Warfare and Military Operations | RAND - RAND Corporation Air Warfare (172) Asymmetric Warfare (172) Air Defense (168) Low-Intensity Conflict (146) Chemical Weapons and Warfare (111) Counterinsurgency (92) Special Operations Forces (87) Psychological Warfare (86) Space Warfare (76) Urban Warfare (76) Biological Weapons and Warfare (74) Combat Support Operations (72) Military Mobilization (60) Naval
Cyber Warfare | RAND Cyber warfare involves the actions by a nation-state or international organization to attack and attempt to damage another nation's computers or information networks through, for example, computer viruses or denial-of-service attacks RAND research provides recommendations to military and civilian decisionmakers on methods of defending against the damaging effects of cyber warfare on a nation
Systems Confrontation and System Destruction Warfare System-of-Systems Thinking Drives How the PLA Understands and Seeks to Win Modern Warfare Systems confrontation is recognized by the PLA to be the mode of warfare in the 21st century, as the PLA perceives militarized conflict to be a contest between opposing operational systems System destruction warfare constitutes the PLA's theory of victory
Military Trends and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global . . . Geography, and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Envi-ronment and Its Implications for the U S Air Force (RR-2849 5-AF) • Bryan Frederick and Nathan Chandler, Restraint and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U S Air Force (RR-2849 6-AF)
Modern Political Warfare: Current Practices and Possible Responses | RAND Political warfare employs all the elements of national power Political warfare relies heavily on unattributed forces and means The information arena is an increasingly important battleground, where perceptions of success can be determinative Information warfare works in various ways by amplifying, obfuscating, and, at times, persuading
The Future of Warfare | RAND This volume of the Future of Warfare series examines some of the most notable economic trends that could affect U S national security: increasing pressure on the global trading system, relative declines in U S and allied economic might, the rise of China, the search for new resources, the shrinking defense industrial base, and the decreasing
Environment, Geography, and the Future of Warfare - RAND Corporation Climate and geography shape where and why conflicts occur As part of an effort to characterize the future of warfare in 2030, this report assesses the implications of six key climate and geographical trends: the steady rise of global temperatures, the opening of the Arctic, sea level rise, more-frequent and more-extreme weather events, growing water scarcity, and the development of megacities
Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence - RAND Corporation Artificial intelligence offers great promise for national defense For example, a growing number of robotic vehicles and autonomous weapons can operate in areas too hazardous for soldiers But what are the ethical implications of using AI in war or even to enhance security in peacetime?
The Future of Warfare Boxed Set | RAND - RAND Corporation The Future of Warfare in 2030: Project Overview and Conclusions This report is the overview in a series that seeks to answer questions about the future of warfare, including who might be the United States' adversaries and allies, where conflicts will be fought, and how and why they might occur
China’s Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War - RAND Corporation The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has committed significant efforts to studying the Russia-Ukraine war The PLA’s lessons for China include a belief that a U S -China war is becoming more likely and that the PLA has new strategic opportunities to prepare for such a war through protraction and by targeting U S alliance networks By understanding these perspectives and adaptations, U S