Prompt Descriptions
Product Name: Prompts for Radicals (P4R)
Inspiration: "Bring What I Read to life with GPT."
Application: Power, politics, and systems.
Description: A collection of over 40 strategic prompt templates. The book provides readers with tools to test real-world strategic scenarios in complex, competitive situations.
The following are descriptions of the individual prompt templates in: "Prompts for Radicals" (eBook).
Product Name: Advanced Technology – 1
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University course: “Systems Engineering Advanced Technology."
Application: Using GPT to prevent foreign military aid.
Description: The Advanced Technology Prompt One is based on the syllabus for the Johns Hopkins course: Systems Engineering Advanced Technology - 645.766. The goal of this template is to provide a tool for anyone to quickly assess whether an emerging technology can be leveraged to their benefit.
Product Name: Advanced Technology-2
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University course: “Systems Engineering Advanced Technology."
Application: Using GPT to prevent foreign military aid.
Description: The Advanced Technology Prompt Two is based on the syllabus for the Johns Hopkins course: Systems Engineering Advanced Technology - 645.766; and the Wikipedia page, "Computer mediated communication." The goal of this template is to provide a tool for anyone to quickly assess how an emerging technology can affect culture.
Product Name: Advanced Technology – 3
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University course: “Systems Engineering Advanced Technology."
Application: Using GPT to prevent foreign military aid.
Description: The Advanced Technology Prompt Three is based on the syllabus for the Johns Hopkins course: Systems Engineering Advanced Technology - 645.766. Rand Europe paper: “Cultural and Technological Change in the future Information Environment,” was also used to develop prompts in this template. The goal of this template is to provide a tool for anyone to quickly assess whether an emerging technology can be leveraged to his or her benefit.
Product Name: Advanced Technology – 4
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University course: “Systems Engineering Advanced Technology."
Application: Using GPT to prevent foreign military aid.
Description: The Advanced Technology Prompt Four is based on the syllabus for the Johns Hopkins course: Systems Engineering Advanced Technology - 645.766. Rand Europe paper: “Cultural and Technological Change in the Future Information Environment,” was also used to develop prompts in this template. The goal of this template is to provide a tool for anyone to quickly assess whether an emerging technology can be leveraged to his or her benefit; by following a simple step-by-step process to assess its impact of on culture.
Product Name: Adversary Power Structure
Inspiration: Impunity: Countering illicit power in war and transition. Center for Complex Operations, 2016.
Application: Project 25.
Description: The Adversary Power Structure Prompt is derived from "Impunity: Countering Illicit Power in War and Transition (Figure 10.1 Illicit Power Structures: A Framework for Analysis and Understanding)." The goal of this template is to provide a way for anyone to strategically assess an adversarial power structure. The Wikipedia page, Project 2025, was used. It is also meant to be a tool for developing contingencies that prevent the development of potential adversarial power structures.
Product Name: Arbitrage
Inspiration: Researching arbitrage opportunities.
Application: Stock trading entity.
Description: The Arbitrage Prompt is based on a Copilot prompt that provides a generic checklist for an arbitrage strategy and multiple online definitions of arbitrage. The goal of this template is to give the template user a tool for researching arbitrage opportunities.
Product Name: Capability-based Planning
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering: Search and Rescue System team projects.
Application: Search and Rescue in Amazon.
Description: The Capability-based Planning Prompt is based on the standard system engineering classroom project where teams of students work together to develop a model search and rescue system. The Rand Paper, The U.S. Department of Defense Planning Process: Components and Challenges, was referenced in the development of this template. The purpose of this template is to get prompt creators to consider focusing on capabilities as opposed to threats, in their planning approaches.
Product Name: Competing Hypothesis
Inspiration: Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
Application: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (i.e., UFOs)
Description: The Competing Hypothesis Prompt is based on the book: Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. The goal of this template is to provide a tool for mapping evidence with hypotheses about an issue.
Product Name: Complex Adaptive System
Inspiration: A Wikipedia Model of Complex Adaptive System
Application: U.S. Economy.
