We live in an era of implausible deniability and ambiguous warfare

[Bill Moore]

First the good news:

Then the traditionalists get in:
Link:https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-br...-idUKKCN1NJ0PY

In my opinion, the West is almost solely focused on technological innovation and missing the larger issue of advanced gray zone strategies that are frankly resilient to any technological solution. In sum, our innovation is focused on winning the next conventional war, while our adversaries are defeating us now with innovative strategies in the gray zone far short of conventional warfare.

We need to innovation in our holistic understanding of the security environment, how to recognize other than military threats to our national interests, and subsequent innovation in our strategic approaches. Learning to do the wrong thing better is not value added innovation.