Podcast Episode · Irregular Warfare Podcast · 11/28/2025 · 48m

The Irregular Warfare Initiative Nonresident Fellows Program Irregular Warfare Initiative Nonresident fellows play a critical role in advancing the initiative’s organizational mission of bridging the gap between scholars and practitioners to support the community of irregular warfare professionals. Nonresident Fellows come from a wide-range of experiences and backgrounds and include academics, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers […]

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The World’s Best Secrets Start With a Spectacular Failure. Ever wondered why the most elite clandestine operations are only revealed when things go horribly wrong? This episode peels back the curtain on the gritty reality of irregular warfare and the deniable assets that stay invisible—until a single mistake makes them global news. From a botched heist in the Himalayas to an eerie, harnessed whale in the Arctic, we are exploring the shadow world's greatest hits and misses. Inside this episode: - 🕵️ The Shop’s Greatest Heist: How Douglas Groat and his elite team of CIA lock-pickers nearly stole an East German code machine in the 1989 Nepal operation—and why it all fell apart. - 🔐 Surreptitious Entry Mechanics: We go beyond the Hollywood myth to reveal the technical safecracking tradecraft used by top-tier burglars for the agency. - 🐬 The Bio-Technical Twist: From the Cold War Soviet dolphin program to the suspicious life and death of Hvaldimir the beluga, we investigate the history of marine mammal warfare. - ⚠️ Failure as History: Why the public only discovers these unconventional units when the 'invisible' agents get caught. Whether it's the black ops history of the 1980s or the modern bio-technical espionage patrolling our oceans today, this is a deep dive into the high-stakes mechanics of the intelligence world. We explore the MICE framework (Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego) that drives these agents and how one botched mission can dismantle decades of secrecy. Ready to see the unseen? Hit that subscribe button and share this episode with someone who loves a good conspiracy—because the truth is often stranger than fiction. 🚀  

The U.S. Naval War College (USNWC) and the Naval War College Foundation (NWCF) opened their co‑hosted Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) Maritime Symposium, “Gathering Storms & Shift...

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