Description: The Complex Adaptive System Prompt is based on the papers: Ecological Psychology Meets Ecology: Apis mellifera as a Model for Perception-Action, Social Dynamics, and Human Factors (Figure 1); and DevOps Model Approach for Monitoring Smart Energy Systems. Copilot searches were also used to clarify concepts described in each of the papers. The goal of this prompt template is to provide a tool for modeling how the behavior of a set of actors changes over time.
Product Name: Counter Strategy
Inspiration: Project 25
Application: Project 25
Description: Counter Strategy Prompt references Project 2025. The goal of this prompt is to help template users leverage GPT for commonsense counter strategies in a competition with an adversary.
Product Name: Deterrence
Inspiration: "Strategies of New World African Liberation" by W. Aggrey Brown
Application: Animal Farm.
Description: The Deterrence Prompt is based on a simple formula from the Wikipedia page: “Deterrence theory.” The goal of this prompt is to provide a tool for assessing likelihood of an entity deterring an adversary in a competitive situation.
Product Name: Doctrine
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering: Search and Rescue System team projects.
Application: Search and Rescue in Amazon.
Description: The Doctrine Prompt Overview is based on a webpage: Strategy, Tactics and Doctrine, at gocatgo.com. The goal of this prompt is to provide template users with a tool to show a hierarchal relationship between doctrine, strategy, and tactics.
Product Name: Engineering Systems Matrix
Inspiration: Engineering Systems Multiple‐Domain Matrix
Application: International Space Station.
Description: The Engineering Systems Prompt is designed to help the template user get a holistic view of a complex system, by mapping the interactions of five engineering systems domains: system drivers, stakeholders, objectives, functions, objects, and activities. It is based on key papers in the field of engineering systems.
Product Name: Force Balance
Inspiration: Military Force Balance Assessment
Application: Shipping in the Red Sea.
Description: The Force Balance Prompt Template is based on a Microsoft Copilot query for a military force balance assessment. It is designed to help template users assess force balances in competitive environments.
Product Name: Force Posture
Inspiration: Analyzing an adversary.
Application: Animal Farm.
Description: The Force Posture Prompt is designed to help the template user evaluate the effectiveness of an adversary’s capabilities, actions, and infrastructure in relation to its strategic objectives and the security environment. It is based on a Microsoft Copilot search query for a generic checklist for a military force posture analysis of an adversary.
Product Name: Gatekeeping
Inspiration: "Toward a theory of network gatekeeping: A framework for exploring
information control."
Application: Self-Publishing.
Description: The Gatekeeping Prompt Overview is based on Karine Barzilai-Nahon's seminal paper on networked gatekeeping. It is designed to help template users develop strategies to counter the network gatekeeping.
Product Name: Green Country Model
Inspiration: Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest: “Sociocultural Modeling in the Social Identity Look-Ahead Simulation and the Green Country
Model.”
Application: Animal Farm.
Description: The Green Country Model Prompt is based on the Applied Physic Laboratory article, "Sociocultural Modeling in the Social Identity Look-Ahead Simulation and the Green Country Model"; and Microsoft Copilot requesting a step-by-step example of how game actions influence the PMESII scores in the Green Country Model (GCM). The goal of the template is to provide its user with a way of evaluating how an entity and its adversary respond to each other’s actions in a competitive situation.
Product Name: Influencing Change
Inspiration: Modeling causality.
Application: Medicare-for-All.
Description: The Influencing Change Prompt is based on a five-step process described in the paper: "Understanding change in complex socio-technical systems, “An exploration of causality, complexity and modeling." It is designed to help template users leverage principles of complexity and causality to effect social or political change.
Product Name: Influencing the Public
Inspiration: Search for effective (and non superficial) influence operations
Application: Self-defense.
Description: The Influencing the Public prompt is designed to help template users develop strategies for influencing the public. It is based on the figure, “A Simple Model of Influence for Mass Publics,” in the Rand Arroyo Center paper, “Foundations of Effective Influence Operations: A Framework for Enhancing Army Capabilities.”
Product Name: Leadership
Inspiration: Identify practical leadership characteristics.
Application: Sustainable 3rd Party.
