Regional Perspectives on North Korean Scenarios SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. James Hoare (Chatham House / SOAS Centre of Korean Studies), Dr. John Nilsson-Wright (Cambridge University), Prof. Steve Tsang (SOAS China Institute), and Dr. Nicholas Wright – moderator (Intelligent Biology / Georgetown University) as a part of its SMA Korea Straetgic Outcomes Speaker […]
Continue ReadingSMA hosted a panel with Dr. Bleddyn Bowen (University of Leicester), Dr. Mark Hilborne (King’s College, London), and Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology / Georgetown University) as part of its SMA Contested Space Operations: Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting (Space) Speaker Series. Date: 17 May 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion as […]
Continue ReadingThe Clash of Sectors: Why Public Private Partnerships Can Reduce ‘Coerced Cooperation’ in Commercial-Government Joint Ventures Author(s): Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. John Stevenson (NSI, Inc.) Abstract Many experts believe that one of the best investments to expand opportunities for United States’ multi-and cross-domain dominance lies in the successful joint investment of the United […]
Continue ReadingSMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Reach Back Panel Discussion Speakers: Arquilla, J. (Naval Postgraduate School [NPS]); Barfield, T. (Boston University); Rothstein, H. (NPS); Whiteside, C. (NPS) Date: 16 May 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a panel discussion focusing on the most recent round of CENTCOM Reach Back questions as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) […]
Continue ReadingSMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University) as part of its SMA Contested Space Operations: Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting (Space) Speaker Series. Date: 9 May 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University) as a part of its SMA Space […]
Continue ReadingAfghanistan-Pakistan Relations: Sources and Outlook Speaker: Kaltenthaler, K. (University of Akron and Case Western Reserve University) Date: 8 May 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Karl Kaltenthaler (University of Akron and Case Western Reserve University) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. Dr. Kaltenthaler first provided […]
Continue ReadingEffects of Investment on Pathways to Space Security Author(s): George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Introduction Over the past year, the Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA)2 team employed NSI’s Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa®) methodology to reach out to a global network of space subject matter experts (SMEs) from across academia, industry, government, and national security space to elicit […]
Continue ReadingVladimir Putin’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Author(s): Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary A corpus of Vladimir Putin’s speeches was drawn from his official Kremlin website. The corpus was examined using semi-automated discourse analysis to gauge Putin’s concerns with space and how these are […]
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Author(s): Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary A collection of Kim Jong Un’s speeches from 2012 to 2017, translated and published online by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) were examined using semi-automated discourse analysis to […]
Continue ReadingChinese Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Author(s): Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary Corpora from three sources were examined using semi-automated discourse analysis to gauge the Chinese government’s concerns in the space domain and how these interests are articulated with general political and cultural […]
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