Officially launched in 2010, The Republic of Malta's e-ID is an electronic identification system that enables Maltese citizens, residents, and businesses to access a wide range of online government …
Exponential, Convergent Material Science Innovation is the Primary Driver of Global, Strategic Competitive Advantage
In 2023, OODA Loop contributor Scott Nuzum (SVP at Chicago-based Innovyz USA) contributed a foundational OODA Loop Original Analysis post - Five Exciting Breakthroughs in Materials Science. Over the …
Is the Sociotechnical Geopolitical Future – and War? – Converging in the Islands and Territories of the Pacific and Oceania?
One learns to stay open to what John Cage, William Burroughs, and Brion Gysin characterized as "chance operations," integrating the role of chance and serendipity into one's scenario planning …
The Blockchain-based Root Name System (RNS) is Poised to Swap Out Traditional Domain Name Systems (DNS)
The blockchain-based Root Name System (RNS) leverages blockchain technology to manage domain names in a decentralized manner - and is the core design and technical element of our recent …
Spatial AI is the Future of Human-Computer Interaction and the Metaverse
Regular readers of the OODA Loop know that we cover exponential technologies daily and expect disproportionate disruption when these technologies start to converge. In this post, we explore AI + an …
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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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2023 Year-end Review: Geopolitical Risk and Technology
Polycrisis: A cluster of interdependent global risks create a compounding effect, such that their overall impact exceeds the sum of their individual parts. (1) In this era of global polycrisis, …
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