Description: The Leadership Prompt is based on the Rand Corporation paper: "At the Intersection of Leadership, Strategy, and Foresight." The goal of the template is to help users identify the levels of foresight and strategy, that will provide the capabilities for an organization to be successful in a strategic environment.
Product Name: Market Intermediary
Inspiration: Reducing information asymmetry among people.
Application: College ranking publication.
Description: The Market Intermediary Prompt is used a Microsoft Copilot prompt to provide information for input variables. The goal of the prompt is to help users develop entities that bridge the gaps between buyers and sellers, by reducing information asymmetry.
Product Name: Network Power
Inspiration: Manuel Castells’ theories of power.
Application: CBS Face the Nation.
Description: The Network Power Prompt is based on Manuel Castells’ paper: "Network Theory| A Network Theory of Power." The goal is for the template user to first use GPT to identify what type of power is employed over an entity; and then propose countermeasures to weaken this power.
Product Name: Order of Battle
Inspiration: Apply the "Order of Battle" concept.
Application: North and South Korea.
Description: The Order of Battle Prompt is based on the GlobalySecurity.org document: "FMI 3-07.22 Appendix D Order of Battle Factors," and the Wikipedia entry for Order of Battle. The goal of the prompt is to provide the template user a comprehensive way of understanding the units, formations, and equipment, of an adversary in a competition.
Product Name: Principles and Objectives
Inspiration: Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience (SMWX) YouTube channel.
Application: South African elections.
Description: The Principles and Objectives Prompt was inspired by watching multiple YouTube videos about the 2024 South African elections. It is designed for template users to weigh the cost and benefits of different possible coalitions.
Product Name: Propaganda
Inspiration: Encyclopedia Britannica webpage: "The components of propaganda."
Application: White House Press Briefing.
Description: The Propaganda Prompt was based on the Encyclopedia Britannica webpage: "The components of propaganda." The goal of the prompt is for user to go through a standard (incomplete) checklist to assess if propaganda is being used.
Product Name: Risk Cube
Inspiration: Alexander Kossiakoff: "Systems engineering principles and practice."
Application: Gaza ceasefire.
Description: The Risk Cube Prompt is based on the risk assessment method shown in the text: "Systems engineering: principles and practice." The goal of the template is to provide users with a way to assess the risk of a proposed solution.
Product Name: Role Playing – 1
Inspiration: Learning how large language models work.
Application: Accountants vs. Economists
Description: The Role Playing - 1 prompt is based on a ChatGPT request for a detailed explanation of each of the key capabilities of large language models. The fourth capability, "Integration of Knowledge from Diverse Data Sets, "highlighted: "Cross-Disciplinary Insights: The ability to draw connections and insights across different domains, facilitating interdisciplinary understanding and problem-solving." The prompt is designed to help the template user leverage GPT's cross disciplinary capabilities for general comparisons.
Product Name: Role Playing – 2
Inspiration: Learning more about ChatGPT role playing and personas.
Application: Gaza.
Description: The Role Playing-2 prompt template is also based on the ChatGPT request for a detailed explanation of each of the key capabilities of large language models. The fourth capability is: "Integration of Knowledge from Diverse Data Sets,” highlighted: "Cross-Disciplinary Insights: The ability to draw connections and insights across different domains, facilitating interdisciplinary understanding and problem-solving." The prompt is different than the Role Playing-1 prompt; because it is specifically designed to help the template user leverage GPT's ability to adopt personas related to competitive situations.
Product Name: Scenarios
Inspiration: Mapping scenarios on four quadrants.
Application: Food security.
Description: The Scenarios Prompt is based on the World Economic Forum report: “Shaping the Future of Global Food Systems: A Scenarios Analysis.” Its goal is to provide users a way of assessing different scenarios for a problem.
Product Name: Security Strategy - 1 (Analyzing the Strategic Situation - Short Version)
Inspiration: Need for Americans to pressure all presidential candidates to post a draft National Security Strategy on their campaign website (as early as possible).
Application: International Rule-Based Order.
Description: The Security Strategy – 1 (Analyzing the Strategic Situation - Short Version) Prompt is based on the Naval War College's: "A National Security Strategy Primer." The goal of the template is to provide the users with a way of analyzing a strategic situation: the initial stage of developing a national security strategy. This template is called the “Short Version,” because only eight input variables are used.
