Welcome to the DEFAERO Strategy Series, our discussion with leading thinkers on security, business and technology, Dr. Frank Hoffman, a distinguished research fellow at the National Defense University who is among America’s leading strategists and the author of “Mars Adapting: Military Change During War,” discusses the strategies America needs to prepare for future challenges, how strategies shape adversary behavior, lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan, how to accelerate innovation cycles, the “four faces” of strategy formulation and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This conversation is part of a series of discussions with leading thinkers and strategists and dedicated to the memory of Andy Marshall, the former director of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, and sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The Strategy Series is not affiliated with the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation.