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@AtlanticCouncil featured some of mine and other experts' thoughts on cyber and wargaming today. Given this opportunity, I want to highlight some of the great social science wargaming work I mention in the comments: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/csi5x5-is-it-a-game-or-is-it-real-simulations-and-wargaming-in-cyber/
@eriklg designs experimental games to examine how drones affect crisis outcomes. Check out some of his research @WarOnTheRocks https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/game-of-drones-what-experimental-wargames-reveal-about-drones-and-escalation/
@areddie89 @bethanygoldblum and the Project on Nuclear Gaming have been leading an innovative large-N look at both tabletop and virtual interfaces to understand how low yield nuclear weapons affect crisis stability.
https://pong.berkeley.edu/e-game/
https://pong.berkeley.edu/e-game/
The @pong_ucb team that developed Signal also has a fascinating piece on large-N wargames @ScienceMagazine. Make sure you don't miss the response by @RANDCorporation wargaming experts. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6421/1362.full?ijkey=1/6cV0w1trG9I&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
@drbvaler & Ben Jensen have been working on large-N iteration wargames that explore cyber operations' impact on crisis outcomes. Check out some of their results @AtlanticCouncil https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/what-do-we-know-about-cyber-escalation-observations-from-simulations-and-surveys/
@reidpauly has explored how historical games can be used to understand Cold War nuclear strategy. Read his paper @Journal_IS https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9d3f0f9f87703767ff0084/t/5dd1fc0201bff5552dbfd242/1574042627240/Pauly+-+Would+US+Leaders+Push+the+Button%3F+-+IS+Article.pdf
@StaciePettyjohn @RANDCorporation is one of wargaming's preeminent leaders and her work on improving defense wargames plays an influential role in modernizing DoD sponsored wargames. https://warontherocks.com/2016/02/gaming-the-system-obstacles-to-reinvigorating-defense-wargaming/
@elliebartels @RANDCorporation recently completed a dissertation that categorizes the existing field of wargaming and introduces the philosophy of science to the "art" of wargaming https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD437.html
For more leading work on wargames and the DoD practitioner community, follow @YunaHuhWong @RANDCorporation https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2020/05/the-serious-side-of-gaming-qa-with-yuna-wong.html and @becca_wasser @CNASdc https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/magazine/woman-war-gaming.html
@ibarzashka and @kclwargaming have taken a lead in creating a wargaming center that both conducts wargames and provides one of the most introspective looks at wargames as a field https://thebulletin.org/2019/03/wargaming-how-to-turn-vogue-into-science/
Finally, I want to take a minute to highlight mine & colleagues' work @NWC_CIPI that builds on @NavalWarCollege's history of excellence in wargaming to look specifically at cyber problems:
https://warontherocks.com/2017/07/cyber-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure-insights-from-war-gaming/
https://dnnlgwick.blob.core.windows.net/portals/0/NWCDepartments/Cyber%20&%20Innovation%20Policy%20Institute/Defend%20Forward%20Critical%20Infrastructure%20Game%20Report%202019.pdf?sr=b&si=DNNFileManagerPolicy&sig=%2Bdh86X6w60GJ4B6iTHCbiq3T8iOQ8Oy0PIIlZiCbzUM%3D
https://warontherocks.com/2017/07/cyber-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure-insights-from-war-gaming/
https://dnnlgwick.blob.core.windows.net/portals/0/NWCDepartments/Cyber%20&%20Innovation%20Policy%20Institute/Defend%20Forward%20Critical%20Infrastructure%20Game%20Report%202019.pdf?sr=b&si=DNNFileManagerPolicy&sig=%2Bdh86X6w60GJ4B6iTHCbiq3T8iOQ8Oy0PIIlZiCbzUM%3D
I want to thank @HooverInst for taking this wargame research to the next level, hosting our first ever virtual International Crisis Wargame tomorrow, all part of a project begun w/Ben Schechter & @RACHSHAFF 2 years ago to look at cyber & nuclear stability. https://www.hoover.org/events/international-crisis-war-game-hoover-institution-may-27-2020
