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  • Shaping the Information Environment

    What are proven effective ways to shape the information environment during Phase 0/Phase I operations, specifically regarding, near-peer competitors? Do TTPs exist that PACAF/PA should be aware of to dial up and down the amount of deterrence/pressure messaging for effective deterrence and to avoid

  • Rapid All-Domain Fusion for SOF

    What concepts, capabilities, and command and control solutions must SOF develop to effectively act as the synchronizer for a multi-domain (space, cyber) nexus that delivers strategic effects for the joint force?

  • Future of U.S. SOF Enterprise: Flat, Fast and Focused

    How can the SOF enterprise adapt its structure, processes, and workforce optimization strategies to become flatter, faster, and more focused, enabling the rapid decision-making required by the increased speed of modern warfare?

  • Harnessing Data for Irregular Warfare

    How can SOF, working with partners like USSPACECOM, ethically and effectively integrate data-driven technologies and AI/ML into irregular warfare operations by developing the necessary new warfighting concepts?

  • Political Limitations on Operations

    How can SOF effectively plan and execute deep area operations by mitigating political restraints, while simultaneously developing tailored counternarratives to combat adversary influence campaigns that create those very limitations?

  • Strategic Influence through SOF

    How can SOF systematically enhance its strategic influence capabilities by integrating the necessary authorities, synchronizing tactical actions with strategic messaging, and leveraging insights from academic and business disciplines?

  • Russia's Security Council

    What is the role and importance of the Russian Security Council, and how significant are its decision-making processes and decrees in shaping national policy?

  • Nexus/Triad Strategic-Level Synthesis

    How can USSOCOM overcome strategic-level integration challenges, such as information sharing and clearance issues, to rapidly synthesize and implement a space-SOF-cyber nexus with allies and partners for effective deterrence and conflict operations?

  • Chinese Use of Resistance Groups

    By analyzing the PRC's historical support for resistance movements and the current influence operations of the CCP United Front, how can a strategy be developed to counter China's potential future sponsorship of dissident organizations as its elite capture strategies become less effective?