Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence

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Speaker: Dr. Matthew Fuhrmann (Texas A&M University) Date: 21 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography:  Dr. Matthew Fuhrmann is the Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. ​He has been a Visiting Professor at Yale University (2023-24), Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University (2016-17), Stanton Nuclear […]

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The “New” And “Old” in Xi Jinping as a Chinese Leader

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Speaker: Dr. Joseph Torigian (American University) Date: 20 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography:  Dr. Joseph Torigian is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an associate professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, and a Center Associate of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center […]

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India’s Militarization: Lessons from a Survey Experiment in Kashmir

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Speaker: Dr. Yelena Biberman (Skidmore College) Date: 15 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Yelena Biberman (Skidmore College) as part of its SMA India Speaker Series.   Kashmir has long been a region of contention between Pakistan and India, while many Kashmiris view themselves as belonging to neither nation. It […]

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Generating and Employing Mass on the 21st Century Battlefield

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Speaker: Dr. Sidharth Kaushal (Royal United Services Institute) Date: 13 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Sidharth Kaushal (Royal United Services Institute) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.   Dissimilar rearmament is fundamental in the context of the European theatre as nations attempt to scale up their military […]

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Cognitive Competition, Conflict, and War: An Ontological Approach

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Speaker: Dr. Robert “Jake” Bebber (US Navy) Date: 6 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording *This event encountered initial technological difficulties. The presentation resumes in full at approximately 7:18. Briefing Materials Briefing Slides: Biography:  Robert “Jake” Bebber is an officer in the United States Navy. He has served at various locations throughout […]

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Russia’s Military After Ukraine: Potential Pathways for the Postwar Reconstitution of the Russian Armed Forces

April 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Michelle Grisé, Dr. Krystyna Marcinek, Anna Dowd, and David Woodworth (RAND) Date: 1 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Michelle Grisé (RAND), Dr. Krystyna Marcinek (RAND), Anna Dowd (RAND), and David Woodworth (RAND) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The ongoing war in Ukraine is testing Russia’s […]

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Focus on the New Economy, Not the Old: Why China’s Economic Slowdown Understates Gains

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Speaker: Mr. Gerard DiPippo (RAND) Date: 30 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Gerard DiPippo(RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series.  National headlines about China’s economy have focused on its decelerating economic growth and gross domestic product (GDP). Despite these macroeconomic indicators, China continues to pursue its high-tech […]

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Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars

April 2025 No Comments

Editors: Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University, University College London, Center for Strategic and International Studies), Michael Miklaucic (National Defense University), Todd Veazie (Joint Staff J3 Strategic Multilayer Assessment Office) Publication Preview Air University Press has published Strategic Multilayer Assessment’s (SMA) latest book, Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars. Forewords by General […]

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The Remilitarization of the Arctic

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Speaker: Dr. James Patton Rogers (Brooks Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University) Date: 16 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. James Patton Rogers (Brooks Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The Arctic, considered a space of geopolitical cooperation following the Cold War, is […]

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Avoiding Self-Deterrence in the Context of Nuclear Ambiguity

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Volume V in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Dr. Lawrence Kuznar (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Hriar “Doc” Cabayan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Nathan Heath (NSI, Inc) Publication Preview The context of this Report has to do with Russia’s use of nuclear ambiguity and implied nuclear […]

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