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Guido Torres

Florida
As seen in: Irregular Warfare Podcast, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Atlantic Council, Small Wars Journal
Covers:  Latin America, Caribbean, Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, Space, Intelligence, Strategic Competition, China, Technology
Executive Director @irregwarfare | NatSec Fellow Alum @Kennedy_School | Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil | opinions are my own

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Guido Torres’s Biography

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Guido Torres is the Executive Director of Irregular Warfare Initiative and a national security professional with over two decades of experience working on special operations, supporting military and interagency campaigns. He is a Department of Defense Civilian and was a National Security Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center (2022-2023), where he worked with the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Project. Guido is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Forward Defense pr…

Guido Torres’s Journalist Portfolio

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A Strategic Opening: Fighting Haiti's Criminal Insurgency

A Strategic Opening: Fighting Haiti's Criminal Insurgency

territorial control, degrading state authority, and evolving into what Max G. Manwaring defines as "third-gen…

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Development or Dependence? Rethinking China’s Economic Playbook in the Americas

Development or Dependence? Rethinking China’s Economic Playbook in the Americas

China's growing economic role in Latin America is strategic, not just commercial. Learn how the region can co…

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Irregular Warfare in 2024: Lessons Learned, Paths Forward - Irregular Warfare Initiative

Irregular Warfare in 2024: Lessons Learned, Paths Forward - Irregular Warfare Initiative

A comprehensive analysis of 2024's irregular warfare trends, examining technology, narrative control, partner…

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Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of Blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks,...

Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of Blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks,...

In today's technologically enabled world, the movements of every vessel-from nimble fishing boats to colossal…

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Espacio, Velocidad y Soberanía: Tensiones Hipersónicas en el Hemisferio Sur " Expediente Abierto

Espacio, Velocidad y Soberanía: Tensiones Hipersónicas en el Hemisferio Sur " Expediente Abierto

Sudamérica es la región en donde China ostenta el mayor número de instalaciones espaciales fuera de su territ…

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Space, Speed, and Sovereignty: Hypersonic Tensions in the Southern Hemisphere

Space, Speed, and Sovereignty: Hypersonic Tensions in the Southern Hemisphere

CSIS Americas Program visiting fellow Laura Delgado López and Guido L. Torres examine the interplay between s…

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Development or Dependence? Rethinking China’s Economic Playbook in the Americas

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By Leland Lazarus, Guido Torres
| Small Wars Journal Verified
Editor’s Note: this article is being republished with the permission of the Irregular Warfare Initiative as part of a republishing arrangement between IWI and SWJ. The original article was published on July 16, 2025 and is available here.
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How China’s Economic Influence Is Reshaping Latin America and the Caribbean

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By Leland Lazarus, Guido Torres
| irregularwarfare.org
Editor’s Note: This article was written in anticipation of the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s South America in Competition Conference, which will feature keynote speakers and expert panels examining the region’s role in strategic competition, including a focus on China’s economic influence in Latin America. One of the article’s co-authors, Leland M. Lazarus, will serve as a panelist on the Economic Statecraft and Supply Chains panel.
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Space, Speed, and Sovereignty: Hypersonic Tensions in the Southern Hemisphere

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By Guido Torres, Laura Lopez, Laura López
| Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
The evolution of hypersonic missile technology marks a significant shift in the global strategic landscape, with a recent U.S. congressional hearing highlighting the swift advances made by nations such as China and Russia. This technological leap into a new era of warfare is characterized by its potential to disrupt existing power balances and introduce strategic ambiguities.
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