Publications & Presentations

Matthew B. Caffrey Jr.

matthewbcaffreyjr@gmail.com

Welcome to Wargaming: Why, How, What & When
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2024

Winning the Race to Next Generation Wargaming Working Group Report
Matthey Caffrey, Tim Barrick et al
Connections US 2024

Winning the Race to Next Generation Wargaming - Education & Training
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2024

Next Generation Wargaming: The Need For a Revolution In Wargaming & How That Revolution Can Be Achieved
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2023

AI: Key to Unlocking Full Potential of Defense Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2023

Welcome to Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2023

Fundamentals of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2022

History of Wargaming from BC to VJ Day
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2022

1. Introduction to Wargaming
2. The Breadth of Wargaming
3. Origins and Evolution of Connections Wargaming Conferences
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2021

Continuing Your Professional Development
Matthew Caffrey, Paul Vebber, Ed McGrady & Sebastian Bae
Connections US 2021

Educating Wargamers
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2021

Enabling Wargamers
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2021

NATO SAS-139: NATO Analytical Wargaming
Katie Hughes & Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2021

Time Traveler's Guide to Being a Wargaming Practitioner
Matthew Caffrey, Paul Vebber, Ed McGrady & Sebastian Bae
Connections US 2021

Wargaming Fundamentals (and welcome to Connections US 2021)
Matthew Caffrey, Paul Vebber, Ed McGrady & Sebastian Bae
Connections US 2021

History of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections Online 2021

Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through Wargame Enhanced Innovation
Matthew Caffrey, Nathaniel Fritz et al
Connections US 2020

Connections International Panel
Matthew Caffrey, Colin Marston & Rex Brynen
Connections US 2020

Wargaming Basics
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2020

Need and the Edge
Matthew Caffrey
Connections Oz 2020

Wargaming in a Post-Pandemic World: Adapting Institutions to Out-Think and Out-Partner
Matthew Caffrey
King's College London University UK June 23, 2020

Wargaming's Most Valuable Players
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2020

On Wargaming: How Wargames Have Shaped History and How They May Shape the Future
Matthew Caffrey
US Naval War College Press 2019

Testing tactics: Researchers chronicle evolution of Russian wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Jane's Intelligence Review; vol 31 no 11; Nov 2019; p56-57

History of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2018

Introduction to Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2018

Introductory Comments to Panel on Wargame Design
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2018

Victory (Sooner) Through Airpower
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2018

Taking the Long View: Increasing the Military Effectiveness of Defense Wargaming (mp3)
Slides PDF
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2017, Origins 2017

Why Wargames Increase The Impact of the Edge Provided by Innovation
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2017

Impact of Wargaming Logistics
Matthew Caffrey
HQ AFMC/A4 2016

Growing Tomorrows Wargame Innovators
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2016

The Engine of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Chapter 9 of Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming, Pat Harrigan & Matthew Kirschenbaum (Eds.), MIT Press 2016

Wargaming: Why, What, How
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2016

1992: The Inception of Connections
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2015

Breadth of Wargame Applications and Methods
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2015

How Leaders Can Receive More Value From Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2015

Preserving Wargaming's Gains
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2015

Why Wargames Accelerate Innovation
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2015

Wargaming: A Catalyst For Effective Military Innovation
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2015

International Efforts to Advance and Sustain the Art, Science and Application of Wargaming (mp3)
Slide Pack (pdf)
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2015

Wargaming in the USA (mp3)
Slide Pack (pdf)
Matthew Caffrey
Connections UK 2014

Genesis of Connections
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2013

Wargaming for Defense Leaders
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2013

Wargaming for Defense Planners
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2013

Wargaming for Defense Practitioners
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2013

Evolution of the Future: or the future ain't what it used to be
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2010

Forecasting the World in 2030
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2010

Technology as the American Way of Victory
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2010

Anticipating DoD S&T Needs and Opportunities
Mike Macedonia, Bob Barton, Mark Montroll & Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2009

Irregular Warfare
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2009

Introduction to Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2008

Military Military Transformation Through Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2008

Transformation of Military Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2008

Introduction to Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2008

Airpower & Insurgencies
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2008

US Military Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2007

The Doolittle Raid
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2007

Strategic Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2007

Commercial Wargaming and American Defense
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2007

An Air Force At Dawn: The Maturing of American Airpower in WWII's ETO
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2007

What If The Gulf War Had Gone On Longer
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2006

Wargaming & The Evolution of Warfare
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2006

Wargaming and Operations: Wargaming’s Impact on Mission Planning
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2006

Anticipating the Evolution of Warfare
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2006

Expedient Air & Space Power 101
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2005

Wind Tunnel for Disruptive Change
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2005

What If? Vietnam: an Allied Victory Strategy
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2005

The Unknown Air Battle over the Bulge
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2005

What If? WWII ETO Strategic Bombing Alternative Strategy
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2005

Playing Red: How Our Adversaries Wargame
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2005

Defeating Asymmetric Adversaries through Joint Campaign Forecasting
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2004

US Ground Based Airpower
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2004

Road Ahead for Wargaming: The Why and How of Achieving the Next Generation of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Proc. SPIE 5423, Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science VIII, 13 August 2004

Red Flag For Joint Campaigns: Building a more effective Air and Joint Force through better operation and strategic wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
USAF Air University 21 April 2004

FY03 Wargaming Assessment Report
Matthew Caffrey & Justin Sorice
Air Force research Laboratory AFRL-IF-RS-TM-2003-5, 1 December 2003

Operational Needs For Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2003

Airpower in Operation Desert Storm
Matthew Caffrey
Air and Space Power Journal Summer 2003-06-22, Vol 17

Airpower vs Terrorism
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2002, Origins 2002

Enhancing Education at the Air Command and Staff College
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2002

New War, Ancient Heritage
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2002, Origins 2002

Wargaming Aerospace Power
Matthey Caffrey
Connections 2002

Influences on India and Pakistan's Approach to Air War
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2002

Ancient Art of Effects Based Operations: Historical Insights Through Nodal Analysis
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 2001

Wargaming Aerospace Power
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2002
Origins 2000

Aerospace Power 102
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2001

Third Generation Wargame A Joint/Combined Planning Tool
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2001

What is a Wargame?
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2001

Strategic Warfare: Past, Present, & Future
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 2000, Origins 2000

Overlooked Air Campaigns of the Forgotten War
Matthew Caffrey, John Hill
Origins 2000

Toward a History-Based Doctrine for Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Aerospace Power Journal Fall 2000

Commercial Wargames Database
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 1999

Ascent of Airpower: The First Hundred Years
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 1999

History Based Theory of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 1999, 2000

Precision Weapons: A 200 Year Evolution or Revolution?
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 1999

Winning The Peace: Rediscovering the American way of Peace
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 1999

Winning Wars: How can the US win battles yet lose wars?
Matthew Caffrey
Origins 1999

Airpower America: the 3rd Generation Wargame
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 1998

Impact of Wargaming
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 1998

Revolutions in Military Affairs: Tools for Understanding the Past and Shaping the Future
Matthew Caffrey
Connections US 1998