… Exploring the Operational Environment
“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
[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
[Editor’s Note: As we saw in Dr. John Ringquist‘s informative post last year, “China is building dossiers on virtually every U.S. citizen and is harnessing AI to correlate sensitive information across databases they have stolen over the … Read the rest
“There are no rules for the red team. The red team is going to do whatever they can to win and if you don’t understand that from the blue side, you’re going to lose every time you touch this board.”… Read the rest