Wednesday, December 9, 2026 · 12:00 PM
Building E40, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
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Katherine Irajpanah from Cornell University leads the MIT Security Studies Program’s Wednesday Seminar, unpacking why rebels rarely turned to guerrilla warfare in the 1800s but embraced it almost universally after the 1900s. Her talk traces how shifting views on this tactic, shaped by the rise of decolonial politics in the late nineteenth century, drove that dramatic change. A sharp, thought-provoking look at military strategy and political transformation.