Proceedings on Combating the Unrestricted Warfare Threat: Integrating Strategy, Analysis, and Technology, 10-11 March 2008
Abstract
Thank you all for coming to the Third Annual Unrestricted Warfare Symposium. We are here today to share ideas on the DoD campaign plan for the war on terror. Our nation is facing tremendous challenges from both state and nonstate actors, who are using unconstrained methods of conducting warfare. I started this symposium series in 2006 because I am convinced that an integrated community of strategists, analysts, and technologists can be more creative in meeting those challenges than communities working separately. I would also like to acknowledge our cosponsors: OSD Policy, Department of State's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and the National Intelligence Council, as represented by Dr. Tom Mahnken, Ambassador Dell Dailey, and Mr. Dan Flynn. I would like to take a few minutes to talk about the theme of the symposium?what unrestricted warfare is and what is it not. Unrestricted warfare spans three of the four quadrants of the DoD policy illustration of modern warfare. The chief characteristic of URW is unrestricted use of measures, not unrestricted strategies or objectives. Surprise and deception are often involved, as are integrated attacks to exploit more than one vulnerability of a conventionally stronger opponent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA541709
Entities
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University