Changing Nature of Warfare

Brigadier General (retired) Blaine D. Holt, currently the President of Million Air Inc., an aerospace company based in Houston, Texas participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Changing Nature of Warfare. Changing Nature of Warfare The digital global age has heralded both beginnings and ends. Nations today stand on the verge of the most transformative period in all of human history as information, communication, and digitization technology, genetics, nanotechnology, robotics, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence merge and converge to make the once impossible imagination, possible. It is not only human and non-human (i.e. machine) intelligence that is merging and creating unthinkable possibilities: the blurring boundaries between cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS) as well as nations: its government, industries, organizations, academia, and individuals (NGIOA-I) will fundamentally transform everything around us. The pace of technological change coming our way is so rapid, its impact so deep, that each NGIOA, individually and collectively: its expectations and experiences, are and will be irreversibly transformed. This will undoubtedly change the whole global dynamics, security, and power structure in CGS. As nations witness the end of their governments, industries, organizations, academia, and individuals living in isolation and the beginning of an interconnected NGIOA world and interdependent global economy that has moved beyond geospace, and is now vehemently contesting the commons like cyberspace and space, it is not only the battlefield that has expanded from geospace to cyberspace-geospace and space (CGS), it has fundamentally changed how nations fight wars. For more please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Brigadier General (retired) Blaine D. Holt is the President of Million Air Inc., an aerospace company based in Houston, Texas. General Holt graduated from the University of Georgia in 1988. There he was commissioned and designated a distinguished graduate of the University of Georgia’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. The general’s command experience includes the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic, and the 16th Airlift and 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadrons. General Holt’s combat leadership in Kyrgyzstan during multiple crises, including a coup d’état and ethnic violence were deemed “essential” by the Commander, U.S. Central Command. Key assignments include a previous posting as the Director of Logistics, United States European Command, a Military Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Director of the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff’s Executive Action Group. General Holt is a command pilot with more than 3,900 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. His dissertation, written and defended in Dutch, was awarded a “with distinction” honor at the Royal Superior College of Defense in Brussels. He has published a variety of papers across a range of national security issues and is a life member of the Wings Club and the Council on Foreign Relations. About Risk Group Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved Reference Episodes Future of Work – Battle between Human Work Force and Machine Work ForceTechnology Trends and Future of HumanityDual Use Technology Dilemma and National Security RisksElectronic Warfare PreparednessFuture of TechnologyDigital Future – Complex Challenges of ChangeElectronic Warfare-An Existential RiskElectromagnetic WarfareWhat Role Gene Environment Plays In Gene Expression And Human Health SecurityFourth Industrial Revolution and SecurityMachine Learning Bias – An Existential RiskRisks and Rewards of Genomic MedicineCompetitive Intelligence and Risk ManagementStrategic IntelligenceDisruptive Innovation and Security  RisksDiagnostic Genomics and Security RisksNanoSatellites & Democratization of SpaceHealthcare in TurmoilSpace MiningSpace SecurityImpact InvestingBioEconomy – Promise and Perils of Synthetic BiologySocietal Impact of RoboticsComplex Security Risks of Mediterranean RegionAre Education Institutions Prepared for Digital DisruptionDigital Disruption in MarketingThe Middle East Geopolitical Puzzle and Risks to Global SecurityImpact of Cyber-Security Risks Global BusinessThe Digital Global Age – Contested CommonsStrategizing Digital TransformationStrategizing Cyber-SecurityEnergy Warfare The post Changing Nature of Warfare appeared first on Risk Group.