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[Editor’s Note:  In a previous episode of Mad Scientist’s The Convergence podcast, LTC Joe Byerly observed that “in order to understand the possibilities of the future, you have to connect disparate things and bring them together. Reading broadly … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring COL Scott Shaw, Commander, U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, discussing the future of ground warfare, including lessons learned from the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army’s Mad Scientist Initiative launched its Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? series of monthly virtual events in January to explore our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change.  Last Tuesday, 23 February 2021, … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army’s current operating concept states:  “China possesses the vision and strategic depth to become the U.S.’s most powerful competitor in time. Unlike Russia, China has the economy and technological base, such as an independent microelectronics … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from the January 2021 edition of the OE Watch (pp. 33-34), published by the Foreign Military Studies Office, TRADOC G-2.  Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory know that humans are continuing to … Read the rest