Disinformation | Mad Scientist Laboratory

February 10, 2022February 9, 2022

384. Disinformation Threats to the All-Volunteer Force

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring MAJ Joe Littell and CPT Maggie Smith from the Army Cyber Institute, United States Military Academy, West Point, discussing the impact of … Read the rest

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

347. Disinformation, Revisionism, and China with Doowan Lee

[Editor’s Note: Given the West’s continuing focus on blunting China’s global ambitions, Army Mad Scientist is pleased to feature again last year’s episode of “The Convergence” podcast with Mr. Doowan Lee. Mr. Lee’s insights regarding disinformation, … Read the rest

November 12, 2020November 10, 2020

284. The Convergence: Disinformation, Revisionism, and China with Doowan Lee

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Mr. Doowan Lee, discussing disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and revisionism and the Chinese Communist Party … Read the rest

September 17, 2020September 15, 2020

269. The Convergence: The Psychology of Terrorism and Disinformation with Dr. Aleks Nesic

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Dr. Aleksandra Nesic, co-founder of Valka-Mir and Visiting Faculty for both the Countering Violent Extremism and Countering Terrorism Fellowship … Read the rest

August 6, 2020August 10, 2020

258. The Convergence: Political Tribalism and Cultural Disinformation with Samantha North

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Samantha North, disinformation analyst and doctoral candidate, discussing political tribalism online and our susceptibility to disinformation. Please note that … Read the rest

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“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

Former 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, CEO and co-founder of VAST-OSINT, discusses disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and collaboration between Russia and the Chinese Communist Party on information operations.

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