Institute for National and International Security proudly highlights the participation of INIS member Mario Greco, General (Ret.) of the Italian Army, at the high-level international forum SPADE 2026, where he contributed to strategic discussions on the future of security, full-spectrum warfare, and the convergence of physical, digital, and cognitive domains in contemporary conflict environments.

Mario Greco, former NATO Senior Strategic Analyst, strategic foresight expert, defence-tech strategist, and retired Brigadier General of the Italian Army, emphasized that the world is entering an era of permanent multidimensional security crisis in which threats no longer unfold within isolated domains. According to Greco, modern conflicts simultaneously combine physical, digital, and cognitive dimensions, creating a synchronized environment of destabilization that traditional institutional models are increasingly unable to address effectively.

During the conference discussions, special attention was devoted to the concept of Full-Spectrum Warfare, which Greco described as the integrated use of kinetic disruption, cyber penetration, electronic warfare, disinformation, AI-enabled manipulation, and attacks on critical infrastructure within a single strategic framework. In such an environment, the primary objective of adversaries is no longer limited to the destruction of physical assets but increasingly focuses on degrading trust, social cohesion, institutional resilience, decision-making capabilities, and freedom of strategic action.

Greco particularly stressed the growing importance of artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, cyber capabilities, and advanced strategic assessment systems in shaping the future security environment. According to his assessment, AI acts as a cross-domain accelerant that can improve strategic decision-making advantage while simultaneously increasing risks of manipulation, deception, bias, and systemic error when institutions lack adequate strategic governance mechanisms and anticipatory capacities.

A central part of his presentation focused on the urgent need for integrated strategic assessment capabilities, enhanced by AI and LLM-supported analytical platforms that connect strategic foresight, comparative net assessment, C4 systems, resilience analysis, and capability development “at the speed of relevance.” Greco emphasized that in future multidomain conflicts, strategic advantage will belong to actors capable of integrating faster, understanding earlier, deciding more effectively, and adapting before disruption transforms into strategic defeat.

The participation of General (Ret.) Mario Greco at SPADE 2026 strongly reflects many of the theoretical foundations promoted within Security Science and by the INIS international network. His analysis directly corresponds with contemporary Security Science approaches that view security as a multidimensional, interconnected, and dynamic system influenced by political, technological, informational, cognitive, cyber, and geopolitical processes operating simultaneously across multiple domains.

INIS continues to support international dialogue on the future of Security Science, strategic foresight, resilience, hybrid warfare, AI implications, and multidomain security challenges through cooperation with leading global experts, institutions, military professionals, intelligence practitioners, and academic researchers dedicated to understanding the rapidly evolving architecture of global security.