Authors:Colin ijebor Abstract: Most scholarly research into the concept of military innovation tend to focus on the nature of military innovation and how it comes about, but rarely investigate the reasons why these innovations come about in the first place. Artificial Intelligence (AI), which forms the basis for many new technological advancements today, can compel military innovation. AI does not constitute military innovation, but the technological advancements produced based on AI can inspire senior officers to innovate in their military establishment. This paper seeks to conceptualize military innovation by considering various definitions and schools of thought on the subject and to examine the potential reasons for innovation as identified by Rosen, highlighting the role of AI within each of them. PubDate: 2019-12-01 Issue No:Vol. 20, No. 1 (2019)
Authors:Tuan Vu Abstract: This article, part of a bigger research project, is focused on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN)’s anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden (GofA) between 2008 and 2015. It demonstrates the evolution of the PLAN’s task forces in force structure, capabilities, and logistics during the period. The dynamic of these deployments will be explained and how the PLAN’s anti-piracy missions, initially concentrated on economic and security, ended up as a steppingstone for a future Chinese geostrategic plan. PubDate: 2019-12-01 Issue No:Vol. 20, No. 1 (2019)
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