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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 Frameworks (Ethics & Policy) for Autonomy on the Future Battlefield — the final webinar in our Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events — on Tuesday, 9 February 2021 (1300-1400 EST)

Click here for information on how to enter the Mad Scientist Writing Contest on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change (S: 15 March 2021)

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 new The 2 + 3 Threat video addressing the near-term OE (i.e., 2020 to 2028)!

Watch the new TRADOC 2028 video [via a non-DoD network]!

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

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.

MAJ Delaney Brown, CPT Jay Long, and 1LT Richard Kuzma provide an insightful “Young Turks” perspective on Soldiering and talent management, and offer up several “sacred cows” on the altar of Army modernization and readiness.

Dr. Aleks Nesic, co-founder of Valka-Mir, discusses how humans remain at the center of great power competition and how we must understand the human domain and synchronize social science in the non-kinetic, non-lethal space if we are to successfully out-compete our adversaries.

Michael Kanaan, Director of Operations for U.S. Air Force and MIT Artificial Intelligence, discusses the impact of AI on the armed forces

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

Mad Scientist Partner Sites

Modern War Institute Podcasts

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

Australian Army The Cove

Australian Defence College The Forge

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