List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 19 May 2023)

For general speaker series inquiries and information on how to join an event, please contact Mariah Yager (mariah.c.yager.ctr@mail.mil).

Tuesday 6 June 2023 1100 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Todd Helmus (RAND)
• Topic: “The Ukrainian Army Is Leveraging Online Influencers. Can the U.S. Military?”
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Thursday 8 June 2023 1200 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Justin Anderson (National Defense University)
• Topic: “Using a Nuclear Security & Nonproliferation Approach to Reduce US-PRC Escalation Risks in a DPRK Collapse Scenario”
• Speaker Series: SMA STRATCOM Effort

Tuesday 13 June 2023 1100ET

• Speaker(s): Ms. Krista Langeland (RAND)
• Topic: TBD
• Speaker Series: SMA STRATCOM Effort

Wednesday 21 June 2023 1300 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Bradford Roberts (Center for Global Security at LLNL)
• Topic: “China’s Emergence as a Second Nuclear Peer: Implications for US Nuclear Deterrence”
• Speaker Series: SMA STRATCOM Effort

Thursday 22 June 2023 1600 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Graeme Herd (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies)
• Topic: “Understanding Russian Strategic Behavior: Imperial Strategic Culture and Putin’s Operational Code”
• Speaker Series: SMA STRATCOM Effort

Tuesday 27 June 2023 1100 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Carla Martinez Machain (RAND)
• Topic: “Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion”
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Wednesday 28 June 2023 1300 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Paul Scharre (CNAS)
• Topic: “Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday 27 June 2023 1100ET

• Speaker(s): Ms. Krista Langeland (RAND)
• Topic: The frameworks and models for strategic development and decision-making support outlined in her report, entitled “Tailoring Deterrence for China in Space”
• Speaker Series: SMA STRATCOM Effort

Wednesday 12 July 2023 1100 ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Mark Abdollahian (Claremont Graduate University; Acertas)
• Topic: Breakout session brief: Alternative Futures for Strategic Great Power Competition
• Speaker Series: TDB

Tuesday 18 July 2023 1000 ET

• Speaker(s): Prof. Dmitry Adamsky (Reichman University)
• Topic: Book talk: “Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy”
• Speaker Series: STRATCOM

Tuesday 25 July 2023 1100ET

• Speaker(s): Dr. Mark Katz (George Mason University)
• Topic: TBD
• Speaker Series: SMA General