Russia, evolving position, antics on the world stage. Russian policy changes over the last 10 years. Common ground and friction points with the West. Panel by National Security Decision Making staff
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Russia and her evolving position, and her antics, on the world stage. Russian policy and operational changes over the last 10 years. Where is the common ground and where are the friction points with the US and the West? Panel by the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
Modern Warfare contributor David March talks about the endless war in Afghanistan, the reasons behind the conflict and the way forward. Has Afghanistan become the new Philippines of America?
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David March is a writer who has contributed articles to Strategy and Tactics, World at War, and Modern Warfare. He has also designed 4 wargames, including Visegrad 4 about a possible future conflict between Russian and Poland. He will be lecturing on what has happened in Afghanistan, the true reasons for the conflict, the problems encountered by the U.S./NATO force and the reasons that it may well be a perpetual war. How can we possibly win this war? Is there no way out? David March is on the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
Game Changers: Technology, Techniques & New Environments of Future Conflict (NSDM Lecture)
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An overview of emerging tools, approaches, & fields that are entering into current and future military conflicts. Presenter: Merle Robinson, NSDM staff.
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An overview of emerging tools, approaches, and fields that are entering into current and future military conflicts. Presenter: Merle Robinson of the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
Getting Your Wargame Design Published in Strategy & Tactics
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Learn how to get your historical or contemporary period wargame published by Decision Games: design guidelines, playtesting, artwork, legal aspects. Presented by "Doc" Cummins of Decision Games.
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Lecture. Learn how to get a historical or contemporary period wargame published by Decision Games. What are the design guidelines, playtesting, artwork, and legal aspects of submitting a prototype? Presented by "Doc" Cummins of Decision Games.
Lecture: An overview of the impact of logistics from ancient times to today with a view to how wargames have handled the subject poorly or well. Presented by Dr. George F. Nafziger (Captain/USN, ret)
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Lecture: An overview of the impact of Logistics from ancient times to today with a view to how wargames have handled the subject poorly or well. Presented by Dr. George F. Nafziger (Captain/USN, ret.), author of many Napoleonic and Military History books.
Today's hidden wars between governments to influence public perception, from targeted disinformation campaigns to corporate databases that know and sell everything about you. Greg Maus, NSDM staff
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Lecture. From targeted disinformation campaigns to corporate databases that know everything about you and sell to the highest bidder, explore today’s hidden wars between governments to influence public perception. Presented by Greg Maus of the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
Military Geography of the Solar System (NSDM Panel)
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Geography of war in space is dominated not by distance but by delta-v & sensors. How experience fighting on land, sea & air won't help. Panel by the National Security Decision Making staff.
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In space, no one can hear you scream, but everyone can see you fly. The geography of warfare in space is dominated not by distances as most would think, but by delta-v and sensors. How everything we know about fighting on the land, sea, and air won't help us in space. What is up there is worth fighting over? Panel by the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
National Security Decision Making Cold War Crisis Game
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Fast-paced 2-hour version of NSDMG’s geopolitical-military RPG. You are a key decision maker in a major nation. It's the 1960s and world is a tinderbox. You’re called in after hours. What’s wrong now?
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Take a role in a senior leadership position in the US, USSR, PRC, UK, Israel or Cuba, presented with a crisis that might have been very real in the 1960s. Everything’s normal, meaning normal tensions and madness, then you’re called in after-hours and learn that everything’s no longer normal, not by a long shot. Find a path that advances national objectives AND leaves us alive. A new, two-hour, fast-action variant of National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Game’s geopolitical-military simulation intended to entertain while maybe even teaching something. Different scenarios every game: pandemics, wars, natural disasters, unnatural disasters. Can you do better than their generation? Presented by the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
National Security Decision Making Contemporary Crisis Game
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Fast-paced 2-hour version of NSDMG’s geopolitical-military RPG. You are a key decision maker for a major nation. It's the world as you know it. You’re called in after hours. What’s wrong now?
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Take a role in a senior leadership position in the US, China, Russia, or other major power, presented with a crisis that might be tomorrow’s real-world headline. It’s the world as you know it, everything’s normal, then you’re called in after-hours and learn that everything’s no longer normal, not by a long shot. Find a path that advances national objectives AND leaves us alive. A new, two-hour, fast-action variant of National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Game’s geopolitical-military simulation intended to entertain while maybe even teaching something. Different scenarios every game: pandemics, wars, natural disasters, unnatural disasters. Can you do better than the self-described geniuses in Washington, Moscow, Beijing, etc.? Presented by the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
National Security Decision Making Doomsday Scenario Game
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Fast-paced 2-hour version of NSDMG’s geopolitical-military RPG in a simple, intense, "friendly" game of international thuggery, intrigue, tricks and mayhem.
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Find out how a near future World War Three situation can become fast and deadly. Bring your imagination for a freewheeling game of international war/peace where you vie for power as decision-maker within your nation and the world in a near-future scenario. Political, Military, Nuclear, Biological and Cyber capabilities all are part of the fun. We promise opportunities for unlimited mischief, unparalleled carnage, and a final result where the living might envy the dead. Presented by the National Security Decision Making Game staff.