One weakness of the way we view strategy … is that we neglect the environment Professional military education (PME) plays a vital role in preparing military leaders to fight...
For those that say ‘I wish I would have started a little bit earlier but I didn’t’ — don’t despair. … Start now! The demands on senior leaders can...
Also listen to a related presentation on this topic on A BETTER PEACE: The WAR ROOM Podcast! The biggest challenge for any company in incorporating AI is its organizational...
Pigeons were treated with very high regard in the military … much like working dogs are today Technological innovation has always been central to warfighting, and the advances made...
The United States Institute of Peace found a ‘basic casual mechanism’ linking climate change to political violence in Nigeria Last month, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein...
Command at the strategic level is challenging. Commanders are leading large organizations that are regionally (even globally) distributed, perform a widely diverse range of missions and tasks, or are...
The ritual of retaliation codified what makes you legitimate [as a combatant] and what makes you not legitimate How did combatants enforce the lawful practice of war prior to...
MODELING COMPETITION AND COLLABORATION IN STRATEGIC GAMES: SOLVING THE “PRISONER’S DILEMMA”?
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Role-playing games [can create] conditions for real-world cooperation When I began my year at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), I was looking forward to returning to an academic...
If we want [Artificial intelligence] to thrive, we have to have leaders who understand it Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere and everyone is talking about it. But so what?...
Propagandists now exercise increasing sophistication in their communications In February 2019, in (Indian-administered) Southern Kashmir, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist cell attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy with an improvised explosive...
Today it is commonplace for a female to command a brigade, and it is hugely important The military is a constantly evolving organization. Change in the US military is...
The Army needs officers with experience working in foreign countries where the situation is complex and ambiguous Training foreign armies to do the work we would otherwise have to...
I don’t write science fiction so I can predict the future, but I want to better understand what’s lies ahead This episode is the final in a series of...
Prototype warfare is more than the rapid prototyping of technology … It is a mindset In motor racing there is very little time to either celebrate or dwell on...
This is not humanity’s first technological rodeo This episode is another in a series of releases on the Emerging Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region, produced in collaboration with the...
Three visions currently compete for American strategy in the region, but none are likely to succeed At the beginning of April, West Point pivoted to Asia. Though the Army’s...
This episode is another in a series of releases on the Emerging Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region, produced in collaboration with the United States Military Academy at West Point’s...
It’s not so much the mil-mil relationship … the political relationship is something that’s a little more volatile than it has been in the past This episode is the...
Fear of an artificial intelligence disadvantage is pushing the U.S. and other powers into another arms race Strategic leaders have wrestled with the use of various types of weapons...
This is not going to look like US-Soviet competition. … Countries in Southeast Asia — they don’t want to choose. This episode is the second in a series of...