Unrestricted Warfare Symposium 2007

[kaur]

Unrestricted Warfare Symposium 20-21 March 2007

Proceedings from the 2006 Symposium:

Featured Papers

Roundtable - Understanding Unrestricted Warfare

Roundtable - Supporting Deterrence and Warfighting

Roundtable - Implications for Small Unit Ops

Roundtable - Disrupting Adversary Networks

Roundtable - Countering Common Adversary Weapons

Senior Perspectives

[TROUFION]

Thanks for this link. The symposium was probably a lot of fun for the participants. The readings are very informative, unfortunately in the world of short attention spans they will be considered too long and overlooked by the majority. Too bad as there is a lot of solid information burried within. Hopefully folks will take some time to read through it.

[JeffC]

Unrestricted Warfare was written by two Chinese Colonels in 1999. The CIA translated the text and its been an ongoing area of concerned discussion ever since.

URW doctrine is a means by which a weaker opponent can defeat a stronger opponent through widely distributed attacks across multiple domains (i.e., computer networks, communications, financial markets, media, terrorist acts) and without abiding by any commonly-held rules of engagement.

There have been two symposiums held so far on URW, both organized by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab and sponsored in part by DARPA and the National Intelligence Council, among others. Here are the links to the original book, as well as the papers presented at each symposium.

Unrestriced Warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui
Unrestricted Warfare Symposium Proceedings 2006
Unrestricted Warfare Symposium Proceedings 2007

I also wrote a post at IntelFusion today with a few comments by two leading analysts on URW and it's impact on analysis within the U.S. Intelligence Community.

[SteveMetz]

Originally Posted by JeffC

Unrestricted Warfare was written by two Chinese Colonels in 1999. The CIA translated the text and its been an ongoing area of concerned discussion ever since.

URW doctrine is a means by which a weaker opponent can defeat a stronger opponent through widely distributed attacks across multiple domains (i.e., computer networks, communications, financial markets, media, terrorist acts) and without abiding by any commonly-held rules of engagement.

There have been two symposiums held so far on URW, both organized by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab and sponsored in part by DARPA and the National Intelligence Council, among others. Here are the links to the original book, as well as the papers presented at each symposium.

Unrestriced Warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui
Unrestricted Warfare Symposium Proceedings 2006
Unrestricted Warfare Symposium Proceedings 2007

I also wrote a post at IntelFusion today with a few comments by two leading analysts on URW and it's impact on analysis within the U.S. Intelligence Community.

A semi-related point. There is a citation on p. 121 which reads, "Steven Maizi and Thomas Kaiweite said in their report entitled Strategy and the Military
Revolution: From Theory to Policy..."

I am "Steven Maizi." "Thomas Kaiweite" is James Kievet.

[JeffC]

Originally Posted by SteveMetz

A semi-related point. There is a citation on p. 121 which reads, "Steven Maizi and Thomas Kaiweite said in their report entitled Strategy and the Military
Revolution: From Theory to Policy..."

I am "Steven Maizi." "Thomas Kaiweite" is James Kievet.

Cool!

[bismark17]

Great, I just received a copy of the book from amazon.com. I suppose I should have googled it and tried to find it as a pdf.

[SteveMetz]

Originally Posted by bismark17

Great, I just received a copy of the book from amazon.com. I suppose I should have googled it and tried to find it as a pdf.

The one on Amazon is purportedly published by "Pan American Publishing." This is one of a number of sleazeball organizations (probably all different names for the same group) that take government documents available for free, slap a cover on them without the permission of the creating agency, then sell them. The "University Press of the Pacific" (which has nothing to do with any university) is another. "Juniper Grove" is the same thing. It's a scam. But Amazon won't stop it because it's technically not illegal and they get their cut.

[MountainRunner]

even better is to go to the conf, hear the speakers, ask them questions (via tablet if you want), eat lunch with everybody, and then you get your free copy in the mail.

Or, you can just download the PDF: http://www.jhuapl.edu/urw_symposium/

[JeffC]

Originally Posted by bismark17

Great, I just received a copy of the book from amazon.com. I suppose I should have googled it and tried to find it as a pdf.

Return it for a credit. Amazon should refund your money as long as the book is in sellable condition.

Originally Posted by MountainRunner

even better is to go to the conf, hear the speakers, ask them questions (via tablet if you want), eat lunch with everybody, and then you get your free copy in the mail.

As soon as they hold it in Seattle, I'm there! Until then, I'll enjoy it vicariously through downloading the proceedings, and email.