21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Communications

October 2018 No Comments

“21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Communications” Speakers: Stotz, G. (USARMY 21st TSC); Zagorowski, P. (USARMY 21st TSC) Date: 10 October 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by 1LT Piotr Zagorowski (USARMY 21st TSC) and MAJ Garrett Stotz (USARMY 21st TSC) as a part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. MAJ Stotz […]

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Russia and China’s Growing Military Interaction; Surprised?

October 2018 No Comments

“Russia and China’s Growing Military Interaction; Surprised?” Speaker: Zwack, P. (Retired) Date: 4 October 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by BG (Ret.) Peter Zwack as a part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. BG (Ret.) Zwack began his presentation by discussing Russia’s annual large-scale, highly-publicized military exercises and identifying the […]

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Out of the Desert: ISIS’s Strategy for a Long War

October 2018 No Comments

“Out of the Desert: ISIS’s Strategy for a Long War” Speaker: Hassan, H. (The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy) Date: 2 October 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Mr. Hassan Hassan (The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM Speaker Series. During his […]

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Afghanistan – No Ungoverned Spaces Here: NSI Podcast 03

September 2018 No Comments

Speaker: Liebl, V. (Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL)) Podcast Preview In NSI’s third podcast, Mr. Vern Liebl (Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL)) provides a holistic overview of the demography, culture, and population characteristics of Afghanistan. Mr. Liebl then breaks down different power dynamics and how they are partitioned up and down […]

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Taliban Leadership: The Science of Organizational Membership

September 2018 No Comments

“Taliban Leadership: The Science of Organizational Membership” Speaker: Ligon, G. (University of Nebraska, Omaha) Date: 21 September 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Gina Ligon (University of Nebraska, Omaha) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. During her presentation, Dr. Ligon addressed the following question: “What […]

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China’s ‘First Offset’ and Future Warfare

September 2018 No Comments

“A ‘New Era’ of Chinese Military Innovation — China’s ‘First Offset’ and Future Warfare” SMA hosted a speaker session with Elsa Kania (Center for a New American Security [CNAS]) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outomes Speaker Series. This speaker session supported SMA’s Korea Strategic Outcomes project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, […]

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Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe

September 2018 No Comments

“Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe” Speaker: Bechev, D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Date: 18 September 2018 Speaker Session Preview SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Dimitar Bechev (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) as a part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. During his presentation, Dr. Bechev spoke […]

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Is There A Win-Win Scenario for the Key Actors Concerned with the DPRK? – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report

September 2018 No Comments

[Q1] Is there a win-win scenario for all of the key actors (DPRK, ROK, US, China, Russia)? If so, what might this look like? Authors: Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) and George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Response This publication was released as part of SMA’s Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula project. For more information […]

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Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Way Ahead

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“Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Way Ahead” SMA hosted a speaker session with David Maxwell (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series. This speaker session supported SMA’s Korea Strategic Outcomes project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the Korea Strategic […]

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Getting Messages Through: The Cognition of Influence with North Korea and East Asia

September 2018 No Comments

Getting Messages Through: The Cognition of Influence with North Korea and East Asia Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) This publication was released as part of SMA’s Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula project. For more information regarding this project, please click here. Executive Summary To cause intended effects—and avoid unintended effects—in the fiendishly complex […]

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