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February 22, 2021February 24, 2021

306. A Chinese Perspective on Future Urban Unmanned Operations

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from the January 2021 edition of the OE Watch (pp. 33-34), published by the Foreign Military Studies Office, TRADOC … Read the rest

February 18, 2021February 17, 2021

305. The Convergence: The Policy and Law of Lethal Autonomy with Michael Meier and Shawn Steene

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Messrs. Michael Meier, Special Assistant to … Read the rest

February 11, 2021February 16, 2021

304. Insights from the Robotics and Autonomy Series of Virtual Events

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist launched its Robotics and Autonomy series of virtual events late last summer to explore how automation is revolutionizing warfighting across all domains. … Read the rest

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

303. Insights from the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 2020

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from the December 2020 edition of the OE Watch, published by the Foreign Military Studies Office, TRADOC G-2. … Read the rest

February 4, 2021February 2, 2021

302. The Convergence: The Next Ten Years of Tech with Eli Dourado

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Eli Dourado, an economist and Senior … Read the rest

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

Download and check out our new OE Assessment — TRADOC Pam 525-92, 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”