Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick (Center for Naval Analysis) Date: 29 July 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography: Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick is a Senior Research Scientist in the China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division at CNA and a Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Lyle Morris (Asia Society Policy Institute) Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Lyle Morris (Asia Society Policy Institute) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched the largest purge of leadership within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), primarily targeting the PLA Rocket Force and the […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Dr. T. X. Hammes (Institute for National Strategic Studies)with Guest Host Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 16 July 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials: Slides: Biography: Dr. T. X. Hammes is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institutes for Strategic Studies. His current research focuses on the changing character […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Dr. Kevin Modlin (Western Kentucky University) & Dr. Roberto Flores (Utah Valley University) Date: 10 July 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Kevin Modlin (Western Kentucky University) and Dr. Roberto Flores (Utah Valley University) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Artificial intelligence (AI) is proliferating throughout society […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Todd Veazie (USN, Ret) and Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 26 June 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Todd Veazie (USN, Ret) and Dr. Nicholas Wright(Intelligent Biology) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. During World War II, Germany combined emerging technological advancements with human elements of warfare—such […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: Dr. Anna Péczeli (Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 25 June 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Anna Péczeli(Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. The renewed era of great power competition […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers: 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker: Lt Col Oriana Skylar Mastro, PhD (Stanford University; Deputy Director of Reserve Global China Strategy) Date: 28 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Lt Col Oriana Skylar Mastro, PhD (Stanford University; Deputy Director of Reserve Global China Strategy) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. Western scholars and […]
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