024. The Department of Defense’s Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) and the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s (FPRI) Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare are seeking papers to be presented at a two-day conference on September 17 and 18, 2024 to discuss irregular warfare lessons learned since 9/11 at the U.S. Naval Institute […]
May 2024 Newsletter
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Call For Papers: Second Annual Irregular Warfare Colloquium
Pursuant to its mandate to facilitate research on irregular warfare and strategic competition, and engage with U.S. and international universities, the Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) is pleased to invite proposals for the second annual Irregular Warfare Colloquium, to be held in the Washington, DC, area on September 26-27, 2024. For more details and submission guidelines, please download the guidance document […]
Irregular Warfare Center & W.VA. National Guard sign Memorandum of Understanding
The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) during a Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare exercise at Camp Dawson, in Kingwood, West Virginia, April 19, 2024. Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard, and Dr. Dennis Walters, Director of the Irregular Warfare Center, signed the memorandum […]