The Role of Deterrence in Gray Zone Conflict

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The Role of Deterrence in Gray Zone Conflict. Speaker: Gartzke, E. (University of California, San Diego). Date: August 2016. Erik Gartzke is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been a member of the research faculty since […]

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Law in the Gray Zone: Lawfare and Legal Issues

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Law in the Gray Zone: Lawfare and Legal Challenges in Responding to Hybrid Threats. Speaker: Huntley, T. CAPT (Navy). Date: August 2016. CAPT Todd Huntley is currently assigned as the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy for International and Operational Law. He also serves as a Special Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary […]

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Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda

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The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It. Speaker: Paul, C. (RAND). Date: July 2016. Dr. Christopher Paul is a Senior Social Scientist working out of RAND’s Pittsburgh office. Prior to joining RAND full-time in July of 2002, he worked at RAND as adjunct staff for six […]

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How Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media

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How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument. Speaker: King, G. (Harvard). Date: July 2016. Gary King is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University — one of 24 with the title of University Professor, Harvard’s most distinguished faculty position. He is based in the Department […]

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Info OPs Countermeasures to Anti-Area/Access Denial

July 2016 No Comments

Information Operations Countermeasures to Anti-Area/Access Denial (A2/AD). Speaker: Wieck, B. MAJ (Army). Date: July 2016. MAJ Wieck attended the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, earned a Master’s Degree in Education at George Fox University, and is currently assigned to the 152nd Theater Information Operations Group in Camp Parks, CA. During his 20+ years of military […]

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The Strategic Uses of Ambiguity in Cyberspace

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The Strategic Uses of Ambiguity in Cyberspace. Speaker: Libicki, M. (Naval Academy). Date: July 2016. Martin Libicki (Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley 1978) holds the Richard Keyser Distinguished Professor of Cyber Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy. He wrote three commercially published books, Cyberspace in War and Peace (USNI Press, forthcoming autumn 2016), Conquest in Cyberspace: National […]

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Tom Rieger’s Breaking the Fear Barrier Video

July 2016 No Comments

Breaking the Fear Barrier and Creating a Culture of Courage. Breaking the Fear Barrier Video of NSI’s President Tom Rieger giving a barrier presentation to a large government organization. In his presentation, Tom discusses typical barriers due to fear from organizational issues such as low engagement, turnover, performance management system not working, etc. Most of […]

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Identifying Predictive Gray Zone Indicators

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Identifying Predictive Gray Zone Indicators Through People’s Values. Speaker: MacNulty, C. (DoD Consultant). Date: July 2016. Christine MacNulty has forty years experience as a consultant in long-term strategic -planning for concepts as well as organizations, futures studies, foresight, and technology forecasting, technology assessment and related areas, as well as socio-cultural change. For the last twenty […]

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Risk and Ambiguity in the Gray Zone

July 2016 No Comments

Risk and Ambiguity in the Gray Zone. Author | Editor: Wright, N. (University of Birmingham & Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). Risk and ambiguity are central to activities in the Gray Zone. Policymakers can manipulate risk, and use it as a tool for deterrence or escalation management. They can also manipulate ambiguity. In the Gray […]

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Managing the Gray Zone is a Gray Matter Challenge

July 2016 No Comments

Managing the Gray Zone is a Gray Matter Challenge. Speaker: Monroe, M. (Army University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies). Date: July 2016. From 03/28 to 06/03/2016 15 students participated in a nine-week Command and General Staff College Red Teaming elective. In the final exercise the class spent seven days studying gray zone concepts and […]

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