To Hell with the Cell: The Case for Immersive Statecraft Education

Author(s): Arvid Bell, Alexander Bollfrass
Journal Title: International Studies Perspectives
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2021

Current wargaming techniques are effective training and research instruments for military scenarios with fixed tools and boundaries on the problem. Control cells consisting of officiants determining and evaluating moves enforce these boundaries. Real-world crises, however, unfold in several dimensions in a chaotic context, a condition requiring decision-making under deep uncertainty. In this article, CSS’ Alexander Bollfrass and Arvid Bell assess how pedagogical exercises can be designed to effectively capture this level of complexity and describe a new framework for developing deeply immersive exercises.

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