Transcultural Predictors of Will to Fight
Speaker(s): Atran, S. (Co-founder, Artis International; Emeritus Director of Research, France’s National Centre for Scientific Research) Date: 12 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Scott Atran (Co-founder, Artis International; Emeritus Director of Research, France’s National Centre for Scientific Research) as part of its SMA General Speaker Session. Combatants’ willingness to fight and […]
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Why Are We Integrating Now—and How Can We Integrate Better?
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 11 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) as part of its SMA “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment” AFOE Speaker Session. Integration between military and civilian leaders has been a significant part of strategic competition and military revolutions throughout history. For example, the […]
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A World Emerging from Pandemic: Implications for Intelligence and National Security (Part 1 of 2)
Speaker(s): Gradon, K. (Associate Professor, Department of Cybersecurity, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)); Hashemi, L. (Researcher & Data Analyst, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University); Meo, S. (PhD Candidate, Public Policy, Schar School of Policy of Government, George Mason University); Vlahos, M. (Senior Fellow, The […]
Continue ReadingA World Emerging from Pandemic: Implications for Intelligence and National Security (Part 2 of 2)
Speaker(s): Kerbel, J. (Professor of Practice, National Intelligence University); Schenker, J. (Chairman, The Futurist Institute; President, Prestige Economics); Brown, Z. (Founder, Consilient Strategies) Date: 6 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Josh Kerbel (Professor of Practice, National Intelligence University) and Mr. Jason Schenker (Chairman, The Futurist Institute; President, Prestige Economics) as part […]
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Ukrainian Resilience in the Context of Conflict Dynamics and International Public Opinion
Speaker(s): Polyak, M. (President, Ipsos, North America Analytics); Kagan, F. (Senior Fellow & Director of the Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute) Date: 28 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Mark Polyak (President, Ipsos, North America Analytics), Dr. Frederick W. Kagan (Senior Fellow & Director of the Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute), and […]
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Climate Change and Food Security in Africa: From the Continent to the Local
Speaker: Professor Kathleen Galvin (University Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology and Geography & Director, The Africa Center, Colorado State University) Date: 23 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Prof. Kathleen Galvin (University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Director of the Africa Center, Colorado State University) as part of its SMA “Anticipating the Future […]
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Implications of a Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China
Speaker(s): Martin, B. (Senior Policy Researcher & Director of the Institute for Supply Chain Security, RAND); Gunness, K. (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND) Date: 21 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Brad Martin (Senior Policy Researcher & Director of the Institute for Supply Chain Security, RAND) and Ms. Kristen Gunness (Senior Policy […]
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Capitalizing on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to Advance Mutual US-Africa Prosperity
Speaker: Professor Landry Signé (Associate International/Defense Researcher, RAND) Date: 14 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Prof. Landry Signé (Executive Director & Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution) as part of its SMA “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment” (AFOE) Speaker Series. Despite being considered economically hopeless during the […]
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National Will to Fight Amid 2020s/30s Technologies
Speakers: Mike McNerney (Senior Researcher, RAND); Maj Gen (Rtd) Andrew Sharpe (Director, Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research); and Alyssa Demus (Associate International/Defense Researcher, RAND) Date: 13 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Mike McNerney (Senior Researcher, RAND), Maj Gen (Rtd) Andrew Sharpe (Director, Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research [CHACR]), […]
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Towards a Third Nuclear Age?
Speaker(s): Futter, A. (Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester, UK) Date: 8 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Prof. Andrew J. Futter (Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester, UK) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. The world is undergoing an era of nuclear transition while the mechanisms […]
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