Discussing AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Seminar Series
Mick Ryan, retired Major General in the Australian Army and author of War Transformed, will present the first seminar in this new series.
While Ukraine may not be the first large conventional conflict of the 21st century, it has become the longest, largest and most bloody conventional conflict of the past half century. But even before the war commenced, a range of military trends were emerging that indicated that the character of war was undergoing significant transformation. In this presentation, I will explore key military trends that have underpinned the conduct of this war, and how the explosive change in key trends such as human-machine teaming, strategic influence and mass warfare, will drive further changes in the character of 21st century competition and conflict.
About the speaker
Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army, where he spent 35 years and had the honour of commanding soldiers at troop, squadron, regiment, task force and brigade levels. He has a long-standing interest in military history and strategy, advanced technologies, organizational innovation, and adaptation theory. He was inaugural President of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (Australia) and is a member of the Military Writers Guild. He is a keen author on the interface of military strategy, innovation, and advanced technologies, as well as how institutions can develop their intellectual edge. In February 2022, Mick retired from the Australia Army. In the same month, his book War Transformed was published by USNI Books. He is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, and a non-resident fellow of the Lowy Institute in Sydney. In January 2023 Mick was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
This seminar series is part of a two-year (2023-2025) research project on Anticipating the Future of War: AI, Automated Systems, and Resort-to-Force Decision Making, generously funded by the Australian Department of Defence and led by Professor Toni Erskine from the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.
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