Lessons from Others for Future U.S. Army Operations in and through the Information Environment

Lessons from Others for Future U.S. Army Operations in and through the Information Environment

Speaker: Paul, C. (RAND)

Date: 7 August 2018

Speaker Session Preview

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Paul spoke about how technological advances and threat use patterns have brought tremendous changes to the information environment (IE). He stated that the US Army must invest in new capabilities and practices in order to remain competitive, and we can learn from prior examples to better our future operations conducted in the IE. He reviewed his key findings, emphasizing that most gaps between the US Army baseline and “effective others” are conceptual and capacity gaps. He also presented a comparative analysis that displayed the degrees of capability of multiple states and non-state actors in various areas, in addition to common concepts and principles across the entities. To conclude, Dr. Paul provided recommendations and key takeaways for the US Army and outlined his observations of Russian efforts in and through the IE.

Speaker Session Audio File

The full report upon which this presentation is based is available at https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1925z1.html.

Download Dr. Paul’s biography and slides