IW Weekly - 02 August 2026

China's 'Total War on Taipei' cognitive-effects push, Russia's Baltic C2 model, al-Qaeda and ISIS diverging on AI adoption, and Sahel counter-drone/AI teaming all point to the contest moving, according to the Irregular Warfare Weekly report for August 02, 2026.

| IRREGULAR WARFARE WEEKLY Keep Warfare Irregular August 02, 2026 | | This Week China's "Total War on Taipei" cognitive-effects push, Russia's Baltic C2 model, al-Qaeda and ISIS diverging on AI adoption, and Sahel counter-drone/AI teaming all point to the contest moving |