[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist welcomes back frequent collaborator and proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. James Giordano, head of the Center for Strategic Deterrence and the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, with a new submission. In today’s … Read the rest
569. No Winning Without Fighting: How China’s View of Hybrid Warfare Has Evolved
“The PLA expected Russia to run the same playbook it did with Crimea on a larger scale. And it didn’t work.”
[Editor’s Note: Today’s post welcomes back proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. Howard Wang, who recently served as a … Read the rest
568. First Runners-up for the Mad Scientist CALLING ALL CREATORS Multi-Media Contest
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist launched its CALLING ALL CREATORS Multi-Media Contest on 10 December 2025 with the following Army Transformation Challenge:
Contemporary conflicts around the globe have demonstrated the ever-increasing speeds at which warfighting innovations are being … Read the rest
567. The Stray Dog Protocol: Deconstructing the Monolith for Enduring Advantage
“We break the innovation cycle when we make our capabilities so modular, so cheap, and so decentralized that the enemy’s rapid cycles of counter-innovation have nothing to grip onto.“
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist launched its CALLING … Read the rest
566. Sustaining Leader Overmatch: Preparing for Greater Complexity in the Operational Environment (Part 2)
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist welcomes back guest blogger Dr. Jacob Barton with the second in his series of posts. Last week, he explored the evolving Operational Environment‘s trends and the associated challenges the Army faces in … Read the rest
