China’s Global Media Footprint
Speaker(s): Cook, S. (Freedom House) Date: 2 June 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Sarah Cook (Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Ms. Cook began by stating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always been an authoritarian regime. […]
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A New Approach to Industrial Policy?
Speakers: Dr. Robert Atkinson (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation); and John Thornhill (The Financial Times) Date: 27 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted its first debate between Dr. Robert Atkinson (President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) and Mr. John Thornhill (Innovation Editor, The Financial Times) as a part of its SMA NDU Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. […]
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The Three N Approach to Strategies for United States Government Information Operations
Author(s): Kaltenthaler, K. (University of Akron/Case Western Reserve); Kruglanski, A. (University of Maryland) Invited Perspective Preview This paper seeks to answer the following question: What can we learn from the process ofradicalization into extremism that can be applied to information operations to make them moresuccessful? We contend that the 3 N model of radicalization applies […]
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Understanding Policy Responses to the National Disinformation Challenge
Speaker(s): Montgomery, M. (U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission); Morgus, R. (U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission); Thompson, N. (U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission) Date: 26 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Mark Montgomery (Executive Director, US Cyberspace Solarium Commission), Mr. Robert Morgus (Senior Director, US Cyberspace Solarium Commission), and Ms. Natalie Thompson (Research Analyst, […]
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Learning From Crises Like COVID-19 at Multiple Speeds of Relevance
Speaker(s): O’Donnell, G. (UK Cabinet Secretary 2005-2011, the UK’s highest Official and Head of the Civil Service); Freedman, L. (King’s College London) Date: 25 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Lord Gus O’Donnell (UK Cabinet Secretary 2005-2011, the UK’s highest Official and Head of the Civil Service) and Sir Lawrence Freedman […]
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The United States, China, and Russia: An Innovation Net Assessment
Speakers: Dr. Robert Atkinson, (President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation); Dr. Loren Graham, (Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard University); Dr. Walter Hudson, (COL, US Army (Ret.)) (Associate Professor, Eisenhower School, National Defense University; Global Fellow, Wilson Center); and Dr. James Mulvenon (Director, Intelligence Integration, Intelligence Solutions Group) […]
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Delaying Doomsday: The Politics of Nuclear Reversal
Speaker(s): Mehta, R. (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Date: 12 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Prof. Rupal Mehta (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. Prof. Mehta focused on her book project during her brief. The book’s overall thesis is that external pressure can […]
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On the New War Ecology
Speaker(s): Ford, M. (University of Sussex) Date: 11 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Matthew Ford (University of Sussex) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Dr. Ford began his presentation by emphasizing that a changing information environment (IE) has affected how governments and their civilians participate in radical […]
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Improving Capabilities for Operations in the Information Environment: Information Forces and Intelligence Support
Speaker(s): Paul, C. (RAND); Schwille, M. (RAND) Date: 5 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND) and Mr. Michael Schwille (RAND) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. This presentation was based on two recent RAND reports, which detail how information operations (IO) can be more effectively […]
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Slow Anti-Americanism: Evidence from Central Asia
Speaker(s): Schatz, E. (University of Toronto) Date: 4 May 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Edward Schatz (University of Toronto) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Schatz began by stating that the current practice of examining mostly extreme cases of anti-Americanism can lead to a misrepresentation of the overall sentiment […]
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