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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Using Neuroscience to Understand Decisions
Using Neuroscience to Understand Decision Making. Speaker: Huettel, S. (Duke). Date: September 2016. Scott Huettel is the Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, with secondary appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurobiology. His research uses a combination of behavioral, genetic, physiological, and neuroscience techniques […]
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PLA Views of Information Warfare and Cyberwarfare
Information Dominance: PLA Views of Information Warfare and Cyberwarfare. Speaker: Cheng, D. (Heritage Foundation). Date: September 2016. Dean Cheng is currently the Senior Research Fellow for Chinese Political and Military Affairs at the Heritage Foundation. He is fluent in Chinese, and uses Chinese language materials regularly in his work. Prior to joining the Heritage Foundation, […]
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Perspective on Chinese Strategic Thought
Chinese Strategic Thought. Speaker: Thomas, T. (FMSO). Date: August 2016. Timothy L. Thomas is a senior analyst at the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the summer of 1993. Mr. Thomas received a B.S. from West Point and an M.A. from […]
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