Answering Authoritarian State Challenges: Tools for Deterring Russia and China
Speaker: Dr. Scott Fisher (New Jersey City University) Date: 6 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Briefing Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biography: Scott Fisher, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Department at New Jersey City University (NJCU). Prior to his PhD studies at Rutgers University, he received an MA in […]
Continue ReadingBack to the Drafting Board: U.S. Draft Mobilization Capability for Modern Operational Requirements
Speakers: Katherine Kuzminski (CNAS) & Taren Sylvester Date: 5 March 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biographies: Katherine L. Kuzminski (formerly Kidder) is the deputy director of studies and the director of the Military, Veterans, and Society (MVS) Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Her […]
Continue ReadingNuclear Deterrence in a Two-peer World: Implications for Europe
Speaker: Dr. Max Hoell (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 27 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Also forthcoming! Biography: Dr. Max Hoell is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research includes […]
Continue ReadingThe Philippines, Beijing’s Bullying, and a Forgotten Struggle for Peace
Speaker: Dr. Haroro Ingram (United States Institute of Peace (USIP)) Date: 21 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Biographies: Dr. Haroro J. Ingram is the country director for the Philippines at USIP. He is responsible for the strategic design, implementation planning, and in-country management of USIP’s Philippines […]
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Ecological Security: Military or Civil Duty?
Speakers: Thammy Evans (Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center) & Gary Lewis (Author, Former UN Resident Coordinator) Date: 12 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Thammy Evans (Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center) & Gary Lewis (Author, Former UN Resident Coordinator) as part of its SMA AFOE Phase III Climate Effects Speaker Series. Ecological […]
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Incorporating EMS Contestation in Strategic-Level Wargames
Speaker: Dr. Ross Buchanan (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Date: 11 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Ross Buchanan (Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) contestation occurs when two […]
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Defending the United States Against Critical Infrastructure Attacks: A Critical Infrastructure Survey and Hypothetical Campaign of Cascading Impacts
Speakers: Tom Wingfield & Bridget Kane (RAND) Date: 4 February 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Tom Wingfield (RAND) and Bridget Kane (RAND) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Stable and secure critical infrastructure—systems or assets essential to society—serve as a key component of national security and daily life […]
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West Africa Exploitable Conditions Model
Author: Dr. Samuel Henkin (NSI, Inc.) This publication was released as part of the SMA project “Anticipating the Future Operational Environment (AFOE) Phase III.“ For more information regarding this project, please click here. Publication Preview The West Africa Exploitable Conditions Model (WAECM) is an empirical, concept-based, system-of systems model tailored to the region of West Africa, […]
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Understanding and Countering China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations
Speakers: Dr. Todd Helmus & Dr. Krista Romita Grocholski (RAND) Date: 30 January 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Todd Helmus (RAND) and Dr. Krista Romita Grocholski (RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. China is seeking to assert control over and advance its interests in large portions […]
Continue ReadingRussian Subversion, Coercion, and Sabotage throughout Europe
Speaker: Bojan Pancevski (Wall Street Journal) with Guest Host Jack Gaines (One CA Podcast) Date: 24 January 2025 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Bojan Pancevski (Wall Street Journal) with Guest Host Jack Gaines (One CA Podcast) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series. Russian aggression below the threshold of warfare […]
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