Irregular Warfare Podcast
Hosted by Kyle Atwell and Alexandra Chinchilla and Ben Jebb and Alisa Laufer · Irregular Warfare Initiative
5.0from 1 ratings
- 167
- Episodes
- 46
- Transcribed
- 1
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About 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.
- Publisher
- Irregular Warfare Initiative
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
46 of 167 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Airpower We Need for Irregular Warfare
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
War at Arm’s Length: Can Military Assistance Work?
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hidden Costs of Precision
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The Airpower We Need for Irregular Warfare
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] When Tony and his team left in 2011, air advisors returned in 2015. And what they had found was Iraqi maintenance had... stopped all the practices that the U.S. air advisors and contractors had taught them. They were no longer writing down records and keeping track of maintenance. So what we're building, I think, and this is again, this is unsatisfying, but we're building for aviation and maybe these extends to other high tech or capital intensive capabilities is it's for the moment. It's to quell the insurgency, to tamp down the violence, to stabilize at the moment. And if we decide that we need to leave, that peace won't be there. […]
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- Anthony Rock
- Michael Horowitz
- Tobias Switzer
- Charles Hooper
- Richard Bennet
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Questions about Irregular Warfare Podcast
Who hosts Irregular Warfare Podcast?
Kyle Atwell and Alexandra Chinchilla and Ben Jebb and Alisa Laufer host the show. Published by Irregular Warfare Initiative.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Irregular Warfare Podcast take guests?
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