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MWI War Council: Enabling Sustainable Counterterrorism

MWI Staff | 05.22.25

Over the past two decades, the United States has played a leading role in counterterrorism—from...

2025 Sandhurst Conference

MWI Staff | 04.29.25

The USMA Class of 1999 Sandhurst Conference took place at West Point’s Eisenhower Hall on 28...

MWI Speaker Series: Major General Mick Ryan

MWI Staff | 04.26.25

The Modern War Institute at West Point was honored to host MG Mick Ryan, Australian Army, on 25...

MWI Speaker Series: August Cole

MWI Staff | 04.10.25

August Cole is an author exploring the future of conflict through fiction and other forms of...

MWI War Council: Reflections on the Gaza War

MWI Staff | 02.28.25

On February 25, 2025, members of West Point’s Vanguard Initiative, an advanced military...

MWI War Council: Classical Geopolitics and the War in Ukraine

MWI Staff | 10.19.24

The War Council Series is made possible by the generous contributions of the Class of 1992 to the...

MWI War Council: NATO and European Security, With General Christopher Cavoli

MWI Staff | 08.16.24

0n 16 August 2024, the Modern War Institute was honored to host a fireside discussion with the...

Class of 2006 War Studies Conference: Strategic Surprise, 6-7 August 2024

MWI Staff | 08.05.24

Strategic Surprise The Class of 2006 War Studies Conference is the culminating event of a yearlong...

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