Product Name: Security Strategy - 2 (Analyzing the Strategic Situation - Long Version)
Inspiration: Need for Americans to pressure all presidential candidates to post a draft National Security Strategy on their campaign website (as early as possible).
Application: International Rule-Based Order.
Description: The Security Strategy – 2 (Analyzing the Strategic Situation - Long Version) Prompt is based on the Naval War College's: "A National Security Strategy Primer." The goal of the template is to provide the users with a way of analyzing a strategic situation: the initial stage of developing a national security strategy. This template is called the “Long Version,” because thirteen input variables are used. The assessment is also more comprehensive than the “Short Version.”
Product Name: Security Strategy - 3 (National Security Strategy Framework - Long Version)
Inspiration: Need for Americans to pressure all presidential candidates to post a draft National Security Strategy on their campaign website (as early as possible).
Application: International Rule-Based Order.
Description: The Security Strategy – 3 (National Security Strategy Framework - Long Version) Prompt is based on the Naval War College's: "A National Security Strategy Primer." The goal of the template is to provide the users with a way of developing a national security strategy. This template is called the “Long Version,” based on the large number of input variables that are used.
Product Name: Security Strategy - 4
Inspiration: Need for Americans to pressure all presidential candidates to post a draft National Security Strategy on their campaign website (as early as possible).
Application: International Rule-Based Order.
Description: The Security Strategy – 4 (National Security Strategy Framework - Short Version) Prompt is based on the Naval War College's: "A National Security Strategy Primer." The goal of the template is to provide the users with a way of developing a national security strategy. This template is called the “Short Version,” based on "Appendix A," of the "A National Security Strategy Primer."
Product Name: Simple Rules
Inspiration: Harvard Business Review: "Strategy as simple rules."
Application: 3rd Party campaign.
Description: The Simple Rules Prompt is based on the Harvard Business Review paper: "Strategy as Simple Rules." The goal of the template is to provide users in complex competitive environments, a way to simplify their strategies.
Product Name: Strategic Culture
Inspiration: Differences between norms and manifestation of culture.
Application: Animal Farm.
Description: The Strategic Culture Prompt is based on the Master of Military Studies paper: “An Application of Strategic Culture Concepts in U.S.-African Foreign Policy Mutual Understanding Can Yield Mutual Interests." Its goal is to provide template users a way of assessing an entity's motivations for strategic decision making.
Product Name: Strategic Estimate
Inspiration: National Defense University Press: “Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare: A Framework for Analysis and Action.”
Application: Community post-elections preparations.
Description: The Strategic Estimate Prompt is based on a strategic monograph published by the National Defense University Press: “Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare: A Framework for Analysis and Action.” The goal of this template is to provide users with a way of assessing and responding to irregular threats.
Product Name: Strategy Brief
Inspiration: The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University: "Studies in Grand Strategy."
Application: Trump vs. U.S.
Description: The Strategy Brief Prompt was inspired by Supreme Court decision: Trump v. United States. The template's structure was based on a Microsoft Copilot prompt and "The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy: Studies in Grand Strategy, Fall 2018.” The goal is to provide the prompt user with a tool for developing a strategy brief for a topic of interest.
Product Name: Syllabus
Inspiration: The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University: "Studies in Grand Strategy."
Application: Sun Tzu.
Description: The Syllabus Prompt is based on the syllabus: "The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University, Studies in Grand Strategy, Spring 2016." Its goal is to provide template users a way of leveraging well-structured (clear course objectives, topics, and expectations) publicly available university syllabi, for independent learning. The prompt was designed for courses in the following majors: International Relations, Strategic Studies, Security Studies, etc.
Product Name: Technology Readiness - 1
Inspiration: Technology readiness measurements.
Application: Perpetual motion machine.
Description: The Technology Readiness Prompt is based on the Wikipedia page: "Technology Readiness Level," and GPT prompts for the input arguments. Its goal is to show template user a way of testing GPT's ability to perform a dependable technology assessment.
Product Name: Technology Readiness - 2
Inspiration: Technology readiness measurements.
