… Exploring the Operational Environment
“What makes temporal warfare ethically destabilizing is not novelty, but the erosion of the moral assumptions built into most military ethical frameworks: linear causality, proximate harm, visible violence, and identifiable agents.”
[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest submission by Jonathan Tyrrell … Read the rest
“The decisive terrain is no longer belief alone, but the conditions that allow belief to stabilize at all.”
[Editor’s Note: Most readers are familiar with the U.S. Joint Force’s five Warfighting Domains: Land, Sea, Air, Space, and Cyber. China’s … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: The Army Mad Scientist Initiative and William & Mary’s Whole of Government Center of Excellence facilitated our Great Power Competition & Conflict in the Age of Authoritarian Collusion Virtual Event on 27 January 2026. This event sought … Read the rest
“Crowdsourcing remains one of Army Mad Scientist’s most effective tools for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping us to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions about the Operational Environment.”
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[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army Mad Scientist Laboratory‘s mission is to continually explore the Operational Environment (OE) and the changing character of warfare on behalf of the Army. One of the tools we use — crowdsourcing — engages … Read the rest