EDITORIAL : Preparing for the employment of land forces in the coming years

INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL APPROACH

• The matrix
• The butterfly effect
• The tactical path
• Between liberalism and planning
• The role of the chain of command in conducting changes
• The Airland Battle Example

AN ARMY UNDERGOING PERMANENT ADAPTATION

• Modern conflicts trends
• An anarchical violence
• Population and Town
• The weight of information

EVOLUTION OF DOCTRINE

• An ever changing threat
• An essential actor: population
• Urban blocks within an extended area

THE FRAMEWORK OF OPERATIONS

• Support to diplomacy
• Coercion
• Violence control
• Digitization

FRANCE WITHIN THE CHORUS OF TRANSFORMATION

A REQUIRED POLYPHONY

• Inter-agency aspect
• Joint aspect
• Combined aspect
• About interoperability

THE NATURE OF CHANGES

• Reactivity considered as principle
• The position of technology
• Polymorphic structures
• Multirole units

UPHEAVAL OR CONVERSION

• Tactical aspects
• Command and control structure
• A conversion in progress