From the Strategy Lab
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S.A.G.E. Outputs
The examples linked above provide representative outputs from S.A.G.E. scenario simulations conducted within the current alpha environment. These illustrative runs are intended to demonstrate how the platform structures strategic assessments, surfaces cross-domain interaction effects, and generates traceable courses of action and implementation pathways under specified assumptions and planning horizons.
As S.A.G.E. continues development toward beta release, additional functionality and expanded scenario capabilities will be made available through this portal, including user-generated simulation and scenario experimentation tools.
The Literature Behind the Work
Our work does not emerge from a vacuum. These are the books, reports, and papers that continue to shape how CAGS thinks about strategy, power, AI, and the future of statecraft.
Grand Strategy
On Grand Strategy - John Lewis Gaddis
What Good Is Grand Strategy? - Hal Brands
American Diplomacy - George F. Kennan
The Making of Strategy - Murray, Knox & Bernstein, eds.
Purpose and Power - Donald Stoker
Impact of AI on Strategy & National Security
Four Battlegrounds - Paul Scharre
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit - Kissinger, Schmidt & Huttenlocher
AI and National Security - Gregory Allen & Taniel Chan — Belfer Center
Final Report - National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI)
Simulation & Gaming
The Art of Wargaming - Peter Perla
Simulating War - Philip Sabin
Next-Generation Wargaming for the U.S. Marine Corps - RAND Corporation
War Games - Thomas B. Allen
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