An Agenda for Disinformation Research
Speaker(s): Garland, J. (Santa Fe Institute) Date: 20 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Joshua Garland (Applied Complexity Fellow, Santa Fe Institute) as part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Dr. Garland defined disinformation as “false misleading or inaccurate information disseminated with the intent to deceive.” Disinformation must be countered because it undermines individuals’ […]
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Cognitive Defense of the Joint Force in a Digitizing World
Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University, University College London (UCL), Intelligent Biology and New America) 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. How can we defend the humans in the Joint Force—and its key support networks—from adversarial […]
Continue ReadingNarrative Intelligence: Separate Signal from Noise
Speaker: Mr. Greg Griffith (EdgeTheory) Date: 15 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session Mr. Greg Griffith (Chief Product Officer & Co-founder, EdgeTheory) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. EdgeTheory’s methodology and technology combines human analysis and artificial intelligence to help people understand the theories, conversations, and narratives that shape their […]
Continue ReadingThe Three-Body Problem: The US, China, and Russia
Speaker: Michèle Flournoy (WestExec Advisors) Date: 14 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Michèle Flournoy (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors) as a part of its SMA INSS/PRISM Speaker Series. In a conversation with Mr. Michael Miklaucic (NDU), Ms. Flournoy emphasized that China is a major economic competitor and an emerging military […]
Continue ReadingInnovation With Allies Now—The US, UK, and Forging a Technological Edge
Speakers: Representative James R. Langevin (Democrat, Rhode Island, US Congress); Representative Michael J. Gallagher (Republican, Wisconsin, US Congress); Chi Onwurah (Labour Party, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Digital and Business, UK); and Lord David Willetts (Conservative Party, Member of the House of Lords, Former Minister for Universities and Science, UK) Date: 8 July […]
Continue ReadingAssessments of Operations in the Information Environment for the Eastern Mediterranean and South China Sea
Authors: Howard Lee, Dr. Jumanne Donahue, Dr. David Hunter-Chester, Neil Sleevi, and Nicole Jobe (TRADOC G-2) 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. In support of the USAF and the SMA, the TRADOC G-2 Modeling and Simulations […]
Continue ReadingOn Education and Training for Operations in the Information Environment
Authors: Dr. Alex Levis (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. The Services and the Joint Staff provide both professional military education as well as academic education through the various schools, colleges and […]
Continue ReadingEscalation Management in 21st Century Operations in the Information Environment
Authors: Dr. Lawrence Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) and Carl Hunt (US Army, Retired) 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. We argue that the concept of escalation thresholds remains salient in national security and may be even […]
Continue ReadingHow to Engage with China
Speakers: Anna Ashton (Vice President of Government Affairs, US-China Business Council); Dr. Rachel Odell (Research Fellow, East Asia Program, The Quincy Institute); and Dr. Kori Schake (Director of China Policy, The American Enterprise Institute) Date: 22 June 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Ms. Anna Ashton (Vice President of Government Affairs, […]
Continue ReadingMoscow’s Digital Offensive: Building Sovereignty in Cyberspace
Speaker: Dr. Carolina Vendil Palli (Swedish Defence Research Agency) Date: 29 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Carolina Vendil Pallin (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Dr. Pallin commented that Russia’s conception of cyber operations is different than most Western countries. […]
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