Paper #26. Supply Chain Competition & Warfare II: Strategic Decisions and Integrative Options
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July 7, 2020
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Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Asia-Pacific, Commercial, Cyber, Eurasia, Strategy
Authoritarian states are weaponizing supply chains into all-effects warfare while democratic states compete with inferior strategies. We can be more competitive and wage superior complex warfare in kind.
Stick & Rudder #5. A Basic Strategy Toward China: Rules-based Competition that Cooperates & Confronts
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June 26, 2020
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Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Asia-Pacific, Commercial, Security, Strategy
Competing effectively with the authoritarian regime in Beijing requires a superior blend of cooperation and confrontation.
Paper #23. Collapsing the Loop: How China’s Narrative Subverts OODA Decision-making & What to Do About It
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April 13, 2020
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Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
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Asia-Pacific, Cyber, Strategy
Colonel John Boyd’s OODA Loop—Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act— is a powerful model for making decisions in contested environments. Strategic use of information can defeat it. Understanding narrative strategies can protect it.