Another in the series of unique Sea-Air-Space events brought to you by the Center for Maritime Strategy is the “live” recording of CMS’ podcast “Maritime Nation” where host and Dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy Admiral Jaime Foggo dives deeply into the policy challenges of America’s sea services and their role on the global stage.
As was done last year, Admiral Foggo will record a podcast session as part of the Sea-Air-Space program and offer the live audience a chance to join in the question-and-answer session. This year Foggo hosts futurist and author Dr. P.W. Singer for a discussion about what the U.S. Navy will look like 30 years hence and the implications of changing technology and concepts over that period.
Singer is no stranger to the world of future naval forces and speculation on how they will evolve and change over time. His books from the 2000s focused on the privatization of war through the employment of corporations in military operations, as well the implications from the use of child soldiers in insurgency. His 2009 book “Wired for War” examined the growing use of robots more frequently found in science fiction on modern-day battlefields: often ahead of the thinking on the ethics of the employment of such systems.
Singer goes to war with decommissioned U.S. Navy ships brought back from reserve in “Ghost Fleet,” which speculates on what happens when a very diverse group of older warships, unconventional people, and weapons, supported by an ad hoc supply chain have to defend against a Chinese invasion of Hawaii. Finally in his more recent books such as “LikeWar,” “The Weaponization of Social Media” and “Burn-In, A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution,” Singer looks at the forces in society unleashed by the continuing spread and now weaponization of social media, and the concurrent rise of the robots within all aspects of modern society and the implications of this change, especially for warfare in the 21st century.
Together Singer and Foggo will speculate on how all of these forces will combine to change the strategy and force design of the Navy of the 2050s, how the Navy itself my start the process of self-change, and what potential hazards await this new naval force, both in development and in future battle.
Do not “ghost” this session of Sea-Air-Space, but rather “like” and “burn-in” on this presentation and join the speculative conversation at the conclusion of the session in the recorded question and answer session. The event will be Tuesday, April 9 from 2:00 to 3:00 in Potomac C Ballroom.