List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 16 July 2025)

For general speaker series inquiries and information on how to join an event, please contact Mariah Yager (mariah.c.yager.ctr@mail.mil).

Tuesday July 22 1200 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. Craig Whiteside (US Naval War  College) & Ian C. Rice (Naval Postgraduate School)
• Topic: Nonstate Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects 
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Thursday July 24 1200 EDT

• Speaker: Lyle Morris (Asia Society)
• Topic: Ongoing purges within the PLA and implications for PLA morale and readiness
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday July 29 1000 EDT

• Speaker: Elizabeth Wishnick
• Topic: INDOPACOM Perspective on Arctic
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday August 5 1200 EDT

• Speaker: Ryan Bauer, Erik E. Mueller, Cortney Weinbaum, Paul Cormarie, Oluwatimilehin Sotubo, Weilong Kong, Auburn Brown, Melissa Shostak, Zara Fatima Abdurahaman (RAND)
• Topic: Russian Mercenary and Paramilitary Groups in Africa
• Speaker Series: AFRICOM

Wednesday August 27

• Speaker: Dr. Mohsen Milani (USF)
• Topic: Book Talk: “Iran’s Rise & Rivalry with the U.S. in the Middle East“
• Speaker Series: CENTCOM

Thursday September 11 1200 EDT

• Speaker: David Bray (LeadDo Adapt)
• Topic: Active Inference
• Speaker Series: SMA General