Richard LumApr 11, 20223 min readCompeting for National Security and Resilience PartnershipsBottom Line: the options – and competition – for national security and resilience partnerships will grow in the years ahead. Introduction...
Richard LumMar 17, 20222 min readBig Tech and the Futures of ConflictThere has been an understandable amount of discussion in the past two weeks about the role that social media and big tech are playing in...
Richard LumJun 14, 20215 min readDefense Futures: Why All Our Scenarios Should be Disruptive(note: this article was originally published in 2016) I am often struck by the fact that, from a futures perspective, many of the...
Richard LumApr 13, 20211 min readCitizens and Involuntary MilitiaA recent post in Small Wars Journal provides another scan hit supporting the maturation of an emerging issue we worked up back in 2017,...
Richard LumDec 1, 20204 min readSpecial Forces in the 21st CenturyWhat should be Army Special Forces’ role in an era of great power competition, gray zone operations, and hybrid warfare?
Richard LumSep 27, 20205 min readSensing the Future of WarfareThe Sensing Model is a valuable tool for looking at the future of conflict, particularly in a year of so many successive disruptions.