Ivanka Barzashka

Entrepreneur and scholar focusing on tech & international security | Co-founder and CEO @strandanalytica | Former founding director @kclwargaming @KCLsecurity

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Senior Ukrainian officials said, "War-gaming 'doesn’t work'." “All these methods … you can take them neatly and throw them away, you know?” “And throw them away because it doesn’t work like that now.” https://t.co/colX1QKpfy

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

@washingtonpost sobering report on the failure of US-UK tabletop wargames to develop a theory for success for Ukraine. A cautionary tale for @grantshapps as his predecessor said "wargame outputs have been central" to @DefenceHQ decision-making.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

The Washington Post analysis of the miscalculated counteroffensive in Ukraine

1. The US was deeply involved in planning Ukraine's counteroffensive, holding 8 major war games to shape the campaign. But ... 1/

[War Studies @warstudies]

🤖♟️Is wargames and AI a dangerous mix that needs ethical oversight?

"Integrating AI’s analytical power with wargaming’s human creativity promises strategic advantage to deter or win future wars", writes @ibarzashka.

Read more 👇
https://t.co/Jzt9ZPqfko

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Five years ago, we founded the Wargaming Network @KCLSecurity @KingsCollegeLon - the first research organisation at a civilian university dedicated to establishing wargaming as an academic discipline.

Watch @CNA_org Dr Peter Perla's inaugural lecture:
https://t.co/5ndKtQeEV4

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

"The worst-case scenario is an escalating war in at least three far-flung theaters, fought by a thinly stretched U.S. military alongside ill-equipped allies that are mostly unable to defend themselves against large industrial powers ... to sustain a long conflict." @ForeignPolicy

[Elbridge Colby @ElbridgeColby]

This article is truly a must read.

@axios: "The United States is a heartbeat away from a world war that it could lose," Wess Mitchell, wrote last month in a Foreign Policy article that got a ton of attention in national security circles.

https://t.co/yl9fAJWoG7

[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @BulletinAtomic]

AI’s integration into wargames can influence leadership decisions and future wars, highlighting the need for ethical governance.

"Wargames and AI: A dangerous mix that needs ethical oversight," by @ibarzashka of @KCLSecurity.

Read below:
https://t.co/a8aZAss24m

[Ken S. Gilliam @AWC_ORSA]

Opportunity for a Wargaming position at the Army War College. Please share widely! @edmcgrady @GUWargaming, @TheKrulakCenter @YunaHuhWong, @SebastianBae https://t.co/3HgLD7uETm

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

What new concepts, methods and processes are needed for strategic innovation? Read my evidence to the @HouseofCommons @CommonsDefence inquiry on the Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review https://t.co/nKzDDPgGkI

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Brilliant images by Italian documentary photographer @FraRagazzi

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Many thanks to the viewers from 36 countries across 4 continents at yesterday's @kclwargaming @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP public lecture featuring Dr Brad Roberts @Livermore_Lab on #wargaming to out-innovate, out-think and out-compete

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

@EnricoE39 Thank you for your question!

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Many thanks to the viewers from 36 countries across 4 continents at yesterday's @kclwargaming @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP public lecture featuring Dr Brad Roberts @Livermore_Lab on #wargaming to out-innovate, out-think and out-compete

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Good background viewing for @Livermore_Lab Brad Roberts' @kclwargaming lecture: https://t.co/iDrlXw4Svv

[King's Wargaming @kclwargaming]

What is the future role of #wargaming as method for innovation in a post-pandemic era of major power rivalry? Next Tuesday's @kclwargaming @warstudies @KingsSSPP webinar is sold out. Please register for the waiting list:: https://t.co/1bThyz8Dcc

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

@elliebartels Congratulations @elliebartels!

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Excellent initiative @KingsCollegeLon Please share. Hopefully, they can send out #COVID19 testing kits too!

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

King's has launched a new app, allowing anyone to report symptoms of COVID-19, tracking the progression of the disease in real time.
@TwinsUKres @Kings_SPHES @KCLImmunoMicro @timspector @kingsmedicine #unisupport #KingsTogether

https://t.co/zguEIucjSh

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Building on the huge interest @kclwargaming's call for rapid research proposals this week, we decided to postpone #StrategicWargamingWeek2020 to focus on a more urgent topic.

[King's Wargaming @kclwargaming]

Apply to present @kclwargaming online workshop on 1-2 April 2020 to understand how #wargaming methods: (1) have contributed to research and education of health-related crises, and (2) could be used to understand the effects of the current #pandemic 👉 https://t.co/hurq5jbqSb

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

We're reviewing the pitches for this call @kclwargaming. Guess who is in the top 3? @warstudies undergraduate student. A perfect example for why democratising #wargaming education produces innovation.

[King's Wargaming @kclwargaming]

Overwhelming response to the call for proposals to work with @kclwargaming @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP @KingsCollegeLon on COVID-19 response. Within 12 hours, we received many excellent proposals from colleagues in US, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Mexico, Kazakstan, Singapore and Canada

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Unfortunately @KingsCollegeLon cannot fund all the excellent proposals for rapid research projects that @kclwargaming has received. Calling on other funders to support these efforts @CarnegieCorp @macfound @Hewlett_Found @DARPA @DASAccelerator

[King's Wargaming @kclwargaming]

Overwhelming response to the call for proposals to work with @kclwargaming @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP @KingsCollegeLon on COVID-19 response. Within 12 hours, we received many excellent proposals from colleagues in US, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Mexico, Kazakstan, Singapore and Canada

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

@davidmanheim, thanks for this. Gaming can also be used in the response phase, for for both educational (e.g. informing the public of risky choices) and research purposes (e.g. identifying second and third order effects)

[David Manheim @davidmanheim]

@YunaHuhWong @BethCameron_DC @JHSPH_CHS @kclwargaming And in our paper, we highlighted one area that gaming was particularly appropriate for in informing decisionmakers - preparedness - but there are certainly other question types we discussed which it can be usefully used for.
(ccing my co-authors, @OsondeOsoba @meg_chamberlin )

[Ivanka Barzashka @ibarzashka]

Funding available to work with @kclwargaming @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP @KingsCollegeLon to use #wargaming to find novel approaches to #COVID19

[King's Wargaming @kclwargaming]

**Research Funding Opportunity** King’s has an important opportunity & responsibility to use our research expertise in support of the international response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This goes beyond efforts to find treatments. How can Wargaming help? Details attached.

[Jonathan Samuels @jonathansamuels]

Expect big things over the next two weeks people... #selfisolating