In this episode, I make the case that insurgencies are antifragile and that counterinsurgencies are fragile for the most part; we discuss the concepts, examine historical and contemporary examples and set the stage for practitioners and scholars to leverage this model to gain a more true understanding of how IW works.References:Nassim Taleb: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3Qbzd3N">The Black Swan</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3WcQ1eC">Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder</a>Douglas Porch: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3xM1ZBE">Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War</a>My Substack:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx">https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx</a>Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

In this episode, I make the case that insurgencies are antifragile and that counterinsurgencies are fragile for the most part; we discuss the concepts, examine historical and contemporary examples and set the stage for practitioners and scholars to leverage this model to gain a more true understanding of how IW works. References: Nassim Taleb: The Black Swan and Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Douglas Porch: Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War My Substack: https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

In this episode, I make the case that insurgencies are antifragile and that counterinsurgencies are fragile for the most part; we discuss the concepts, examine historical and contemporary examples and set the stage for practitioners and scholars to leverage this model to gain a more true understanding of how IW works.References:Nassim Taleb: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Qbzd3N" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Black Swan</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3WcQ1eC" rel="noopener noreferrer">Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder</a>Douglas Porch: <a href="https://amzn.to/3xM1ZBE" rel="noopener noreferrer">Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War</a>My Substack:<a href="https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx</a>Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

Ep 002 "Antifragility and Irregular Warfare"

An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cgpodcast.substack.com/">Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://libertarianinstitute.org/cgpodcast/">Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@billbuppert">Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube</a>I am an Amazon Affiliate.You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

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An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach. Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube I am an Amazon Affiliate. You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.<a href="https://cgpodcast.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast</a><a href="https://libertarianinstitute.org/cgpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@billbuppert" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube</a>I am an Amazon Affiliate.You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

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