… Exploring the Operational Environment
[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from the newly published Army Future Command’s AFC Pamphlet 525-2, Future Operational Environment: Forging the Future in an Uncertain World 2035-2050. This pamphlet 
complements the TRADOC G-2’s Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from last month’s edition (October 2020) of the OE Watch, which in turn analyzes two articles from Jiefangjun Bao (the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] Daily), published this past August and … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Mr. Doowan Lee, discussing disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and revisionism and the Chinese Communist Party … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Today’s post complements the previously published Four Models of the Post-COVID World, exploring in greater detail how this year’s events have altered the trajectory of the
near term Operational Environment (i.e., now through 2028) and the … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Today’s post, originally written in support of a comprehensive Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) planning exercise this past Summer, explores the five generations of Soldiers who will serve in the decade ahead. It describes the characteristics of … Read the rest