On Thursday 6 February 2020, the Center for Doctrine and Command Teaching organizes a military thinking conference at the Ecole Militaire. It will take place at the amphithéâtre Foch at 2PM.
| See poster | Poster |
| Download the program | To face high-intensity, what tactical commander for tomorrow? |
| Watch the teaser | The teaser |
Despite combat actions of extreme violence, the tactical ground commander has mainly faced stabilization or normalization operations in the last decades. Due to the foretold return of high-intensity warfare, the tactical commander will undoubtedly face a wide spectrum of human, material and informational chaos on extended periods.
This inevitable mutation of conflicts compels Armed Forces to rethink the status and abilities of the commander, namely, what he must know, understand, decide and embody to defeat an enemy in a high-intensity conflict.
The debates will revolve around 2 round tables:
Round table n°1
Is high-intensity warfare a sole high-technology warfare?
Hyper technology is undoubtedly at the heart of high-intensity warfare with swifter decision-making process and destruction being even more efficient, precise and controlled. After the asymmetrical conflicts of the last decades, the on-going technological levelling is the forerunner of symmetrical warfare and considerable human and material attrition. In this context, can the battlefield become chaotic in the very first contacts? Can the commander still see through it all?
Round table n°2
Rupture or continuity, can the commander of today be the commander of tomorrow?
With or without cutting-edge technology, the military commander of tomorrow remains a leader at the heart of the high-intensity warfare. Resilient and battlehardened, he must keep his clairvoyance and be the beacon of light for his soldiers. Will the commander be ready for tomorrow’s challenges? Do we need an “augmented commander” or to increase the ability for operating in downgraded environment?