Application: GPT on a laptop.
Description: The Technology Readiness - 2 Prompt is based on the Wikipedia page: "Technology Readiness Level," and GPT prompts for arguments. Its goal is to show template users how to leverage GPT to access technological concepts.
Product Name: Threat Formula
Inspiration: National Security Strategy Primer: simple threat Formula
Application: Climate change.
Description: The Threat Formula Prompt is based on a formula in the Naval War Colleges reference: "A National Security Strategy Primer." Its goal is to provide template users a simple and straight forward tool for assessing threats.
Product Name: Threat-Opportunity Matrix
Inspiration: Analyzing threats and opportunities within a single matrix.
Application: Gaza ceasefire.
Description: The Threat-Opportunity Prompt was inspired by Figure 7, "Risk/Opportunity Representation on Probability/Impact Grid," from the MITRE paper, "Enterprise Opportunity and Risk." A Microsoft Copilot prompt was used to clarify some of figure's concepts.
Product Name: Zachman
Inspiration: Application of Zachman Architectural Framework.
Application: Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
Description: The Zachman Prompt was inspired by the paper: “An Architectural Framework for Nation States in Support of Peace-Building Operations.” ChatGPT was also used to clarify some of the paper's concepts. Google Gemini was used to find a definition for decision gate authority. The prompt’s goal is to provide template users with a tool for assessing the structure, complex relationships and interdependencies that control the behaviors of an adversary.
Other individual prompt templates (in the Catalog):
Product Name: Asymmetric Strategy Prompt Template
Inspiration: National Politics
Application: Counter “Flood the zone”
Description: The goal of the Asymmetric Strategy Prompt Template is to provide a tool for entities with less resources to compete against those with much more resources. The template user can enter input arguments for the competing entities and GPT will help build an asymmetric strategy.
Product Description: College Preparation Prompt Template (Education Related)
Inspiration: Students asking for advice about which electives to take.
Application: West Point (U.S. Military Academy); Economics course.
Description: The Course Preparation Prompt is based on Encyclopaedia Britanica Propaedia and the Paul-Elder critical thinking work. The goal of this template is to provide college students with background information about a specific college course. The user enters course information, then ChatGPT provides contextual information about the course.
Product Name: Comparative Government Prompt Template
Inspiration: AP Comparative Government and Politics course
Application: Comparing the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and determining how the structure of the governments affect their behavior in the war on Iran.
Description: The Comparative Government Prompt Template is based on the Comparative Government and Politics discipline. The goal is to provide the user with a tool for comparing governments, given a specific context and criteria.
Product Name: Competition Prompt Template
Inspiration: “The Role of Information in US Concepts for Strategic Competition.”
Application: Trump Administration’s attempts to intimidate Americans.
Description: The Competition Prompt is based on the Rand Corporation paper: “The Role of Information in US Concepts for Strategic Competition.” The goal of the prompt is to provide users with strategies for competing against an adversary in an information centric environment. Note: This is not a gold-plated prompt template. Revising it would have removed important information about how to use ChatGPT, and how it operates.
Product Name: Countering the Playbook Prompt Template
Inspiration: National Politics
Application: Counter “Flood the zone”
Description: The Countering the Playbook Prompt Template was inspired by the need to find a counter strategy to the Trump Administration's Flood the zone strategy. The template was developed to also be useful for countering other strategies by opportunistic actors. The goal is for users to input a specific strategy of an adversary, have GPT model the strategy as a complex system with subsystems, and then have GPT propose counter strategies.
Product Name: Diplomatese (Signaling) Prompt Template
Inspiration: Sunday morning news shows
Application: NBC Meet the Press
Description: The Diplomatese (Signaling) Prompt Template was inspired by the way the Sunday morning news shows are used as a tool for communicating with leaders of other countries. The goal of the prompt is for the user to input a show transcript or its excerpt and translate a guest's statements into a plain language message.
Product Name: The Explainer Prompt Template
Inspiration: Online news explainers.
Application: Structure of the Iranian government.
