Guido Torres
Executive Director
Guido Torres is the Executive Director of IWI and a national security professional with expertise in irregular warfare with over two decades of experience working on sensitive 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 program of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Prior to joining the civil service in 2014, Guido served in the US Army, focusing on the Indo-Pacific and the Western Hemisphere. His expertise includes Latin America and the Caribbean, counterterrorism, strategic competition, and irregular warfare. He holds a BA in Intelligence Studies from American Military University and is an MA candidate in Global Security and Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Guido’s research interests include political warfare, gray zone tactics, Latin American policy, space policy, and the cross-section between intelligence and technology policy.
Recent Work
Development or Dependence? Rethinking China’s Economic Playbook in the Americas
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... Learn More
Guido Torres Warns of Strategic Risks in China’s Expanding Space Presence in South America
Executive Director Guido Torres was featured in Expediente Público (link in spanish) for his analysis of China’s growing influence in Latin America’s space domain. In... Learn More
Executive Director Guido Torres Moderates Panel on Hemispheric Security
Guido Torres, Executive Director of the Irregular Warfare Initiative, recently moderated a high-level panel examining the future of space security. The event, part of the... Learn More