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irregular warfare
Also known as: irregular warfare environment, irregular warfare environments, irregular warfare tactics
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Emerging Technology and Irregular Warfare: Launching a New ... irregularwarfare.org Feb 2, 2026 5 facts
claimThe Irregular Warfare Initiative is launching a new focus area titled the 'Emerging Technology and Irregular Warfare Focus Area' to address the strategic and operational tensions that arise as new technologies are adopted and embedded in irregular warfare.
perspectiveThe Irregular Warfare Initiative asserts that technology in irregular warfare reshapes societies, influences populations, and creates dependencies that outlast individual interventions.
claimThe diffusion of dual-use, low-cost, high-impact technologies enables individuals, nonstate actors, and terrorist networks to adapt lethal irregular warfare tactics, evade traditional financial intelligence, and exploit deniability.
claimThe Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) is establishing a new focus area dedicated to analyzing emerging technologies, tactics, and dilemmas that will shape the future irregular warfare environment.
claimPractitioners in irregular warfare environments are currently forced to make irreversible decisions without clear guidance regarding technologies that are not yet included in official doctrine.
War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East - CSIS csis.org Mar 11, 2019 4 facts
claimThe IRGC-QF has its roots in irregular warfare.
claimThe IRGC-QF is currently active in building, funding, training, and partnering with a growing number of regional actors, reflecting Iran's commitment to irregular warfare.
perspectiveIranian leaders view irregular warfare, including support for non-state partners, as a critical element for competing with the United States in the Middle East.
claimThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) is actively engaged in building, funding, training, and partnering with a growing number of actors across the Middle East as part of Iran's commitment to irregular warfare.
Hybrid War: High-tech, Information and Cyber Conflicts connections-qj.org Mar 1, 2026 1 fact
claimHybrid warfare is defined as a combination of conventional and unconventional or irregular warfare that extends beyond the battlefield to encompass economic, diplomatic, information (including psychological, cyber, and misinformation), and political warfare.