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June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

243. Warfare in the Parallel Cambrian Age

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes back returning guest blogger Chris O’Connor with a post that explores the exponential growth of interconnectivity via networked sensors … Read the rest

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020

242. Military Implications of Smart Cities

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post by guest blogger Alexander Braszko, Jr. was the second runner-up in our recent Mad Scientist Operational Environment in 2035 Writing Contest… Read the rest

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

241. The Iranian Pursuit of Military Advantage: A Forecast for the Next Seven Years

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes back returning guest bloggers Colonel Montgomery Erfourth and Dr. Aaron Bazin, with another assessment of our adversaries’ capabilities … Read the rest

May 28, 2020May 29, 2020

240. The Convergence: AI Across the Enterprise with Rob Albritton

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Rob Albritton, award-winning authority on artificial intelligence … Read the rest

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

239. Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events

Due to the on-going COVID-19 Global Pandemic and the associated constraints on large gatherings and travel, the U.S. Army’s Mad Scientist Initiative is facilitating a series … 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”