Transactional Communication Model
Authors: Dr. Belina Bragg (NSI, Inc.); Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College) Quick Look Preview Introduction 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 […]
Continue ReadingUnderstanding Mass Self-Communication
Authors: Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College) Quick Look 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 brief discusses a new form of […]
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Vulnerabilities to Cognitive Biases in the OODA Loop Process
Authors: Tom Rieger and Ali Jafri (NSI, Inc.) 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. A recent Quick Look prepared as part of a Joint Staff and Air Force (A3)-sponsored effort to examine the effectiveness of Operations […]
Continue ReadingInformation Warfare
Speaker: Mr. James Farwell (The Farwell Group) Date: 21 January 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session, presented by Mr. James Farwell (The Farwell Group), as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Mr. Farwell’s brief focused on strategic views of information warfare and the impact that it is having. He began by stating that communication strategy and information warfare are […]
Continue ReadingWaging New Cold Wars: Gaining Advantage in Great Power Competition
Speaker: Dr. Robert Ehlers (JMark Services) Date: 22 January 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session, presented by Dr. Robert Ehlers (JMark Services, Inc.), as a part of its new SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Dr. Ehlers began by presenting the six goals of his presentation: 1) To foster thinking and action for informational aspects of great power rivalry (GPR), 2) to review key […]
Continue ReadingNeglected History, Forgotten Lessons: The Struggle for Minds and Wills Relies on Leadership First, Organization Second
Speaker: Mr. Matthew Armstrong (PhD Student, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London) Date: 14 January 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session, presented by Mr. Matthew Armstrong (PhD Student, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London), as a part of its new SMA Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) Speaker Series. Mr. Armstrong took a historical approach to his […]
Continue ReadingQanon Radicalization and Conspiracy: 2017-2020
Speaker: Bloom, M. (Georgia State University) Date: 15 December 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session, presented by Dr. Mia Bloom (Georgia State University), as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Bloom began her presentation by noting the similarities between ISIS’s and Qanon’s methods of recruitment and radicalization, as well as their […]
Continue ReadingProtection’s Price: Reassurance and Burden-Sharing in U.S. Alliances
Speaker: Blankenship, B. (University of Miami) Date: 9 December 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series, entitled “Protection’s Price: Reassurance and Burden-Sharing in US Alliances.” The speaker was Dr. Brian Blankenship (University of Miami). Dr. Blankenship began his presentation by discussing the conditions under […]
Continue ReadingPresent and Future Challenges to Maintaining Balance Between Global Cooperation and Competition (Volume I)
Volume I in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder (George Mason University), Ms. Nicole (Peterson) Omundson (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.) Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Cynthia J. Buckley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Dr. Ralph Clem (Florida International University), Mr. […]
Continue ReadingAmerican Businesses and Great Power Competition
Speaker: Votel, J. (Former Commander, USSOCOM and USCENTCOM; President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)) Date: 18 November 2020 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session as a part of its SMA INDOPACOM/AFRICOM Speaker Series. The speaker was GEN (Ret.) Joseph Votel (Former Commander, USSOCOM and USCENTCOM; President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)). GEN […]
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