Net Assessment The purpose of net assessment is to gain an asymmetric advantage over competitors. US goals generally seek technological
This article completes our series on AI-assisted strategy, but with a stronger emphasis on combined effects. I use the language
ICSL Paper #41 developed “concepts of influence,” a critical component to effective strategy. Concepts of influence are the ways and
Continuing our march through the eight basic combinations of strategy introduced in Paper #39 (The Strategy Cuboid), we focus on
The Strategy Cuboid introduced in Paper #39 offers eight basic combinations of strategy in three dimensions: cooperative-confrontational; psychological-physical; and preventive-causative.
Strategy for dynamic end-states must be multi-dimensional to be competitive in the information environment (ICSL Note #22). If operations are
There is nothing static about an “end-state“ because it’s defined in terms of conditions, which are always changing. Strategy needs
Information is foundational to competitive strategy because it permeates technology and cognition in all dimensions. We need to integrate information
Our previous paper offered an assessable definition of “information“ to address two persistent problems in US security strategy: (1) the
Prevailing in an operational environment does not matter if one loses in the information environment. Vietnam Workers Party nationalists understood
The need for a comprehensive approach to strategy that’s relevant to the global information environment is made clear by recent
Narratives present advantages in any conflict because they influence resolve and if ignored, can reverse operational victories. What are they?
This paper applies a narrative weaponization model to decision making (Observe, Orient, Decide and Act), using Iranian disinformation. Papers 23
As in Note #19, this thought-piece refers to agile strategies as those that can adjust ends, ways and means. Missteps
Agile strategies are able to change in all three definitional dimensions—ends, ways and means. Missteps are changes without strategic advantage.