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Emergent Futures lab

@ACFuturesLab

A policy skunkworks within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, helping the Atlantic Council to secure the future

 Washington, DC
Joined October 2017
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Cyber Statecraft@CyberStatecraft3 Sep 2019
What happens when new players enter the digital battlespace & the tempo for counter-cyber operations increases drastically? Check out teaser scenario #1 for a peek at Alternate Cyber Futures. Coming Friday #ACcyber bit.ly/2zs2DTh
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Valeriano@drbvaler26 Jul 2019
Wonderful day to explore the nature of future strategic competition. @TheKrulakCenter @AtlanticCouncil – at Washington, DC
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Let’s play a game... @ACScowcroft @BenjamJensen #ACDefense
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Let’s play a game... @ACScowcroft @BenjamJensen #ACDefense
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CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS: Military Writers Guild will be considering applications for membership at the upcoming Board of Directors meeting. All applications require sponsorship from a current member of the guild. Deadline for consideration is March 20.
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"Hypersonic missiles... shorten [the OODA loop] making it nearly impossible for human minds and teams to even comprehend the information, let alone defend against a short-range attack. These new weapons represent a paradigm shift in naval combat." warontherocks.com/2019/02/re…
Red Sky in Morning: Naval Combat at the Dawn of Hypersonics

Red Sky in Morning: Naval Combat at the Dawn of Hypersonics

USS Stark steams quietly near Bahrain on May 17, 1987. The Tanker Wars between Iran and Iraq are ongoing, and the United States is trying to keep commerce

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.@AtlanticCouncil Executive Chairman Emeritus General Jim Jones has released a #StratgicInsightsMemo for @ACScowcroft on #5G. Read here: atlanticcouncil.org/images/a…
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The Emergent Futures Lab strives to encourage new and innovative thinking through the combination of diverse and non-traditional perspectives with structured thinking processes. Last year, along with @JHUAPL, it developed some compelling future narratives atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ne…
Diverse perspectives are Key to innovative thinking

Diverse perspectives are Key to innovative thinking

The outcomes of this design workshop were used to help military designers think about the different ways technology will change our society, and how that will impact the way that capabilities will be...

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Northrop Grumman trials active protection systems for armored vehicles. defenceconnect.com.au/land-a…
First pictures released of Russia's concept hypersonic, unmanned, reusable space craft siliconrepublic.com/machines…
First photo of Russia’s futuristic hypersonic space drone released

First photo of Russia’s futuristic hypersonic space drone released

Early design photos of what could be Russia’s first hypersonic space drone have been released, but details on it are scant.

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U.S. Pacific Command
@USPACOM15 Aug 2018
For over 100 years, the United States and Australia have fought alongside one another in the pursuit of a more peaceful world. The alliance between our nations stands strong today. #100YearsOfMateship
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"The U.S. Army has jungle, desert, and arctic warfare schools that focus on how to fight, survive, and adapt in those special environments, but none for cities" mwi.usma.edu/investing-under…
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@ACScowcroft17 Aug 2018
8/22: Join us as we discuss how nation states combine coercion with disruption, #cyber espionage and influence campaigns to shape the behavior of their adversaries with @MCUFoundation @drbvaler, @BenjamJensen, @GenJCartwright and more. RSVP here → atlanticcouncil.org/events/u…
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"A cluster of technological trends may be converging to produce a potentially transformative battlefield capability: 'stealth tanks.'" Read what @John_T_Watts and Christian Trotti have to say about this in @DefenseOne buff.ly/2MAm81c
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August Cole
@august_cole7 Aug 2018
Stealthier tanks on way @defenseone from @John_T_Watts 'Truly game-changing technology does not develop in isolation. It results from the convergence of multiple trends and ... multiple technologies.' 2018: defenseone.com/ideas/2018/08… 2038: usni.org/magazines/proceedin… @navalinstitute

Stealthier Tanks Are On The Way

Several tech trends will make tomorrow’s tanks harder to spot — and that may have strategic implications.

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Valeriano@drbvaler7 Aug 2018
If you are at all interested in a PhD in security studies, think of Space topics now. Great demand at PMEs
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Defense One
@DefenseOne6 Aug 2018
Stealthier Tanks Are On The Way | Commentary by @AtlanticCouncil's @John_T_Watts and Christian Trotti buff.ly/2ANyFNe
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Create the future you want to see. Important work by the @AtlanticCouncil team economist.com/international/…
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