Cognitive Defense Against Massive Information Threats—Our Near Futures
Speaker(s): Singer, P. W. (Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America); Wright, N. (Consultant, Intelligent Biology) Date: 28 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials
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Cyber Risks in Nuclear Escalation Scenarios
Speaker(s): Lin, H. (Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation & Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University) Date: 27 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials
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List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions
List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions
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Russian Grand Strategy: Reality and Rhetoric
Speaker(s): Charap, S. (Senior Political Scientist, RAND); Massicot, D. (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND) Date: 14 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Samuel Charap (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) and Ms. Dara Massicot (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND), as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. Russia’s strategic military doctrine mostly matches their conventional […]
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How to Make Alliances Succeed Across Multiple Dimensions of Power: Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and Historical Lessons
Speaker(s): Sawers, J. (Former Head of MI6); Schoff, J. (Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA); Westad , A. (Yale University) Date: 19 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Sir John Sawers (Former Head of MI6), James Schoff (Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA), and Odd Arne Westad (Yale University), as part of its SMA UK MoD Strategic Advantage Speaker Series. […]
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Competing Visions of World Order
Speaker(s): Ferguson, N. (Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University & Senior Faculty Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard) Date: 7 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Prof. Niall Ferguson (Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University & Senior Faculty Fellow, Belfer Center for Science […]
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Adapting the Future Forces for Strategic Advantage—US and UK Senior Leaders in Conversation
Speaker(s): Gale, I. (Director General Joint Force Development, UK StratCom); Munsch, S. (Director for Joint Force Development, J7, US Joint Staff) Date: 13 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Air Marshal Ian Gale (Director General Joint Force Development, UK StratCom) and Vice Admiral Stuart Munsch (Director for Joint Force Development, J7, US […]
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Deterring Iran in the Gray Zone: Insights from Four Decades of Conflict
Speaker(s): Eisenstadt, M. (Kahn Fellow & Director of Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Date: 30 September 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Michael Eisenstadt (The Washington Institute), as part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. Iran has been increasing its gray zone […]
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The Challenges of Multipolar Deterrence: Theory and Evidence
Speaker(s): Narang, V. (Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Date: 29 September 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Vipin Narang (Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), as part of its SMA STRATCOM Speaker Series. More countries building […]
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US versus China: Promoting ‘Constructive Competition’ to Avoid ‘Destructive Competition’
Authors | Editors: Cabayan, H. (LLNL); Elder, R. (George Mason University); Peterson, N. (NSI); Bragg, B. (NSI); Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI); Campbell, A. (LLNL); Davis, Z. (LLNL); Denmark, A. (The Wilson Center); Harold, S. (RAND Corporation); Hoffman, M. (Lockheed Martin); Kirkpatrick, D. (LLNL); Mastro, O. (Maj, USAFR) (USINDOPACOM; Stanford University; AEI); Monroe, M. (Marshall Monroe Magic; […]
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