Warfare is fast outpacing the Warfighter. This gap has to be bridged through a transformed PME. Professional Military Education Making for the 21st Century Warrior is an objective introspection of the military education system which ruthlessly identifies the shortcomings and comprehensively suggests solutions for fixing the roots and bridging the gap. The book addresses the challenges to prevail in the struggle between ‘military managing the change and change managing the military’. It builds on new ideas, a reoriented PME model, realigned focus and reformed structures. It seeks to overcome the legacy cultural barriers, bureaucratic lethargy, civil-military silos and conformist mindsets. The suggested PME model envisions developing future joint warfighters with a scientific temper, adept in the art and science of warfare, who think strategically, are empowered intellectually and can creatively apply military power to achieve combat overmatch under disruptive conditions of uncertainty and an accelerated rate of change in a multi-domain operational environment. The research by the author is essentially focused on the Indian PME, yet will be of immense value to militaries across the globe to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Abstract: Chapter Overview 1. War, Warfare and Professional Military Education: The Contextual Connect 2. Empowering Future Military Leaders with Strategic Thinking and Communication Skills 3. Intellectual Overmatch: A Strategic Imperative for Military Success 4. Developing Critical Thinking and Creativity Skills as a Leadership Attribute 5. Technology and Training Synergy in the Future Battlespace 6. Artificial Intelligence Enabled Smart PME for Smart Warfighting 7. Pme for the Information Warfare Age Warriors 8. Joint Professional Military Education: The Path to Military Success 9. The Role of Civil-Military Fusion in Shaping Professional Military Education 10. Global Scan of Pme Strategies and Best Practices 11. Indian Ancient Military Education Culture and Indianisation of Military Thought 12. Appraisal of Indian Pme: Making it Good to Great 13. Adopting a New Model of Pme: Policy Contours and Construct 14. The Way Ahead: Summary of Policy Recommendations Appendix A: Ai in Strategic Systems Vrinda Kapoor and Vinayak Dalmia Appendix B: Online Google form Survey: An Overview About the Author: Lt Gen AB Shivane , PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) a second generation officer is an NDA alumnus and a highly decorated Armoured Corps officer with over 39 years of distinguished military service including a tenure in a UN mission. He was the Strike Corps Commander and Director General of Mechanised Forces. As a renowned scholar warrior, he has authored over a hundred publications on national security and matters of defence, besides two books and is an internationally renowned keynote speaker. The General was a Consultant to the Ministry of Defence (Ordnance Factory Board) post-superannuation. He is presently the Distinguished Fellow and holds the COAS Chair of Excellence at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies. He is also the Senior Advisor Board Member and Executive Director to several organisations and Think Tanks.