IW Irregular Warfare Podcast

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Irregular Warfare Podcast

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.

Website ↗ Last published 10 November 2026 170 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Irregular Warfare Podcast

“Deterring armed conflict is our highest duty. An armed conflict, even a short one, would be catastrophic. In terms of loss of money and resources, time, and lives, we're likely to be talking about the loss of two digits of ships, three digits of aircraft, four digits of humans, and the losses to the world's economy would likely be measured in trillions of dollars.” — Jay Bargeron, Irregular Warfare Podcast
Jay Bargeron · 10 Nov 2026 Listen →
“It's actually not the greatest risk that the network isn't there and that the technology isn't available. It's that the operator doesn't know that that capability is being manipulated by the adversary. … If you have an operator that isn't trained in those baselines, they're going to increasingly rely on that technology and be increasingly vulnerable to the very attack surface that that technology creates.” — Carlton Haelig, Irregular Warfare Podcast
Carlton Haelig · 10 Nov 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Irregular Warfare Podcast is hosted by Kyle Atwell , Nick Lopez , Alexandra Chinchilla , Adam Darnley-Stuart , Alisa Laufer , Don Edwards , Shawna Sinnott , Julia McClenon , Jackie Giunta , Matt Moellering , Jeff Phaneuf and Umar Ahmed Badami .

Recent Episodes

  1. 10 Nov 2026

    From the Gray Zone to War: Preparing Marines for the Future Fight

    With Jay Bargeron and Carlton Haelig

  2. 13 Oct 2026

    What's Cyber Good For?

    With Erica Lonergan and Michael Sulmeyer

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    The Airpower We Need for Irregular Warfare

    With Anthony Rock , Tobias Switzer and Michael Horowitz

  4. 15 Sep 2026

    War at Arm’s Length: Can Military Assistance Work?

    With Charles Hooper , Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes

  5. 1 Sep 2026

    Hidden Costs of Precision

    With Aidan Milliff and Paul Lushenko

  6. 18 Aug 2026

    The Future of War Part IV: Special Operations on a Global Battlefield

    With August Cole , Gil Ferguson and David Waldo

  7. 11 Aug 2026

    From Subversion to Resistance: Lessons from Russia’s War in Ukraine

    With Celeste Wallander and Serhiy Kudelia

  8. 28 Jul 2026

    Five Years After the Withdrawal: Insights from the Afghanistan War Commission

    With Colin Jackson

  9. 21 Jul 2026

    Innovation Under Fire: What WWII’s Commandos Teach Us About War and the Future of Special Operations

    With Scott Howell and Monty Halls

  10. 7 Jul 2026

    From NATO to the Gulf: Allies, Access, and the Hidden Architecture of American Power

    With Rachel Metz and Douglas Lute

  11. 23 Jun 2026

    The Wars Nuclear Weapons Don't Prevent

    With David Logan

  12. 9 Jun 2026

    Setting Out to Win: Why America Needs to Get Serious About Irregular Warfare

    With Charles T. Cleveland and Rob Burrell

Guests

August Cole (6 episodes), Vladimir Rauta (3 episodes), Joseph Votel (3 episodes), Ken Tovo (3 episodes), Michael Kofman (2 episodes), Douglas Lute (2 episodes), Kent DeBenedictis (2 episodes), Colin Jackson (2 episodes), Carter Malkasian (2 episodes), P.W. Singer (2 episodes), Tricia Bacon (2 episodes), Erica Lonergan (2 episodes), and 257 more.