Irregular Warfare Center Annual Symposium

The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) is hosting a 2.5-day symposium on the Defense of the Homeland. This symposium embodies the NDS's call for a clear-eyed realism that leverages all elements of national power.

• Day 1 will identify and analyze key irregular warfare threats to U.S. critical infrastructure by convening experts from government, industry, and academia.
• Day 2 will focus on the methods and operations of foreign adversaries within the homeland, addressing threats to industry, academia, and specific geographic regions like the Arctic and the Pacific.
• Day 3 is dedicated to forging a unified, whole-of-society defense by exploring how law enforcement, emerging technologies, and inter-agency coordination can build national resilience against irregular threats.

Vision
By convening leaders from the Department of War, the Interagency, state, and local governments, law enforcement, and industry, and academia the symposium fosters the collaborative, whole-of-society response necessary to identify threats, harden defenses, and ensure America can defend its interests with speed, power, and precision.

What is Irregular Warfare?

About the IWC (from the IWC homepage):
The IWC prepares the warfighter to conduct irregular warfare across the spectrum of conflict by bridging instruction to operationalizing IW using next-generation techniques and concepts that enhance the lethality of the force and positions the United States and key Allies and partners to remain ahead of the threat.

The IWC operates to transform the global, strategic mindset by coupling conventional combat power with robust IW methodologies to provide options to current and emerging threats in support of the nation’s warfighters.

• The Center’s foundation is built upon three Lines of Effort:
• AMPLIFY and collaborate to build an innovative and adaptable global networked IW community of interest.
• Strategically ILLUMINATE current and future irregular threats, crises, and obstacles.
• ADDRESS current and future irregular threats to the US, allies, and partners by providing optionality to leaders.

Through these LOEs, the Irregular Warfare Center addresses current and emerging security concerns and challenges with world-class research, rigorous analysis, top-tier strategic education and training for U.S. and international partners.