Answering Authoritarian State Challenges: Tools for Deterring Russia and China
Speaker: Dr. Scott Fisher (New Jersey City University) Date: 6 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Scott Fisher (New Jersey City University) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Information serves as a valuable yet often underutilized tool for deterring China, Russia, and other US adversaries. Dr. Fisher […]
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Speaker: Dr. Max Hoell (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 27 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Also forthcoming! Biography: Dr. Max Hoell is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research includes […]
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Ecological Security: Military or Civil Duty?
Speakers: Thammy Evans (Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center) & Gary Lewis (Author, Former UN Resident Coordinator) Date: 12 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Thammy Evans (Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center) & Gary Lewis (Author, Former UN Resident Coordinator) as part of its SMA AFOE Phase III Climate Effects Speaker Series. Ecological […]
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Incorporating EMS Contestation in Strategic-Level Wargames
Speaker: Dr. Ross Buchanan (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 11 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Ross Buchanan (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) contestation occurs when two […]
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West Africa Exploitable Conditions Model
Author: Dr. Samuel Henkin (NSI, Inc.) This publication was released as part of the SMA project “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment (AFOE) Phase III.“ For more information regarding this project, please click here. Publication Preview The West Africa Exploitable Conditions Model (WAECM) is an empirical, concept-based, system-of systems model tailored to the region of West Africa, […]
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Understanding and Countering China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations
Speakers: Dr. Todd Helmus & Dr. Krista Romita Grocholski (RAND) Date: 30 January 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Todd Helmus (RAND) and Dr. Krista Romita Grocholski (RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. China is seeking to assert control over and advance its interests in large portions […]
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Who Will We—and They—be on Day 30 or Day 1000 in Deterrence?
Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) This publication was released as part of the SMA project “21st Century Strategic Deterrence Frameworks.” (SDF) For more information regarding this project, please click here. Publication Preview The Joint Concept for Competing (JCC; Feb 2023) states that a ‘competitive mindset also means embracing strategic competition as a persistent and enduring […]
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Security Risks of Climate Action
Speaker: Andrew Gilmour (Berghof Foundation) Date: 15 January 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Andrew Gilmour (Berghof Foundation) as part of its SMA AFOE Phase III Climate Effects Speaker Series. The negative effects of climate change on societies and their security are well-documented; however, the speed and scale at which climate […]
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Saudi Vision 2030 vs Iran Vision 1979
Speaker: Karim Sadjadpour (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Date: 8 January 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Karim Sadjadpour (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) as part of its SMA CENTCOM Speaker Series. Saudi Arabia and Iran have a deeply rooted rivalry stemming from their contrasting visions for the future of their […]
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Russian Adaptation to Sanctions: The Military Industrial Complex and Regional Dynamics
Speaker: Elina Ribakova (Peterson Institute for International Economics; Director of the International Program at Kyiv School of Economics.) Date: 10 December 2024 Speaker Session Summary The Russian economy has proven stubbornly resilient to Western sanctions. Ms. Ribakova discussed this resilience through two lenses: the military industrial complex and the economic convergence of Russia’s regions. While […]
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