Outer Space in the Media Space: How Russian and Chinese News Media Present the Commercialization and Militarization of the Space Domain
Authors: Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Randy Kluver (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Ethan Stokes (University of Alabama) Report Preview This report details Russian and Chinese media presentations of operations and intentions in the space domain to their respective populations. These presentations provide us insight into how members of these nation states understand their government’s […]
Continue ReadingCognitive Defense Against Massive Information Threats—Our Near Futures
Speakers: Peter W. Singer (Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America); Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Date: 28 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Nicholas Wright (University College London, Georgetown University) and Dr. Peter W. Singer (New America), as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Disinformation is becoming a more prevalent […]
Continue ReadingCyber Risks in Nuclear Escalation Scenarios
Speaker(s): Lin, H. (Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation & Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University) Date: 27 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Herb Lin (Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution & Senior […]
Continue ReadingRussian Grand Strategy: Reality and Rhetoric
Speaker(s): Charap, S. (Senior Political Scientist, RAND); Massicot, D. (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND) Date: 14 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Samuel Charap (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) and Ms. Dara Massicot (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND), as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. Russia’s strategic military doctrine mostly matches their conventional […]
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US versus China: Promoting ‘Constructive Competition’ to Avoid ‘Destructive Competition’ (Volume II)
Volume II in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Elder (George Mason University), Nicole (Peterson) Omundson (NSI, Inc.), Belinda Bragg, PhD (NSI, Inc.) Contributing Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.), Mr. Alex Campbell (LLNL), Dr. Zachary S. Davis (LLNL), Mr. Abraham M. Denmark (The Wilson Center), […]
Continue ReadingThe Future Character of Information in Strategy: Forged by Cognition and Technology
Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Publication preview: The basic cognitive nature of how human brains process information hasn’t changed for millennia, including how we use information in strategy. Information is crucial […]
Continue ReadingCompendium of Recommendations for Countering Russian and Other State-Sponsored Propaganda
Speaker(s): Helmus, T. (RAND) Date: 26 August 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Todd C. Helmus (RAND) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. Countering Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns is a complex task which involves many different policy changes from both government and private actors. In this meta-analysis, Dr. […]
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Measuring Information Effects
Author: Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.) Publication Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. The objective of the Integrating Information into Joint Operations (IIJO) project is to assess the ways in which the Joint Force can most effectively […]
Continue ReadingInformation Maneuver in Military Operations
Author: Dr. Robert Elder (George Mason University) Invited Perspective Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Treating information as a form of maneuver can provide powerful advantages to commandersand political leaders responsible for US and partner national security. […]
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Effective Communication: Lessons Learned From Those Outside the US Government and Military
Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.) and George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Report Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This report integrates key insights and lessons learned from the SMA IIJO effort about how those outside of […]
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