With Vladamir Putin's "landslide" victory in the Russian Presidential election in the rearview mirror (the victory extends Putin's autocratic rule through 2030, which will be his 18th year as …
Widespread European Farmer Protests, Some Violent, are Another Dispatch from The Ministry for the Future
In this, the fifth installment in our "Dispatches from the Ministry for the Future" series, we take the time to do more of a deep dive into the speculative fiction/science fiction novel that inspired …
A 4X Increase in Disinformation in Africa is Fundamentally Destabilizing
A new report from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies found that "disinformation campaigns seeking to manipulate African information systems have surged nearly fourfold since 2022, triggering …
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Undersea Communications Cables and the Seabed Continue to Evolve as Threat Vectors and Contested Arenas
Back in March 2023, we provided an analysis of "Undersea Telecommunications Cables and the Seabed as Geopolitical Contested Arenas" which, at the time, we framed relative to a great power competition …
Swarm Intelligence and Network Swarms: Future Scenarios
The concept of network swarms, particularly in the context of modern conflict and security, represents a fascinating and somewhat disorientating evolution in the dynamics of warfare and strategic …
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The Drone Swarm Architecture Will Transform U.S. Warfighting Capacity
Lieutenant General (ret.) Clint Hinote, U.S. Air Force and Major General (ret.) Mick Ryan, Australian Army - Special Advisors to the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) - have co-authored a …
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Hypersonic Vehicles are a Technological Tie that Binds U.S.-Sino Researchers
A report from the Frontier Assessments Unit is a deep dive into hypersonic vehicle research with a very specific framing: that of the collaborative efforts between U.S. universities and their …
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RAND Researchers Explore Scenarios for a U.S. Victory in a War with the PRC
Policy researchers from the Rand Corp. ponder the question: "How can the United States prevail in a limited war with the People's Republic of China (PRC) while avoiding catastrophic escalation?" Find …
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The Defense Intelligence Agency on the Iranian-backed Drone Power of Russia and the Houthis
Two recently declassified Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reports extensively detail the Iranian-backed drone capabilities fueling the reconfiguration of global warfare into a drone swarm …
OODA CEO Matt Devost and OODA Network Members Review the OODA Almanac 2024 – Reorientation
Every year, we also use one of our monthly meetings for a discussion of the annual OODA Almanac with the OODA Network. This conversation took place at the February 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – …