Speakers: Bagger, T. (Office of the German Federal President); Koch, M. (Handelsblatt); Speck, U. (German Marshall Fund); Stelzenmüller, C. (Brookings Institution) Date: 9 September 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA UK MoD Speaker Series. The panelists included Thomas Bagger (Director of Foreign Policy, Office of the German Federal President), Moritz Koch (Senior Correspondent, […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Cunzeman, K. (The Aerospace Corporation); Maziad, M. (University of Washington); Schenker, J. (The Futurist Institute & Prestige Economics); Sotiriadis, J. (US Air Force AF/A5AC) Date: 2 September 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA UK MoD Speaker Series. The panelists included Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis (US Air Force […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Courtney, A. (Frontier Design); DiGangi, J. (NeuroHealth Partners); Myers, J. (Strategic Link Partners) Date: 27 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion as part of its SMA UK MoD Speaker Series. The panelists included Ms. Alexa Courtney (Frontier Design), Dr. Julia DiGangi (NeuroHealth Partners), and Ms. Joanie Myers (Strategic Link Partners). Ms. Courtney […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Whiteside, C. (US Naval War College); Ingram, H. (George Washington University) Date: 25 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker series with Dr. Craig Whiteside (US Naval War College) and Dr. Haroro Ingram (George Washington University) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM Speaker Series. Dr. Whiteside began by discussing the global influence and resilience […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Kaplan, O. (University of Denver); Moyer, J. (University of Denver) Date: 19 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Oliver Kaplan (University of Denver) and Dr. Jonathan Moyer (University of Denver) as part of its SMA UK MoD Speaker Series. Dr. Kaplan and Dr. Moyer presented their research on how […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Péczeli, A. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]) Date: 18 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Anna Péczeli (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. Dr. Péczeli first stated that the main role of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is for […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Aviles, W. (NSI); Ehrl, M. (Kutztown University); Hinck, R. (Monmouth College); Lee, H. (US Army TRADOC); Polanksy, S. (NSI) Date: 31 March 2020 Panel Description At the request of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), SMA initiated a study in August 2019 to understand the strategic implications of destabilizing population dynamics within the Central Region. CENTCOM […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Katz, M. (George Mason University) Date: 14 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Mark Katz (George Mason University) as part of its SMA CENTCOM/EUCOM Speaker Series. Dr. Katz discussed UN Security Council Resolution 2231 (UNSCR 2231) in detail, which was adopted in support of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Omand, D. (King’s College, London / Former Director of GCHQ) Date: 13 August 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Sir David Omand (King’s College, London/Former Director of GCHQ) as a part of its SMA UK MoD Speaker Series. Sir David began by stating that the first order national security problems as a […]
Continue ReadingAuthors | Editors: Kuznar, L. (NSI, Inc.); Kuznar, E. (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary NSI, Inc. interviewed seven subject matter experts and conducted additional background research in support of its analyses on Black Swans, Gray Rhinos, and current thinking about key factors and variables not typically included in political stability models (e.g., climate variables, the influence of illicit networks). The […]
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