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November 16, 2020November 13, 2020

285. China: “New Concepts” in Unmanned Combat and Cyber and Electronic Warfare

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from last month’s edition (October 2020) of the OE Watch, which in turn analyzes two articles from Jiefangjun … 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 … Read the rest

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020

283. The Operational Environment: Now through 2028

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post complements the previously published Four Models of the Post-COVID World, exploring in greater detail how this year’s events have altered … Read the rest

November 5, 2020November 4, 2020

282. U.S. Demographics, 2020-2028: Serving Generations and Service Propensity

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post, originally written in support of a comprehensive Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) planning exercise this past Summer, explores the five generations … Read the rest

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

281. Would You Like to Play a Game? Wargaming as a Learning Experience and Key Assumptions Check

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes back returning guest blogger Ian Sullivan with another insightful post addressing the relevant lessons that “old school” analog desktop … Read the rest

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Explore the latest TRADOC G-2 OE content on the Operational Environment Enterprise

Download and check out the TRADOC G-2’s new OE Assessment — The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations

Learn more about how our Pacing Threat fights in ATP 7-100.3, Chinese Tactics

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 Threats to 2030 video addressing the challenges facing the U.S. Army in the current OE (i.e., now to 2030)

“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”