We frequently ask members of the OODA Network for insights into the environment. In this post we get the views of Robert Shaughnessy on the dynamics around AI, national security and critical …
Active Defense May Lead to a More Weaponized Cyberspace
It appears that more countries are looking to replicate offensive cyber defense, drawing up their own strategies and policies, or else are already engaged in joint hunt forward operations. Examine …
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The Latest Installment of CISA’s “Secure Tomorrow” Toolkit for Scenario Planning and Foresight Strategy
The Secure Tomorrow Series is a strategic foresight capability focused on anticipating future risk drivers, critical uncertainties, and trends—such as aging infrastructure, global pandemics, and …
Are Computer Chip-based “Chokepoints” the Future of AI Compute, National Security and American Competitiveness?
National Security policy and cybersecurity innovation at the physical layer - to solve some of the vexing security issues and as a strategic opportunity for technological advantage and American …
Cyber War: Power, Prestige, International Governance, and Strategy in the Age of Global Polycrisis
Competing cyber capabilities (on a spectrum from nation-state to non-state actors alike) and cyber-based conflict will continue to restructructure, reformulate, discombobulate, and transform the very …
The New Space Rush: The Final Frontier for the Economy and National Security
The New Space Rush: The Final Frontier for the Economy and National Security Panel Description Humanities high water mark in space was in 1972 with the last of the Apollo missions. Since then no …
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In the Era of Code, Generative AI Represents National Security Risks and Opportunities for “Innovation Power”
We are entering into the Era of Code. Code that writes code and code that breaks code. Code that talks to us and code that talks for us. Code that predicts and code that decides. Code that rewrites …
The Future of Space: National Security, Cybersecurity, and AI/ML
Exploring the new national security and economic realities of The New Space Rush will be the closing keynote discussion with Lisa Costa, the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of the US Space …
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What is the United States Information Strategy?
This post provides insights into some major elements in the US government concerned with countering foreign malign influence, highlighting some overlaps and possible discontinuities. In September …
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Is Future Escalation in Cyber Conflict a Foregone Conclusion?
Here we present analysis relevant to cyber conflict including the potential of spillover into non combatants and provide insights on the relevance of recent Russian statements. Recently, Artur …
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