Analyzing the Gray Zone

October 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Potter, P. (Associate Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center, University of Virginia) Date: 19 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Philip Potter (Associate Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center, University of Virginia) as part of its SMA General Speaker Session. The […]

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Towards a Third Nuclear Age?

September 2022 No Comments

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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Long Shadows: Deterrence in a Multipolar Nuclear Age

July 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Pettyjohn, S. (Senior Fellow & Director of the Defense Program, Center for a New American Security [CNAS]) Date: 26 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn (Senior Fellow & Director of the Defense Program, Center for a New American Security [CNAS]) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker […]

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Technology and the Soldier’s Will to Fight—How Can We Foster Courage in Our New Era?

June 2022 No Comments

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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Multi-Actor Deterrence: Why Multiple Perceptions Matter

April 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Black, M. (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska Omaha; Director for Workforce Development and Education, National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology and Education (NCITE); Research Fellow, National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska; Co-Editor, Space and Defense Journal) Date: 26 April 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Michelle […]

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The Evolving Requirements for Extended Deterrence and Allied Assurance in the Indo-Pacific

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Speaker(s): Smith, S. (Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, US Air Force Academy); Anderson, J. (Senior Policy Fellow, Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University) Date: 27 April 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Shane Smith (Director, Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, […]

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The Surprisingly Unsurprising Russo-Ukraine War: Learning and Teaching the Right Lessons for Integrated Deterrence

March 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Roberson, P. (Commander and Commandant, US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg); Meredith, S. (National Defense University); Eltsov, P. (National Defense University); Davidson, C. (National Defense University) Date: 5 April 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Spencer Meredith (National Defense University), Dr. Peter Eltsov (National Defense […]

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Escalation Management in Gray Zone Crises: A Proposed Toolkit

March 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Ellis, D. (University of Maryland); Elder, R. (George Mason University); Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI) Date: 22 March 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Devin Hayes Ellis (University of Maryland), Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder, PhD (George Mason University), and Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Gray zone conflict—which […]

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Russian Approaches to Strategic Deterrence and Tactical Coercion

February 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Charap, S. (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) Date: 18 February 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Samuel Charap (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. In his presentation, Dr. Charap discussed two papers: one that describes Russia’sconcept of military deterrence and one that relates Russia’s deterrence approach directly to […]

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Poland’s New Model Army

January 2022 No Comments

Speaker(s): Bartosiak, J. (Founder and Owner, Strategy & Future; Senior Analyst, Geopolitical Futures) Date: 3 February 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Jacek Bartosiak (Founder and Owner, Strategy & Future; Senior Analyst, Geopolitical Futures) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. Russia’s troop movement to Ukraine and Belarus has caused […]

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