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Irregular Warfare

Whether it’s called asymmetric warfare, complex operations, unconventional warfare, small wars, or irregular warfare, senior policy makers repeatedly express that irregular warfare (IW) will be one of the central security challenges confronting our nation for the foreseeable future.

IW is not the domain of the Department of Defense (DoD) alone.  A challenge as complex as IW calls for integrated approaches from across the entire government. Other US government agencies, although they may not embrace the term “IW,” recognize the threat this type of challenge presents to the US and its partners.

Senior leaders across the government are seeking answers to address these challenges.  They are asking crucial but difficult questions such as How can my organization contribute to “whole of government” approaches to complex problems related to IW and Complex Operations? With whom do I need to partner?  And, How can I better understand the relevant populations and cultures?

Our Capabilities

There’s a growing need for end-to-end thought leadership and creative solutions to complex and enduring IW problems. Booz Allen Hamilton's services are designed to address client needs, as well as help discover new perspectives and insights in mission goals. Our services include:

• Policy and Strategy Development—provides vital research and analysis support.
• Concept and Doctrine Development—provides decision support to help ensure that strategic goals, tactical objectives, and mission capabilities are achieved.
• Roadmap Development and Implementation—prepares a plan of action and identifies key decisions necessary to solve the most difficult challenges facing our clients.
• Campaign Planning and Course of Action Development/Analysis—aids adaptive operational planning and organizational development, operating models, and supporting guidance and regulations.
• Wargaming, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis—provides scenario-driven, competitive analyses of contending strategic, operational, tactical, or organizational plans, policies, and concepts to discern and validate relevant courses of action to resolve capability gaps—powerful platforms to address complex IW issues.

Booz Allen's Irregular Warfare Experts in the News

Booz Allen's Glenn Harned co-authored an article that appeared in the 1st quarter 2009 Joint Forces Quarterly magazine entitled, "Irregular Warfare Is Warfare."

Additional Information

• Irregular Warfare – A Whole-of-government Approach to Complex Operations—In this interview, IW expert Glenn Harned talks about irregular warfare and how Booz Allen is helping clients understand and be ready to address this new reality. 
• Irregular Warfare—This fact sheet highlights Booz Allen’s commitment to bringing a whole-of-government approach to combat a new reality.