Space-Based Missile Defense: Still Grounded
SMA hosted a speaker session with Theresa Hitchens (Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland [CISSM]) as part of its SMA Contested Space Operations: Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting (Space) Speaker Series. Date: 29 March 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Ms. Theresa Hitchens (Center for International and Security […]
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Improving Measures of Effectiveness in Psychological Operations
Improving Measures of Effectiveness in Psychological Operations Speakers: McQuagge, E. (Northrop Grumman) Date: 8 March 2018 Speaker Session Preview Abstract: One of the most vital aspects of Military Information Support Operations is the measure of effectiveness of the series. It represents the MISO unit’s ability to justify its skillset and contribution as a warfighting function. […]
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Evolving Human and Machine Interdependence in Conflict
Evolving Human and Machine Interdependence in Conflict Speakers: Burnett, R.E. (National Defense University) Date: 6 March 2018 Speaker Session Preview Abstract: Emerging science and technology will continue to disrupt customary characteristics of political and kinetic conflicts among states and non-state actors. The increasing complex interdependence between humans and machines is one area for particular examination. […]
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Terrorism and Technological Innovation: The High Tech / Low Tech Paradox
Terrorism and Technological Innovation: The High Tech / Low Tech Paradox Panel Discussion Speakers: Braniff, B. (University of Maryland START); Ligon, G. (University of Nebraska, Omaha); Rassler, D. (Counterterrorism Center [CTC]) Date: 28 February 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA DHS NCTC CENTCOM START Speaker Series, […]
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Bio Threats Panel Discussion
Bio Threats Panel Discussion Speakers: Ackerman, G. (University of Maryland START); Earnhardt, R. (University of Maryland START); Gronvall, G. (Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University); Casagrande, R. (Gryphon Scientific) Date: 23 February 2018 Speaker Session Preview This speaker session covered the environment in which non-state actor adversaries are currently operating and how that […]
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Blame, Sway, and Vigilante Tactics
Blame, Sway, and Vigilante Tactics: How Other Cultures Think Differently and Implications for Planning Speakers: Sutherlin, G. (Geographic Services, Inc.), Lai, T. (British Army), Martin, M. (5th MISB(A)), Sadiq, A. (University of Central Florida) Date: 20 February 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA CENTCOM Speaker Series, […]
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How Developments in Brain Science Afford Military Utility
Speaker: Giordano, J. (Georgetown University Medical Center) & DiEuliis, D. (National Defense University). Date: April 2017. The use of sarin gas in Syria and the nerve agent VX to assassinate Kim Jong-nam, and ongoing international efforts in dual-use brain science (such as those described in the accompanying papers) prompt renewed interest in the current […]
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ISIS and Religion and Nation Building in the Middle East
ISIS and Religion and Nation Building in the Middle East. Speaker: Landis, J. (University of Oklahoma’s College of International Studies). Date: January 2017. Joshua Landis is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Professor at the University of Oklahoma’s College of International Studies. He writes and manages “SyriaComment.com,” a daily newsletter on Syrian […]
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Iran’s Approach to Shaping | Influencing Operations
Everything is Gray: Iran’s Approach to Shaping and Influence Operations. Speaker: Eisenstadt, M. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy). Date: October 2016. Michael Eisenstadt is Kahn Fellow, and director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. A specialist in Persian Gulf and Arab-Israeli security affairs, he has […]
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Iran’s Regional Policy after the Nuclear Agreement
Iran’s Regional Policy after the Nuclear Agreement. Speaker: Nader, A. (RAND). Date: September 2016. Alireza Nader is a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and author of The Days After a Deal With Iran: Continuity and Change in Iranian Foreign Policy. His research has focused on Iran’s political dynamics, elite decisionmaking, and Iranian […]
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