Cognitive Competition, Conflict, and War: An Ontological Approach

May 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Dr. Robert “Jake” Bebber (US Navy) Date: 6 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography:  Robert “Jake” Bebber is an officer in the United States Navy. He has served at various locations throughout his career, including Afghanistan, Fort Meade, US 7th Fleet staff, Carrier Strike Group 12, […]

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Russia’s Military After Ukraine: Potential Pathways for the Postwar Reconstitution of the Russian Armed Forces

April 2025 No Comments

Speakers: Dr. Michelle Grisé, Dr. Krystyna Marcinek, Anna Dowd, and David Woodworth (RAND) Date: 1 May 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Michelle Grisé (RAND), Dr. Krystyna Marcinek (RAND), Anna Dowd (RAND), and David Woodworth (RAND) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The ongoing war in Ukraine is testing Russia’s […]

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Focus on the New Economy, Not the Old: Why China’s Economic Slowdown Understates Gains

April 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Mr. Gerard DiPippo (RAND) Date: 30 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Gerard DiPippo(RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series.  National headlines about China’s economy have focused on its decelerating economic growth and gross domestic product (GDP). Despite these macroeconomic indicators, China continues to pursue its high-tech […]

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Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars

April 2025 No Comments

Editors: Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University, University College London, Center for Strategic and International Studies), Michael Miklaucic (National Defense University), Todd Veazie (Joint Staff J3 Strategic Multilayer Assessment Office) Publication Preview Air University Press has published Strategic Multilayer Assessment’s (SMA) latest book, Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars. Forewords by General […]

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The Remilitarization of the Arctic

April 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Dr. James Patton Rogers (Brooks Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University) Date: 16 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. James Patton Rogers (Brooks Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The Arctic, considered a space of geopolitical cooperation following the Cold War, is […]

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Avoiding Self-Deterrence in the Context of Nuclear Ambiguity

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Volume V in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Dr. Lawrence Kuznar (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Hriar “Doc” Cabayan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Nathan Heath (NSI, Inc) Publication Preview The context of this Report has to do with Russia’s use of nuclear ambiguity and implied nuclear […]

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Assessing Deterrence: Understanding Adversary Behaviour and Their Perception of our Behaviour

April 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) Date: 8 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ambassador Catherine Royle (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) and Stuart Smith (NATO, Joint Force Command Brunssum) as part of its SMA SDF Speaker Series. For Western allies to properly deter unwanted Russian actions, […]

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Globally Critical Infrastructure: The Unique Risks and Challenges

March 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Zak Kallenborn (PhD candidate, War Studies at King’s College London) Date: 1 April 2025 Speaker Session Summary Certain infrastructures are not only important to individual nations but also entire regions and the global system. Globally critical infrastructure (GCI) can be located within, across, and outside state borders. Specific examples of GCI include the Panama […]

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China’s Views on Escalation and Crisis Management and Implications for the United States

March 2025 No Comments

Speaker: Lyle J. Morris (Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute) Date: 26 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Lyle J. Morris (Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series.  Mr. Morris emphasized that China perceives tensions […]

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Strategic Stability and Emerging Russian and Chinese Technologies

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Speakers: Dr. Juljan Krause (University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation), Dr. Kimberly Peh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), & Dr. Spenser Warren (Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs) Date: 20 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Juljan Krause (University of California […]

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