#110 Sean McFate on The New Rules of War

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Dr. Sean McFate discusses his influential book, The New Rules of War. Sean describes how the Westphalian state system is changing, consequences for conventional war, the rise of mercenaries and international mega-corporations, and information operations. Plus, the Cognitive Crucible gets not only one–but two–Monty Python references.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Research Question</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Sean asks several questions worthy of examination. First, how can a democracy fight secretive wars without losing its democratic soul? Second, strategic culture can eclipse strategic IQ; so, how can a strong strategic culture be broken? Finally, what is strategic thinking, and how are good strategic thinkers created?</span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-49"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#49 Matt Armstrong on the Smith-Mundt Act</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.seanmcfate.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.seanmcfate.com</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626543054/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ipa09b-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1626543054&linkId=2adb9d59f3916b1