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April 20, 2020April 27, 2020

229. Contagion: COVID-19’s impact on the Operational Environment (Part 4)

[Editor’s Note: Our “Contagion” series of posts continues, in response to our crowdsourcing prompt How Will the COVID-19 Global Pandemic Shape the Operational Environment? In today’s submission, returning guest blogger Ian Sullivan argues convincingly that the coronavirus is accelerating … Read the rest

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020

228. “The Convergence” – Episode 8: GEN Z and the OE (Part 2)

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce the latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring a second interview with research fellows from The College of William and Mary’s Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS). These … Read the rest

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

227. Contagion: COVID-19’s impact on the Operational Environment (Part 3)

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to publish the latest post in our “Contagion” series, co-authored by Vikram Venkatram and proclaimed Mad Scientist and returning guest blogger Dr. James Giordano. Recognizing the scope and breadth of the … Read the rest

April 9, 2020April 8, 2020

226. “The Convergence” – Episode 7: GEN Z and the OE (Part 1)

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce the latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring an interview with several research fellows from The College of William and Mary’s Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS). These … Read the rest

April 6, 2020April 3, 2020

225. The PLA: Close Combat in the Information Age and the “Blade of Victory”

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from last month’s (March 2020) edition of the OE Watch, which in turn analyzes two articles from Jiefangjun Bao (the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] Daily), published earlier this year.

The … Read the rest

“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.

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