US Devises 'Influence Games' For Working with Syria, Levant
The US Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group wants a better grasp of its vulnerabilities, those of its adversaries and the consequences of US actions. Barbara Slavin reports on the body''s "competitive influence" game that will focus on the crisis in Syria. “You can tie every threat group around the world to the Levant,” said one participant.
When is a war game not a war game? When it is a “competitive influence” game.
For three days earlier this month (May 15-17), more than 100 people met in Annapolis, Md. to brainstorm about devising such an exercise. The actual game is to be played this summer at an air base in Florida.
