{"668227":{"#nid":"668227","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers to Lead Pioneering Space Wargaming Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpace is, thankfully, a peaceful place. But that lack of conflict high overhead also obscures how little scholars down here know about the ways a conflict in orbit might play out, much less how to deter it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech space policy expert Mariel Borowitz thinks she has a way to help clear up some of that confusion. Under a new $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, Borowitz plans to help lead a major series of public space wargaming exercises. They\u2019re meant to tease out how current U.S. deterrence strategies might fall short when it comes to stopping a conflict in space and what can be done to improve them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen it comes to conflict in space, the stakes are enormously high and the challenges are extremely complex,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/mariel-borowitz\u0022\u003EBorowitz\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. \u201cThis project will better equip us to understand whether existing deterrence models can help hold the line in space or whether another model is necessary to prevent a potentially devastating outbreak in orbit.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJon Lindsay, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENunn School\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with a joint appointment in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, will work with Borowitz on the project, as will U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Brian Stewart \u2014 a Nunn School Ph.D. graduate who now teaches at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Jacquelyn Schneider \u2014 a Hoover Fellow at The Hoover Center at Stanford University \u2014 rounds out the team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA central theme of the project will be trying to understand how the concept of integrated deterrence applies to conflict in space. Integrated deterrence essentially boils down to a country using everything at its disposal to prevent conflict from escalating too far, from applying diplomatic and economic pressure to bringing the military into the mix.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing such means to deter conflict in a global hotspot on the ground is tricky enough. Look no further than Ukraine for contemporary evidence of that.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut when that hotspot is space, conflict doesn\u2019t just threaten stability in one part of the planet. It could quickly become a serious threat to civilian communications, commerce, and military operations across the globe. Despite the high stakes, trying to understand how to tamp down such conflict is something government officials and scholars are only beginning to tackle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMuch of the work in this space focuses on improving military technology to sense what adversaries are doing and improving the ability of militaries to destroy incoming attacks quickly. But this project highlights how no complex problem can be solved without considering both technological and human factors \u2014 a core competency of the Nunn School and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe understand entanglement from a technological standpoint, but we need to better understand how these entanglements affect perceptions and decisions, which ultimately shape deterrence,\u201d Borowitz said. \u201cAnd we need to have more clarity on how decisions to separate military and civilian systems or choices to integrate different sectors within the space domain more closely might affect deterrence, before billions of dollars are spent on these efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBorowitz and her colleagues have already staged versions of space conflict scenarios in the classroom at Georgia Tech. They are now broadening the scope and preparing for the first exercises, which could come as soon as September.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team plans to hold wargaming sessions across the globe over the next few years, including at Georgia Tech and the Air Force Academy and in Washington, Brussels, Taiwan, and Tokyo. The sessions will include national security figures, scholars, students, and international partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project is expected to generate a significant dataset of use to scholars, as well as a book, game design materials, and other assets to help other researchers continue the work, Borowitz said\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUnder a new $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, Mariel Borowitz plans to help lead a major series of public space wargaming exercises. 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