You Are What You Risk: What Different Global Risk Choices Mean for US National Security

January 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Wucker, M. (Founder and CEO, Gray Rhino & Company) Date: 19 January 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Michele Wucker (Founder and CEO, Gray Rhino & Company) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series.  Gray rhinos—or threats that actors see coming and openly discuss—are having a strong impact on […]

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The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict

January 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Leverich, Gerald (Director, OE Integration, TRADOC G2) Date: 11 January 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Gerald Leverich Jr. (Director, OE Integration, TRADOC G2) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series.  For the first time in twenty years, the US armed forces are shifting from mostly carrying out counter-insurgency […]

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The Real and Present Risk of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons on the Battlefield

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Speaker(s): Lowther, A. (Director, Department of Multi-Domain Operations, Army Management Staff College) Date: 12 January 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Adam Lowther (Director, Department of Multi-Domain Operations, Army Management Staff College) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Speaker Series.  Russia’s and China’s status as near-peer nuclear competitors with the US […]

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Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part III)

January 2022 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI) and Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI) Date: 7 January 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI) and Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI) as as part of its SMA STRATCOM Risk of Strategic Deterrence Failure Speaker Series.  As US adversaries reach nuclear parity—or near nuclear parity—with the US, […]

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AI Will Change War

December 2021 No Comments

Speaker: General John R. Allen (USMC, Ret.); and Amir Husain (Founder & CEO, SparkCognition) Date: 16 December 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with General John R. Allen, USMC (Ret) and Mr. Amir Husain (Founder & CEO, SparkCognition) as part of its SMA INSS/PRISM Speaker Series. The potential for blending the character of […]

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Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics

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Speaker(s): Slaughter, A. (New America) Date: 14 December 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter (CEO, New America) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series.  Dr. Slaughter commented that a country that truly allows its citizens to take risks and be entrepreneurial should also provide enough support for them […]

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Information Warfare and the New Threat Environment

December 2021 No Comments

Speakers: Elisabeth Braw (American Enterprise Institute (AEI)); James Farwell (The Farwell Group); Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND) Date: 8 December 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND), Mr. James P. Farwell (The Farwell Group), and Ms. Elisabeth Braw (American Enterprise Institute (AEI)) as part of its SMA INSS/PRISM Speaker Series. Information […]

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Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part II)

December 2021 No Comments

Speakers: Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder, PhD (George Mason University); James Siebens (Defense Strategy & Planning Program, Stimson Center); Dr. Christopher Yeaw (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska) Date: 9 December 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder, PhD (George Mason University), Mr. James A. Siebens […]

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Chinese Illicit Activities Conducted Through Myanmar

November 2021 No Comments

Speaker(s): Tower, J. (Country Director, Burma Program, United States Institute of Peace [USIP]); Rotberg, R. (Founding Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School; President Emeritus, World Peace Foundation); Cooper, S. (National Investigations Journalist, Global News); Gaines, J. (Communication and Policy Advisor, Public Affairs) Date: 7 December 2021 Speaker Session Recording Please email Ms. Nicole […]

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Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part I)

November 2021 No Comments

Speakers: Benjamin W. Bahney (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]); Dr. Anna Péczeli (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]); and Dr. Melanie Sisson (Brookings Institute) Date: 30 November 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Mr. Benjamin W. Bahney (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]), Dr. Anna Péczeli (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]), and Dr. […]

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