Russia and the DPRK-niche Diplomacy?
Russia and the DPRK-niche Diplomacy? SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Natasha Kuhrt (King’s College, London) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series. This speaker session supported SMA’s Korea Strategic Outcomes project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the Korea Strategic Outcomes project page. Date: 9 August […]
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NeoNationalism and Future War in the Gray Zone
NeoNationalism and Future War in the Gray Zone Speaker: Otis, P. (SoSA Corp) Date: 8 August 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Pauletta Otis (SoSACorp) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Otis began her presentation by discussing the increasing presence of neo-nationalism in countries such […]
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Lessons from Others for Future U.S. Army Operations in and through the Information Environment
Lessons from Others for Future U.S. Army Operations in and through the Information Environment Speaker: Paul, C. (RAND) Date: 7 August 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Paul spoke about how technological advances and threat use […]
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Monitoring Nuclear Agreements with North Korea (and Iran and Russia): Applying Lessons from the Past to the New Digital Age
Monitoring Nuclear Agreements with North Korea (and Iran and Russia): Applying Lessons from the Past to the New Digital Age SMA hosted a speaker session with John Lauder (Areté Associates) as part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series. This speaker session supported SMA’s Korea Strategic Outcomes project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please […]
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What Military Leaders Need to Know about Artificial Intelligence
What Military Leaders Need to Know about Artificial Intelligence Speakers: Carley, K. (Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems [CASOS] at Carnegie Mellon University); McCulloh, I. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) Date: 2 August 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Ian McCulloh (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics […]
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Stabilization: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan
Stabilization: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan Speaker: Young, D. (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [SIGAR]) Date: 1 August 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Mr. David Young (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [SIGAR]) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. Mr. Young began […]
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Documenting the Virtual Caliphates
Documenting the Virtual Caliphates Speaker: Bloom, M. (Georgia State University) Date: 27 July 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Mia Bloom (Georgia State University) as a part of its SMA DHS Speaker Series. Dr. Bloom spoke about her Minerva-funded research, which examines the themes that emerge in ISIS propaganda, […]
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Analyzing Digital Traces of Political Manipulation: The 2016 Russian Interference Twitter Campaign
Analyzing Digital Traces of Political Manipulation: The 2016 Russian Interference Twitter Campaign Speaker: Lerman, K. (University of Southern California [USC] Information Sciences Institute [ISI]) Date: 24 July 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Kristina Lerman (University of Southern California [USC] Information Sciences Institute [ISI]) as a part of its […]
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China’s Role and Interests in Afghanistan
China’s Role and Interests in Afghanistan Speaker: Pantucci, R. (Royal United Services Institute [RUSI]) Date: 20 July 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Mr. Raffaello Pantucci (Royal United Services Institute [RUSI]) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. Mr. Pantucci first provided a brief history of China’s […]
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Afghanistan: Devolution and ‘Good’ Corruption
Afghanistan: Devolution and ‘Good’ Corruption Speaker: Chayes, S. (Carnegie Institute for International Peace [CEIP]) Date: 18 July 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Ms. Sarah Chayes (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [CEIP]) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. During her discussion, Ms. Chayes provided insights on […]
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