Arctic Strategic Tumult and Technological Resilience

June 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Gregory Falco (Cornell University) & Prof Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (Loughborough University) with Guest Host Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 1 July 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials Biographies:   Prof. Gregory Falco has been at the forefront of space system and critical infrastructure security in both industry and academia […]

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China’s Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?

June 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Stephanie Pezard, Dr. Irina Chindea, Yuliya Shokh, and Dr. Naoko Aoki (RAND) Date: 24 June 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Stephanie Pezard (RAND), Dr. Irina Chindea (RAND), Yuliya Shokh (RAND), and Dr. Naoko Aoki (RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series.   China’s research and information-gathering […]

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What Role Should Risk Reduction Play in a Two-Peer Security Environment?

June 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Anna Péczeli (Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 25 June 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials Biography: Dr. Anna Péczeli is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She is also an affiliate at […]

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Future in the High North: The Role of the Nordics in Meeting the Sino-Russian Challenges

May 2025 No Comments

Speakers: CDR Stefan Lundqvist, PhD  (Swedish Defence University) with Guest Host Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 4 June 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with CDR Stefan Lundqvist, PhD(Swedish Defence University) with Guest Host Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.   Russia and China have […]

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Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence

May 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Fuhrmann (Texas A&M University) Date: 21 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Matthew Fuhrmann (Texas A&M University) as part of its SMA SDF Speaker Series.   Nuclear latency refers to a state’s ability to engage in nuclear deterrence without developing or possessing nuclear weapons. Dr. Fuhrmann illustrated […]

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Generating and Employing Mass on the 21st Century Battlefield

May 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Dr. Sidharth Kaushal (Royal United Services Institute) Date: 13 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Sidharth Kaushal (Royal United Services Institute) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.   Dissimilar rearmament is fundamental in the context of the European theatre as nations attempt to scale up their military […]

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Russia’s Military After Ukraine: Potential Pathways for the Postwar Reconstitution of the Russian Armed Forces

April 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Michelle Grisé, Dr. Krystyna Marcinek, Anna Dowd, and David Woodworth (RAND) Date: 1 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Michelle Grisé (RAND), Dr. Krystyna Marcinek (RAND), Anna Dowd (RAND), and David Woodworth (RAND) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The ongoing war in Ukraine is testing Russia’s […]

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Avoiding Self-Deterrence in the Context of Nuclear Ambiguity

April 2025 No Comments

Volume V in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Dr. Lawrence Kuznar (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Hriar “Doc” Cabayan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Nathan Heath (NSI, Inc) Publication Preview The context of this Report has to do with Russia’s use of nuclear ambiguity and implied nuclear […]

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Assessing Deterrence: Understanding Adversary Behaviour and Their Perception of our Behaviour

April 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) Date: 8 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) and Stuart Smith (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) as part of its SMA SDF Speaker Series. For Western allies to properly deter unwanted Russian actions, […]

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China’s Views on Escalation and Crisis Management and Implications for the United States

March 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Lyle J. Morris (Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute) Date: 26 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Lyle J. Morris (Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series.  Mr. Morris emphasized that China perceives tensions […]

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