Speaker: Dr. Joseph Torigian (American University) Date: 20 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Joseph Torigian (American University) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. Xi Jinping is frequently described as a fundamentally new type of leader in Chinese politics—one who has dismantled the tradition of collective leadership […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: 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 […]
Continue ReadingVolume 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) Date: 8 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) and Stuart Smith (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) as part of its SMA SDF Speaker Series. For Western allies to properly deter unwanted Russian actions, […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Zak Kallenborn (PhD candidate, War Studies at King’s College London) Date: 1 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary Certain infrastructures are not only important to individual nations but also entire regions and the global system. Globally critical infrastructure (GCI) can be located within, across, and outside state borders. Specific examples of GCI include the Panama […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: COL (Ret) Bill Edwards (Phoenix 6 Consulting LLC) Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with COL(R) Bill Edwards (Phoenix 6 Consulting, LLC) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. The proliferation of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), commonly referred to as drones, in modern combat is accelerating the evolution of techniques, […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Dr. Edward Howell (University of Oxford, Chatham House, Pharos Foundation) Date: 12 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials Biography: Dr. Edward Howell is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, the Korea Foundation Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, and a […]
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