Andre Carvalho is a Brazilian scholar working with operational art and force design who is reading for a PhD in Military Sciences at the Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College. At the Brazilian Army CGSC, he is a Research Associate at Minerva, a research group focused on conflicts, strategy, and intelligence. He is currently a PhD Visiting Research Student at the Defence Studies Department.

His PhD thesis focuses on operational art as a theoretical construct investigating its return to doctrinal debate and contemporary military thought in the wake of the war in Ukraine and how is this return manifested in the design of European land forces.

At the Defence Studies Department Andre is working on two fronts: the relevance of armies and land forces in the Indo-Pacific Context; and the Chinese approach to operations and warfighting.

Research Interests 

• Operational Art
• Land Forces and Land Warfare
• Force Design
• Military Doctrine
• Strategic Theory
• Geopolitical Risk

Publications

Book Chapters:

CARVALHO, Andre; MOITA, Sandro Teixeira . The Expanding Role of Ground Forces in Multidomain Operations across East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. In: Amos Foz; Franz Stefan Gady. (Org.). Multidomain Operations: the pursuit of battlefield dominance in the 21st century. 1ed.Hampshire: Howgate Publishing Limited, 2026, v. , p. 169-189. (https://www.howgatepublishing.com/product-page/mdo)

CARVALHO, Andre; LEONI, Z. J. ; PARCELS, S. ; HUNG, Ho Ting . China?s Economic Warfare and Implications for the West. In: Greg Kennedy; Antulio Echevarria II; Anna Brinkman-Schwartz. (Org.). Economic Warfare: A Foundation for Twenty-First-Century Strategic Practice. 1ed.Carlisle: US Army War College Press, 2026, v. 269, p. 117-136. (https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/986/)

Research Articles:

CARVALHO, Andre; MOITA, Sandro Teixeira . Bellum ex machina: reflections on artificial intelligence and the future of operational art. COLEÇÃO MEIRA MATTOS - REVISTA DAS CIÊNCIAS MILITARES (ONLINE), v. 19, p. 1-3, 2026. (https://colecaomeiramattos.com.br/CMM/article/view/14311/11462)

Policy Papers and Media Articles:

CARVALHO, Andre; REGO, João . Mosaic Defense and Dispersed Command: Iran Strikes Back. Small Wars Journal, 2026. (CARVALHO, Andre; REGO, João . Mosaic Defense and Dispersed Command: Iran Strikes Back)

CARVALHO, Andre; SANCHEZ, Wilder . Jungle Thunder: A Multinational Approach to Improving U.S. Capabilities in Jungle Warfare. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2025. (https://www.csis.org/analysis/jungle-thunder-multinational-approach-improving-us-capabilities-jungle-warfare)