December 10, 2020
Like Your Brain Has Just Gone To the Gym (Wargaming Room)
A Better Peace welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). Chris and Becca join host Ken Gilliam in our special series the Wargaming Room to discuss the efforts and contributions of CNAS to the gaming world. The three discuss how strategic gaming is used to shape the choices of leaders in government policy, industry and academia.
Listen to the full conversation on the U.S. Army War College's A Better Peace podcast.
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