List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 29 April 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 8 April 2025 1000 ET

• Speaker: Ambassador Catherine Royale (NATO Brunssum)
• Topic: NATO’s deterrence views and the Assessing Deterrence Project
• Speaker Series: SDF

Wednesday 30 April 1100 ET

• Speaker: Mr. Gerald DiPippo (RAND)
• Topic: Focus on the New Economy, Not the Old: Why China’s Economic Slowdown Understates Gains
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Tuesday 13 May 1100 ET

• Speaker: Dr. Sidharth Kaushal (RUSI)
• Topic: Drones and questions of mass, missiles and the industrial base
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Tuesday 20 May 1300 ET

• Speaker: Mr. Joseph Torigian (American University)
• Topic: Chinese Strategic Thinking
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday 21 May 1100 ET

• Speaker: Dr. Matthew Furhmann (Texas A&M Unviersity)
• Topic: Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence
• Speaker Series: SDF

Tuesday 28 May 1500 ET

• Speaker: Oriana Skylar Maestro
• Topic: TBD
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Wednesday 29 May 1200 ET

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