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Posted on April 2, 2020April 1, 2020

224. Contagion: COVID-19’s impact on the Operational Environment (Part 2)

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to publish today’s post by guest blogger Kat Cassedy, who continues to explore how the current COVID-19 Global Pandemic could shape the Operational Environment (OE) and change the character of warfare. … Read the rest

Posted on March 12, 2020March 11, 2020

218. “The Convergence” — Episode 5: Deterrence and the New Intelligence with Zachery Tyson Brown

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce the latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring an interview with proclaimed Mad Scientist Zachery Tyson Brown, a strategic intelligence analyst, U.S. Army veteran, Security fellow at the Truman … Read the rest

Posted on March 2, 2020February 27, 2020

216. Russia: Our Current Pacing Threat

[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army’s capstone unclassified document on the Operational Environment (OE) states:

“Russia can be considered our “pacing threat,” and will be our most capable potential foe for at least the first half of the Era of … Read the rest

Posted on February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

213. China: Our Emergent Pacing Threat

[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army’s capstone unclassified document on the Operational Environment (OE) states:

“China is rapidly modernizing its armed forces and investing heavily in readiness and technological research. Its rapid development means that it likely will surpass Russia … Read the rest

Posted on February 20, 2020February 19, 2020

212. A Scenario for a Hypothetical Private Nuclear Program

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to publish today’s guest blog post by Mr. Alexander Temerev addressing the possible democratization and proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise, currently residing with only a handful of nation states (i.e., the … Read the rest

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Click here [via a non-DoD network] to register for Young Turks on Competition and Conflict — the next webinar in our continuing series of Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? virtual events — on Thursday, 6 May 2021 (starting at 1000 EDT).

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!

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PRIMERS ON THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

The Changing Character of Future Warfare video

TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment and the Changing Character of Warfare

Potential Game Changers handout

TP 525-92-1, The Changing Character of Warfare: The Urban Operational Environment

The Arctic Through 2035: An Overview of the Operational Environment and Competitor Strategies for U.S. Army Training, Doctrine, and Capabilities Development

The Information Environment: Competition & Conflict anthology

MORE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT RESOURCES…

Foreign Military Studies Office OE Watch

Watch The Future of Unmanned Maritime Systems Webinar [via a non-DoD network]

“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

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, Senior Director, Zignal Labs, 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”

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Former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work Assesses the Future Battlefield

Dr. Moriba Jah on What Does the Future Hold for the US Military in Space?

Elsa Kania on China and its Pursuit of Enhanced Military Technology

Small Wars Journal Mad Scientist Page

U.S. Army War College War Room

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