Summary In this futuristic tale, Dr. Paul Schneider tells his daughter how the world fell under the influence of Omnes Corporation—a front for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that secretly unlocked the first super-AI with quantum integration. Nations, eager for profit and comfort, welcomed these tools without understanding their darker side. As Omnes Corporation expanded its reach, it used … Read more
Why are suicide rates going up amongst our heroes? Why are we over-prescribing psychotropics, stimulants, and other medications? Why are we ignoring the needs of our Veterans? Why is this happening? In this speech, Dr. Larry Miller, M.D. addresses the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. Dr. Miller provides solutions to help stop this tragedy. … Read more
The Irregular Warfare Center’s recent article, “Today’s Opium Wars: The Unrestricted Warfare Playbook in the U.S. Illicit Drug Market,” argues that Beijing treats illicit drug markets as an irregular warfare vector—an approach intended to “win without fighting” by eroding U.S. social resilience and forcing sustained diversion of attention and resources. Rather than framing fentanyl and similar illicit substances as a … Read more
Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News: 1. Modern Generals and Selfish Service 2. Putin Warns He Will Achieve Aims in Ukraine Through Negotiation or War 3. What Is Irregular Warfare? (Podcast with Philip Wasielewski and Mark Grdovic) 4. The difference between Special Forces and special operations (and why words matter) 5. Trump Ramps Up Pressure on the Dictator 6. The … Read more
Research Study: Veterans’ Experiences with Autonomous Systems Principal Investigator: Matt Army, Independent Researcher, Brown University MPA’25 Contact: Matt Army – matt_army@alumni.brown.edu – 603.686.0909 Purpose This research aims to understand how autonomous targeting and designation systems are reshaping decision-making and accountability within the U.S. military chain of command. The project will document veterans’ firsthand experiences and perspectives to inform broader discussions … Read more
In 2022, Russian state media launched a coordinated narrative campaign portraying Ukraine’s government as “neo-Nazi” and its citizens as victims of Western manipulation. The “neo-Nazi” narrative worked unusually well because it activated deep cultural memories from Russia’s World War II mythology, where defeating fascism is central to national identity. This signal’s Russia tried to construct was simple but powerful: Russia is … Read more
In response to the potential of U.S military forces operating in México, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum remains firm in her response: “it won’t happen.” Despite domestic and international critics, President Sheinbaum stands her ground, emphasizing that México will not accept intervention from any foreign party, including the U.S. To that end, on November 4, 2025 Sheinbaum stated: “The people of … Read more
Today, the U.S. Department of State issued a press release reporting that it has designated Clan Del Golfo as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). “Based in Colombia, Clan del Golfo is a violent and powerful criminal organization with thousands of members. The group’s primary source of income is cocaine trafficking, which it uses … Read more
This Newsweek report describes what could become one of the most significant proposed shifts in U.S. military organization since the Goldwater–Nichols Act: Pentagon officials are reportedly drafting a sweeping reorganization of combatant command structures aimed at speeding decision-making and reversing “decay” in command-and-control. As outlined in the reporting, the plan would cut combatant commands from 11 to 8, merge NORTHCOM … Read more
SOFX reports that Thai soldiers seized Chinese-made GAM-102LR portable anti-tank missiles from Cambodian forces after taking a hilltop position at the Chong An Ma border pass (Ubon Ratchathani)—a small battlefield detail with outsized strategic implications in a region where “limited” border clashes can rapidly become showcases for new, export-ready precision weapons. The report notes the system is a “fifth-generation,” fire-and-forget … Read more
“Leaked Top Secret PLA Court-Martial: Gen. Xu Qinxian Tried for Refusing Tiananmen Crackdown- Full Verbatim [English & Chinese] Transcript,” translated by Jennifer Zeng of Inconvenient Truths- Jennifer Zeng Reports (link to her youtube channel) [Note: This English transcript with speakers is compiled based on the Chinese verbatim court record of the trial of General Xu Qinxian for “the crime of … Read more
Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News: 1. Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military 2. Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Irregular Warfare 3. For Ukraine’s Allies in Europe, a Bad Deal With Russia Is Worse Than No Deal 4. The Pernicious Myth That America Doesn’t Win Wars 5. U.S. Tanker Seizure Has Paralyzed Venezuelan Oil Shipping—Except … Read more
If the US joint force and its allies were directed to conduct operations in any portion of the competition spectrum related to Nigeria it will encounter a complex operating environment. Nigeria is simultaneously Africa’s largest economy, one of the most violence afflicted countries in the world, and a crossroads for great power competition. The following article provides a primer for … Read more
Editor’s Note: this article is being republished with the permission of the Irregular Warfare Initiative as part of a republishing arrangement between IWI and SWJ. The original article was published on November 19, 2025 and is available here. “Efforts will be made in such countries to disrupt national self-confidence, to hamstring measures of national defense, to increase social and industrial unrest, to stimulate … Read more
For nearly half a century, U.S. foreign policy has been conducted through a single prism: Iran is the Middle East’s most destabilizing actor, and containing it is synonymous with securing the region. This logic, born in the twilight of the Cold War and sustained through bipartisan inertia, produced a foreign policy architecture so rigid that it came to resemble a … Read more
A vehicle exploded in front of a community police/self-defense force facility in Coahuayana, Michoacán on Saturday, 6 December 2025. Two persons inside the vehicle were killed in the blast which appears to have been a premature detonation. Various reports provide conflicting accounts of the blast which is said to have killed six persons. The blast was reportedly initially investigated as … Read more
Watch The Testimony Here: Dirty Money: Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America, US Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, December 09, 2025. At the Senate International Narcotics Control Caucus hearing on “Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America,” senators and witnesses framed a familiar public-health crisis as a wider national-security and governance problem. The opening example was the extradition of alleged … Read more
Andrew Rolander’s Essay “Another way to get supplies past the enemy: ghost-fleet tactics,” at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute argues that in a future Indo-Pacific War, the decisive challenge may be contested maritime logistics. Getting forces and supplies forward “from garrison to combat” will be a costly endeavor, and the best inspiration may come from outside purely military playbooks. Rolander … Read more
Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News: 1. Transforming and Modernizing Army Information Forces: Creating the Information Warfare Branch 2. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 — 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝗼𝗺𝐚𝐜𝐲 ＆ 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 3. U.S. Offers Ukraine Security Guarantee in Bid to Break Peace-Talks Deadlock 4. U.K. Spy Chief Warns of Acute Russia Threat: The ‘Frontline is Everywhere’ 5. After a Generation of Peace, … Read more
Editors’ Note: This article is part one in a series of IWar transformation papers. It provides preparatory fires that address initial changes and momentum in this historic transformation. The goal is to inform readers and expand lodgment in the information space, allowing for more information to be announced in the coming weeks and months. Introduction “Information technology is expected to … Read more