Why Wargaming Matters In An Age Of Hybrid Conflict And Artificial Intelligence – Analysis

States define and pursue their national interests. Inevitably, these interests collide with those of competing states, generating economic, political, and social tensions that can escalate into direct or indirect military confrontation through alliances and proxy arrangements.

Strategic management of national interests therefore requires a framework capable of producing sound courses of action under uncertainty. At the core of such a framework lies wargaming. It should not be confined to military simulation alone.