Akar Bharadvaj
Assistant director within the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division at IDA who focuses on wargames, logistics, and related analytic issues, providing expertise on logistics wargaming and design.
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Apr 3, 2026 • 35min
Wargaming Approaches for Varied Warfighting Functions
Rosemary K. Tropeano, a researcher who games intelligence and emerging-tech tradeoffs. Rachel L. McVicker, an operational wargaming practitioner for ally and partner planning. Akar Bharadvaj, an assistant director focused on logistics and wargame design. They discuss why wargames matter, designing playable mechanics, tools from dice to sims, operational planning tensions, logistics coordination, and gaming intelligence processes.