Description: The Explainer Prompt Template is based on online news explainers. The goal of this template is to provide the reader with explanations based on a broader set of topics, than those provided in typical online news explainers. Readers enter a topic. The prompt template then provides an explainer style/format response.
Product Name: Femtorisks Prompt Template
Inspiration: "Dealing with femtorisks in international relations."
Application: Counter “Flood the zone”
Description: Focuses on three interrelated factors that make a complex adaptive system robust. The goal is to provide prompt users a tool for developing robust strategies in complex environments. Application: Counter strategy for Flood the zone.
Product Name: Logical Argument Prompt
Inspiration: Test whether mathematical logic works in real life.
Application: Speaker Johnson, CBS Face The Nation, and the Government Shutdown.
Description: Provides a logical analysis of the arguments of public officials. Its goal is to provide a tool for anyone to copy and paste a transcript that includes statements by public officials into the template and assess the logic of the claims made by the official.
Product Name: Matrix – Inspired
Inspiration: Neo’s programming power (Matrix, 1999) and Manual Castells' concepts of network programming and switching.
Application: The United Nations Security Council.
Description: This prompt was inspired by a theme in the movie, The Matrix (1999). In the movie, Neo had the power to program the Matrix. This template integrates the idea of a human being able to reprogram the rules of his or her environment; with Manual Castells' concepts of network programming and switching. The goal of the template is to provide a user the ability to model a Sociotechnical System (STS), as only a set of rules that can be programmed, reprogrammed, and switched.
Product Name: Modus Operandi Prompt
Inspiration: Explore the breadth and depth of ChatGPT responses.
Application: United Nations Security Council.
Description: The Modus Operandi Prompt provides the user with a tool for finding the M.O. for specific institutions. It attempts to mitigate any named-entity error that are sometimes an issue with ChatGPT.
Product Name: Propaganda-2 (New Questions) Prompt Template
Inspiration: Observations of the content of YouTube influencers.
Application: Glenn Diesen transcript
Description: The Propaganda-2 (New Questions) Prompt Template was inspired by the questions described in the Encyclopedia Britannica section: “Components of Propaganda.” Its goal is to provide users an analysis of a transcript based on Encyclopedia Britannica’s, “Components of Propaganda” questions; and then provide additional questions not discussed in the encyclopedia section.
Product Description: Science Fiction Prompt Template (Education Related)
Inspiration: Using science fiction as a learning tool.
Application: Supremacy (ship), Star Wars.
Description: A tool that Sci-Fi enthusiasts can use to facilitate their understanding of real-world natural science and technology concepts. Enthusiasts explore the current state of the art of natural science and technology by inputting a description of their favorite science fiction into the prompt template and reviewing GPT’s responses.
Note: ChatGPT is a computer program that processes what a person types, interprets the meaning, and then uses patterns it learned from lots of text to automatically write a human-like response one word at a time. Users should analyze each response. Don’t assume that its response is correct.
Product Name: Sunday News Show Prompt Template
Inspiration: Questions of bias in the Sunday morning news shows.
Application: Weekly shows from March 2025, to September 2025.
Description: Provides content analysis for the Sunday news shows. Its goal is to provide a tool for anyone to copy and paste a Sunday news show transcript into the template and assess a show’s content.
Product Name: Value Web Prompt Template
Inspiration: Geopolitics
Application: Iran’s potential geostrategic partnerships.
Description: The goal of the Value Web Prompt Template is to provide users with a tool for assessing whether it is advantageous for an entity to join a value web.
Product Name: Value Web -2 (Identifying) Prompt Template
Inspiration: Interest in how to determine whether an entity is a value web or not.
Application: Middle East geopolitics.
Description: The goal of the Value Web -2 (Identifying) Prompt Template is to provide users with a tool for assessing whether different actors are part of a value web and then strategizing based on the assessment.
Product Name: YouTube Political Transcript Prompt
Inspiration: Countering click bait.
Application: Legal AF (YouTube video).
Description: Provides users with the option of copying and pasting the video’s transcript into a prompt template instead. The user can then review GPT’s responses.
Remember:
• GPTs may hallucinate,
• GPTs are based on pattern recognition, and
• Both GPTs and human beings can misinterpret scientific and technological principles.