Change is Coming, Whether You are Ready or Not
Soldiers with UAV
Photo by: U.S. Army/Mr. Luke J. Allen
Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:13
New domains and new technology don’t change some basic theories of warfare, Maj. Amos Fox said during a recent Mad Scientist webinar on evolving theories of conflict.
The 41-year-old executive officer for the 3rd Squadron, 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade, and widely published author on military history and strategy said despite an expanding definition of national security, some basics don’t change.
“We are so young and have such short spans of life that we don’t get to learn a lot of things about a lot of things,” he said. “We view this blurring of war and peace as something new, and really it is not.”
Focusing on some basics will help, Fox said. For example, he said, “it is common sense that any strategic actor is going to operate in a way that prevents them from being defeated and allows them to accomplish their policy objectives and their subordinate military and tactical objectives to advance. Really, we shouldn’t be shocked when we see things like this occurring.”
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