Race for the Future of Money: Fragmentation, Competition, and National Security in the World of Distributed Ledger Technology
Speaker: Ananya Kumar (Assistant Director for Digital Currency, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council) Date: 20 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Ananya Kumar (Assistant Director for Digital Currency, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council) as part of its SMA “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment” (AFOE) Speaker Series. Since Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2009 white paper on blockchain […]
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Gangs, violence, and fear: Punitive Darwinism in El Salvador
Author(s): Rosen, J. (New Jersey City University); Cutrona, S. (O. P. Jindal Global University); Lindquist, K. (NSI, Inc.) Publication Preview This article evaluates the factors impacting support for tough on crime policies in El Salvador. Examining theoretical and empirical scholarly work, we look at how fear, together with social and political contexts drive public appetite […]
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Not just money. How organised crime, violence, and insecurity are shaping emigration in Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala
Author(s): Cutrona, S. (O. P. Jindal Global University); Rosen, J. (New Jersey City University); Lindquist, K. (NSI, Inc.) Publication Preview This article utilises logistic regression analysis to determine the factors that influence people from Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala deciding to flee to other countries. By broadening the traditional migration literature, we argue that organised […]
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Ukrainian Lessons
Speaker(s): Pomerantsev, P. (Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University); Butusov, Y. (Chief Editor, Censor.NET); Rybak, V. (Analyst & Project Coordinator, Internews Ukraine); Makaruk, M. (Speaker of the International Volunteer Intelligence Community, InformNapalm) Date: 14 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Peter Pomerantsev (Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University), Mr. Yuriy Butusov (Chief […]
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Living Through the End of the World
Speaker: Peter Zeihan (Zeihan on Geopolitics) Date: 12 July 2022 Speaker Session Recording SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Peter Zeihan (Zeihan on Geopolitics) as part of its SMA “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment” (AFOE) Speaker Series. Briefing Materials Biography: Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist, which is a fancy way of saying he […]
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Identifying and Exploiting Fleeting Opportunities in Complex Systems
Speaker(s): Bicknell, J. (More Cowbell Unlimited) Date: 7 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. John Bicknell (CEO & Founder, More Cowbell Unlimited) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Modern strategic competition is forcing decision-making to occur more quickly in an increasingly cluttered information environment. The competition to attain more information […]
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The Real Way to Succeed in a Rivalry: The Societal Foundations of National Competitiveness
Speaker(s): Mazarr, M. (RAND) Date: 6 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Michael Mazarr (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. A country’s societal dynamism is directly linked to its international competitiveness, according to Dr. Mazarr. There are seven societal characteristics related to a country’s international competitiveness: national […]
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Ukraine, Connectivity, and the Future of War
Speaker(s): Ford, M. (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex); Hoskins, A. (Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow) Date: 29 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Matthew Ford (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex) and Prof. Andrew Hoskins (Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow) as […]
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Technology and the Soldier’s Will to Fight—How Can We Foster Courage in Our New Era?
Speakers: Dr. Reuven Gal (Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Resilience & Social Issues Section, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion, Israel); Dr. Ben Connable (Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University); and Dr. Aaron Frank (Senior Information Scientist, RAND) Date: 28 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker […]
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The CCP’s Ambitions to Control and Manipulate Information Spaces: Theory and Practice
Speaker: Dr. Mareike Ohlberg, (Senior Fellow and Leader of the Stockholm China Forum, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund [GMF] of the United States) Date: 22 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Mareike Ohlberg (Senior Fellow, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States) as part of its SMA Anticipating the Future […]
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