It is proposed to comprehensively discuss a number of individual positions of foreign specialists in their ideas about the complexity of future tasks of command and control (C2). So, for example, at the beginning of 2024, the non-profit research organization RAND released the first of a series of materials with the title "Command and Control in the Future. Concept Paper 1: Grappling with Complexity." At the same time, in a brief overview of the new cycle of documents of a predominantly conceptual nature, it seems possible to highlight clear examples of the presentation of widespread beliefs by leading foreign experts in the development of this issue. The analyzed materials of the report present a new cross-section of such a paradigm and what exactly it can and should mean for changes relative to other modern views in the so-called sphere of defense and security. The general information presented may also be of interest, first of all, when considering the dynamics of key factors in formation of views. \\ keywords: command and control (С2), concept, modeling, complexity.