Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) and its Ties to Hamas
Speaker: Dr. Zana Gul (University of Stirling) Date: 7 December 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography: Dr. Zana Gul is a lecturer in International Politics at the University of Stirling, Scotland, the UK. Dr. Gul taught at the University of Sheffield and Edge Hill University, the UK. Dr […]
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China’s Use of Armed Coercion
Speaker: Mr. James Siebens (Stimson Center) Date: 5 December 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography: James A. Siebens is a Fellow with the Stimson Center’s Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program. He is the editor of China’s Use of Armed Coercion: To Win Without Fighting (Routledge, forthcoming), a study […]
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Degrading Adversaries’ Military Effectiveness: Uses of Generative AI
Panelists: Lt Gen Jack Shanahan (USAF, Ret, Former Director Joint Artificial Intelligence Center), Tim Hwang (Author & Researcher), Jon Bateman (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace); Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University) Date: 30 November 2023 Speaker Session Summary Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the current threat environment and showing that it can erode the […]
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The Evolution of Commercial Drones and Security: Why You Should Care!
Panelists: Bill Edwards (Building Intelligence Inc.), David Hambling (Author, Journalist and Independent Consultant), and Zak Kallenborn (Looking Glass USA) Date: 29 November 2023 Speaker Session Summary Drones are continuously revolutionizing the modern battlefield and have since they were first introduced. Some battlefield applications for drones are obvious, such as the RQ-4 Global Hawk, which are […]
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Chinese Advances Combining Minds and Technologies for Military Success
Panelists: Dr. Brendan Mulvaney (China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)), Joshua Baughman (China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)), Dean Cheng (Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; United States Institute of Peace), David Vernal (Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford University) Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University) Date: 16 November 2023 Speaker Session Summary China’s government and […]
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AI and the Bomb
Speaker: Dr. James Johnson (University of Aberdeen) Date: 25 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how combat and conflict are evolving and how actors conceptualize and manage their technological assets. This reconceptualization extends to how actors conduct deterrence. Dr. Johnson described deterrence as requiring an understanding of the other side’s “…interests, […]
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Deterring the Risks of Simultaneous Conflicts and Limited Nuclear Attacks in East Asia
Speaker: Mr. Markus Garlauskas (Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council) Date: 26 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Fears of a potential conflict between China and either the US or its allies in the Indo-Pacific—especially over Taiwan—are intensifying. A potential conflict with China is worrying Indo-Pacific experts about the […]
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Success in Your Near Future With Military Human-Machine Teams
Panelists: Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings (George Mason University), Dr. Matthew Johnson (Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition), and Ms. Lauren Kahn (Georgetown University) Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University) Date: 31 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) has many implications for how warfighters operate on the battlefield, their leaders make decisions, and […]
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Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World
Speaker: Ms. Bethany Allen (Axios) Date: 18 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary During the last 25 years, China has strengthened its ability to economically coerce governments, companies, multilateral institutions, and individuals, bringing them in line with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) desires. She summarized China’s statecraft as a “clearly communicated set of rewards and punishments […]
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The Future of Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and Deterrence After Ukraine
Speakers: Thomas Shattuck (Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania) Date: 17 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary The narrative surrounding nuclear deterrence and statecraft has changed since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; particularly Vladimir Putin’s threat of a nuclear strike against Ukraine. Putin’s overt threat of a nuclear strike has caused experts to ask […]
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