Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

The Patrol is a bi-weekly roundup of stories on irregular warfare and armed groups from around the world which purposefully includes topical and regional articles that both directly and indirectly relate to irregular warfare. These broader concerns, although not always explicitly aligned to the definitional constructs of IW, do in fact, directly impact the stability and security of both regional and international security concerns, and thus provide essential considerations for the irregular warfare student or practitioner.

The Trident is produced monthly and is focused on all aspects of IrregularWarfare and its associated activities. CIWAG Director, Dave Brown, Colonel USA (Ret.), speaks with a variety of professionals, academics, and other experts to explore threats and challenges in the international security environment, that both directly and indirectly relate to the field of irregular warfare.

The Irregular Warfare Studies (IWS) are a collection of case studies that examine the use of irregular warfare strategies by states and nonstate actors to achieve political goals. CIWAG's aim is to make these cutting-edge research studies available to various professional curricula that assist professionals preparing to meet the complex challenges of the post-9/11 world, while aiding the work of operators, practitioners, and scholars of irregular warfare.

The Maritime Irregular Warfare Studies (MIWS) are a separate collection of case studies focused specifically on the use of Irregular Warfare at sea and in a maritime environment. Although still concerned with asymmetrical and indirect means, Irregular Warfare in a maritime environment has additional unique attributes and challenges associated with it. CIWAG's aim is to also make these research studies available to various professionals in the security studies field.

CIWAG Policy Papers are meant to fill a gap, as an initiative to publish specific topic-oriented content by various academics and/or practitioners that not only highlight a particular IW problem or challenge, but more specifically to go on to consider feasible, acceptable, and suitable policy recommendations for the U.S. Government or U.S. allies to consider in order to confront various IW challenges in the global security environment.

CIWAG hosts periodic workshops, conferences and symposia at the U.S. Naval War College, or co-sponsors similar efforts elsewhere. The purpose of these events is to focus attention on a broad array of Irregular Warfare topics and bring together scholars and security practitioners in order to stimulate interaction between these two communities.