The Take | Bryan Clark Explains 'Gray-Zone Warfare'

In the first episode of Hudson’s new video series “The Take,” Senior Fellow Bryan Clark gives viewers a primer on gray-zone warfare—provocative demonstrations of force that fall short of the types of high-intensity confrontation that would trigger military escalation.

While the U.S. military is over-prepared for high intensity conflict situations, we are underprepared for the gray-zone strategies that adversaries like Russia, China and North Korea increasingly favor. To address this strategic disadvantage, the U.S. must move beyond its World War II planning model and embrace decision-centric warfare.