January, 2021 | Mad Scientist Laboratory

January 28, 2021January 27, 2021

300. “Once More unto The Breach Dear Friends”: From English Longbows to Azerbaijani Drones, Army Modernization STILL Means More than Materiel

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes back returning guest blogger Ian Sullivan, Special Advisor for Analysis and ISR for the TRADOC G-2, with another insightful and probing post, building upon the observations from his previous post, The Myth … Read the rest

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021

299. From Legos to Modular Simulation Architectures: Enabling the Power of Future (War) Play

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist welcomes today’s guest bloggers Jennifer McArdle, Product Strategist at Improbable LLC and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and Caitlin Dohrman President of Improbable LLC and General … Read the rest

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021

298. The Convergence: Hybrid Threats and Liminal Warfare with Dr. David Kilcullen

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Dr. David Kilcullen — bestselling author, leading researcher in the field of unconventional and guerrilla warfare, former professional soldier and diplomat, … Read the rest

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021

297. Dense Urban Hackathon – Virtual Innovation

[Editor’s Note: The Mad Scientist Initiative’s mission is to connect the intellect of the Nation to the Army and serve as an on-ramp for academia, industry, other Government agencies, and citizens at large to share their ideas and innovations. … Read the rest

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

296. The Erosion of National Will – Implications for the Future Strategist

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist welcomes back returning guest blogger Dr. Nick Marsella, former Devil’s Advocate/Red Team for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. In today’s post, Dr. Marsella explores the importance of national will — “the … Read the rest

HOT!!!

Check out OE Exploitable Conditions 2028 – Exploitable Conditions Framework — TRADOC G-2’s Global Cultural Knowledge Network has identified twelve conditions in the Operational Environment that actors could exploit when competing with the U.S. and its partners!

Click here to read the Army Future Command’s new AFC Pamphlet 525-2, Future Operational Environment: Forging the Future in an Uncertain World 2035-2050 addressing the mid- to far term OE and watch the associated video!

Watch the TRADOC G-2’s new The 2 + 3 Threat video addressing the near-term OE (i.e., 2020 to 2028)!

Watch the new TRADOC 2028 video [via a non-DoD network]!

“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

Undersecretary of the Navy James F. “Hondo” Geurts and Dr. Zachary S. Davis, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discuss Strategic Latency Unleashed: The Role of Technology in a Revisionist Global Order and the Implications for Special Operations Force and how to think radically about the future, capitalize on talent, and unleash technological convergences to out-compete our adversaries, and when necessary, defeat them decisively in conflict.

COL John Antal (USA-Ret.), author and innovator in the interactive gaming and learning industry, discusses the implications of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, the psychological effects of drone warfare, and the future of maneuver.

COL Scott Shaw, Commander, U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, discusses the future of ground warfare, including lessons learned from the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 2020 and the realities of combat for tomorrow’s Soldiers.

Dr. David Kilcullen, bestselling author and expert on unconventional warfare, discusses how the U.S. Army must prepare to engage “Dragons” and “Snakes” as they employ Liminal Warfare and blended cyber-kinetic operations to avoid our conventional warfare dominance.

Mr. Doowan Lee, Senior Director, Zignal Labs, discusses disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and collaboration between Russia and the Chinese Communist Party on information operations.

Click here to listen to other episodes of “The Convergence”