Breaking the Boom-Bust Cycle of Irregular Warfare

December 18, 2020 00:45:57
Breaking the Boom-Bust Cycle of Irregular Warfare
Irregular Warfare Podcast
Breaking the Boom-Bust Cycle of Irregular Warfare

Dec 18 2020 | 00:45:57

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Show Notes

Where does irregular warfare fit within the framework of national security policy? Does the recently released Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy attenuate focus, or relegate irregular warfare to a policy afterthought? How can irregular warfare concepts become enduring elements of a comprehensive effort toward competition and conflict with US adversaries? Those questions are at the center of this conversation with two guests: Retired Col. David Maxwell, a thirty-year US Army veteran and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Mr. Deak Roh, the acting principal director in the office of the deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and combating terrorism.

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