Killing Free Will with Narrative Warfare
The Communist Party of China’s (CPC) narrative warfare aims to kill the will of the people, the basis of democracy,...
Out-Competing the TikToks with Better Strategy
Apr 1, 2024
Our predicament with TikTok results from the PRC’s strategy to achieve influence and power, and our lack of a better strategy.
Fighting to Win with Superior Effects
Feb 22, 2024
Fighting to win takes many forms, not just violent conflict. Focusing exclusively on the high end of armed conflict loses the wars that adversaries wage in ways we fail to recognize as fighting. The latter is the epitome of intelligent strategy.
Influencing Networks for Advantage
Feb 15, 2024
In a densely interactive strategic environment, influencing networks can create asymmetric advantages by exploiting aggregates. This article shows how with...
COMBINED EFFECTS in 5 STEPS
Jan 31, 2024
Today’s security environment demands broad, multidimensional strategies to compete against dynamic threats. The combined effect influence approach expands two legacy concepts–combined arms and concepts of operations–to win strategic competition.
Expanding Strategy Beyond Coercion Theory
Jan 29, 2024
The US national security profession must reform how it conducts deterrence to protect the nation in the AI age. The...
Integrating Deterrence with Other Effects
Jan 26, 2024
Deterrence is only one of eight basic effects in the combined effect influence strategy, but we cling to it as...
Contesting China’s Concepts of Influence
Jan 17, 2024
Concepts of influence (CONFLUENCES) are critical to combined effect influence strategy. Like the definition of “confluence,” they merge processes into...
Prevailing in Ukraine with Combined Effect Influence
Jan 15, 2024
Authoritarians wage warfare with combined effect influence that democracies fail to recognize as “real war.” It’s holistic warfare, so a...
Winning with Fighting
Jan 6, 2024
The AI Age Weaponizes InformationAuthoritarians fight in ways democracies see but don’t recognize as fighting. It’s winning with fighting, not...
Rearranging Ends, Ways, and Means
Jul 1, 2023
We must set priorities among our desired ends, ways, and means to achieve meaningful advantage in the information and operational...
