Institute for the Study of War

Institute for the Study of War
AbbreviationISW
Formation2007; 17 years ago (2007)
TypePublic policy think tank
Legal status501(c)(3)
Headquarters1400 16th St NW
Location
President
Kimberly Kagan
Websiteunderstandingwar.org
www.iswresearch.org

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is an American nonprofit research group and advocacy think tank founded in 2007 by military historian Kimberly Kagan and headquartered in Washington, D.C.[1][2] ISW provides research and analysis of modern armed conflicts and foreign affairs. It has produced reports on the Syrian civil war, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War, "focusing on military operations, enemy threats, and political trends in diverse conflict zones".[3][4] ISW currently publishes daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine[5][6] and the Israel–Hamas war. ISW also published daily updates on Mahsa Amini protests in Iran.

ISW was founded in response to the stagnation of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and core funding to the group is provided by US military contractors.[2]

  1. ^ "About". Right Web. June 2010. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Urrutia, Olivier (September 2013). "The Role of Think Tanks in the Definition and Application of Defence Policies and Strategies". Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies. 2: 26–27. ISSN 2255-3479. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "About Us". Institute for the Study of War. December 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Kimberly Kagan". Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ukraine Project". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.