Jeff Rogg joins Tom Spahr to discuss the "intelligence revolution." Beyond new gadgets, cell phones & AI are transforming the state-citizen relationship & modern warfare, turning digital footprints into...
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The Chief of Staff says war's character is rapidly changing due to disruptive tech. Sam White proposes 6 characteristics for the #Armyof2040!
Russian innovations with short/medium-range hypersonic weapons present the main challenge to the United States. As the conflict in Ukraine continues into its fourth full year of full-scale war and...
The successful adoption of new technology in the military depends on the organization's culture, the technology's applicability and ease of incorporation into existing systems and processes, and, perhaps most...
Russian aggression, amplified in 2022, continues to threaten regional and global stability. The Swedish Army’s response to this threat must be to integrate modern capabilities to counter conventional and...
In September 2024, Andrew Hill and Steve Gerras authored a compelling three-part series that explored the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in national defense. They provocatively argued that...
Modern technology offers many potential military advantages, but it is necessary to adopt it in the right way, argues Carlos Peña. He notes the dangers of overreliance on technology...
Over the last several weeks War Room has run a 7-part series of articles that have examined how professional military education should be designed. In this final article of...
Adapt or perish. In the face of rapid technological innovation, militaries must keep pace to maintain their edge. Vicky Karyoti emphasizes that cutting-edge technology is useless without a trained...
During the Cold War, U.S. leaders assured the public that a "human in the loop" would always control the use of nuclear weapons. This aimed to alleviate public fears...
The human mind, with its intricate interplay of brain, emotions, and unconscious thought, has long been revered for its intuitive abilities. However, Steve Gerras and Andrew Hill posit that...
Innovation. It can occur at any organizational level, and it's absolutely necessary to maintain superiority on the battlefield. But true innovation at the institutional level is often much harder...
Depending on who you talk to, artificial intelligence (AI) will either be the ruination of mankind or its savior. As ever, the truth is likely somewhere between those extremes....
Situated on the eastern border of NATO, Lithuania faces the possibility that Russia will attempt to seize the Suwalki Corridor, an area of southern Lithuania that separates Belarus and...
What happens when you get three experienced soldiers together to discuss something they've worked on for much of their careers? Well, the first thing that happens is that they...
It’s time for another episode about the U.S. Army War College’s Distance Education program. COL Heather Smigowski, Chair of the Department of Distance Education (DDE), is back in the...
It's time for another episode about the U.S. Army War College's Distance Education program. COL Heather Smigowski, Chair of the Department of Distance Education (DDE), is back in the...
Michael Neiberg is back in the studio for the next installation of the On Writing series. This week's guest is Shashank Joshi, Defense Editor for The Economist. This episode...
Fiction can be liberating. It offers authors latitude to think, propose, and prognosticate about real-world topics in ways that non-fiction does not allow. The ability to ask "what if?"...
Plan, Program, Budget and Execute - repeat. It's the strategic planning process for allocating resources in the Department of Defense that was first initiated in the early 1960s. The...