Paper #48. Supply Chain Networks in the Age of AI, Part I: Fixing Joint Doctrine
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February 14, 2022
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Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Cyber, Leadership, Strategy
This paper is Part I of II that defines and applies information environment concepts to supply chain networks for an age of artificial intelligence (AI). To avoid overtrained learning, I draw from supply chain examples and beyond.[i] Part I fixes two fundamental flaws in joint military doctrine: (1) the failure to define the information environment…
Paper #39. Information Intelligence & Assessment for All-Effects Warfare: A Competition that Subsumes Combined Arms & Deterrence
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May 6, 2021
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Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Leadership, Security, Strategy
Our previous paper offered an assessable definition of “information“ to address two persistent problems in US security strategy: (1) the mismatch between narrow military doctrine and its broad effects; and (2) a “competition continuum“ below armed conflict. Why does this matter? The Information Environment is expansive, accessible and dynamic, characteristics that enable competitors to exploit…
Paper #21. Informatizing Operations: The Other Half of All-Domain Warfare
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March 23, 2020
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Michael D. Phillips, Col USAF ret. & Thomas A. Drohan, Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Cyber, Leadership, Strategy
Warfare has become all-domain, all-effects, and all-information. This reality is thriving in a comfort zone outside our entrenched concept of a “threshold of armed conflict.”
Paper # 7. Intelligence Analytic Insufficiency: Fixing the Cognitive Problem
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August 1, 2019
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Michael D. Phillips, Col USAF ret.
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Americas, Leadership, Security, Strategy
In response to chronic shortcomings, the President, Congress, and senior leaders of our intelligence agencies and service components demand original, prescient and accurate analyses.