Executive Short Course on Emerging and Disruptive Threats

• Wednesday, July 31, 2019
• US Army War College in Carlisle, PA
• This course was held at the Army War College, which focuses on land-based warfare, but it covered cyberwarfare, waged on servers and in the cloud, and space warfare. Presenting professors also discussed artificial intelligence and its effects on cyberwarfare.

Course Sections

Goal: To inform the Army War College faculty of the strategic implications of Cyber, Space, Information, and Emerging Technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data)

Morning Sessions

Section 1, Cyber: Technology and the Policy of Cyber War

Isaac R. Porche III, Adjunct Instructor, Institute for Politics and Strategy

Section 2, Space: Complex Air and Missile Attack in an Era of Great Power Competition

Thomas Karako, Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University Washington Semester Program

Section 3, Emerging Technologies: The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity

Lujo Bauer, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Section 4, Emerging Technologies: Emerging Technology and International Security

Colin P. Clarke, Assistant Teaching Professor, Institute for Politics and Strategy

Afternoon Discussion Sessions

Department of Command, Leadership, and Management (DCLM)

• Leadership of a Technical Workforce – How is it different, how is it the same?
• Defense Management – Workforce management and weapons systems' cybersecurity

Department of National Security and Strategy (DNSS)

• Theory – Applicability of the theories of war in space and cyberspace
• Policy and Strategy – Analysis of national, defense, and other agency policies and strategies for cyber, space, and emerging technologies; impact on national security

Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations (DMSPO)

• Incorporating cyberspace and space operations into defense plans and operations
• Emerging Technologies' impact on military operations

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