Miniaturization as a Grail in the Third Nuclear Age
Authors: James Giordano, PhD (Georgetown University) & Bob Williams (Georgetown University) Report Preview Instability of the international system and order is arising from competition among great powers, who possess large, thermonuclear arsenals, and from greater multipolarity of both established and aspirational nuclear weapons states to exercise their own aims for possessing “tactical-size” yields. The capacity […]
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Success and the Ethics of Harnessing Minds Plus Technology
Speaker(s): Omand, D. (Kings College London; Former Director, GCHQ; First UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator); Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center); Moreno, J. (University of Pennsylvania). Moderator: Wright, N. (Intelligent Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, University College London, and Center for Strategic and International Studies) Date: 26 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a […]
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Emerging Neuroscience and Technology (NeuroS/T): Current and Near-Term Risks and Threats to US—and Global—Biosecurity
Author(s): Giordano, J. (Georgetown University; US Naval War College); DiEuliis, D. (National Defense University) Invited Perspective Preview There is increasing interest and effort in developing improved tools and methods through which political, military, and intelligence operations can influence the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns of peer competitors and adversaries. The brain sciences are affording new […]
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Beyond Decoupling: Biological Tech, Innovation, and Global Rivalry
Speakers: DiEuliis, D. (National Defense University); Giordano, J. (Georgetown University, US Naval War College); Wright, N. (Georgetown University, University College London, and New America) Date: 2 March 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session, presented by Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University, University College London, and New America), Dr. James Giordano (Georgetown University and US Naval War […]
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Considering and Containing Crises: Biosecurity Beyond COVID
Speaker: Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center/US Naval War College) Date: 12 June 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. James Giordano (Georgetown University Medical Center/Naval War College) as a part of its new speaker series with the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD), entitled “COVID-19: Second- and Third-order Effects—System Shocks, Disruption, and […]
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The COVID Crisis: Implications for United States—and Global—Biosecurity
The COVID Crisis: Implications for United States—and Global—Biosecurity Authors | Editors: Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center/US Naval War College); Venkatram, V. (Georgetown University) Special Topics Paper Preview The United States’ (US) engagement of public health resources to meet the current SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis has revealed vulnerabilities in testing and treatment components of biosecurity. Facing a […]
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COVID-19 Operational Environment Impacts
Speakers: Canton, J. (Institute for Global Futures); Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center/US Naval War College) Date: 1 April 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. James Canton (Institute for Global Futures) and Prof. James Giordano (Georgetown University Medical Center/US Naval War College) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Post-Pandemic Impact Futures: […]
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Radical Leveling and Emerging Technologies as Tools of Non-Kinetic Mass Disruption
“Radical Leveling and Emerging Technologies as Tools of Non-Kinetic Mass Disruption” Authors | Editor: Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center); DeFranco, J. (George Mason University); Bremseth, L. R. (Retired); Canna, S. (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary America’s wars and longstanding military doctrine, established by the Department of Defense (DoD), emphasize kinetic warfare. Principles of kinetic warfare, however, do not necessarily or […]
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The Opioid Crisis: China, National Security, and the Undeclared Conflict
Speakers: Bremseth, L. R. (Ret.); Giordano, J. (Georgetown University); Reist, D. (Knowledge Management Inc. (KMI)); von Trytek, A. (Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)) Date: 6 September 2019 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Presenters included Prof. James Giordano (Georgetown University), CAPT (Ret.) L. R. Bremseth, Brig. Gen. David G. Reist (Knowledge Management […]
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Strategic Latency: Red, White, and Blue- Managing the National and International Security Consequences of Disruptive Technologies
“Strategic Latency: Red, White, and Blue- Managing the National and International Security Consequences of Disruptive Technologies“ Speakers: Canton, J. (Institute for Global Futures); Davis, Z. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)); Gac, F. (LLNL); Giordano, J. (Georgetown University); Snow, J. (USSOCOM J5 Donovan Group) Date: 7 May 2019 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion as […]
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