Deterring the Risks of Simultaneous Conflicts and Limited Nuclear Attacks in East Asia

Deterring the Risks of Simultaneous Conflicts and Limited Nuclear Attacks in East Asia

Speaker: Mr. Markus Garlauskas (Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council) Date: 26 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Report: The...
Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World

Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World

Speaker: Ms. Bethany Allen (Axios) Date: 18 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials Biography: Bethany Allen is the China reporter for Axios and the author of Beijing Rules, named by the Financial Times as one of...
Putin and Putnam: The Unethical Rationality of Vladimir Putin Viewed Through a Game Theory Perspective

Putin and Putnam: The Unethical Rationality of Vladimir Putin Viewed Through a Game Theory Perspective

Speaker: LTC Nathan Colvin (US Army) Date: 11 October 2023 Speaker Series Summary In current discourse, Putin has been described as an irrational actor, choosing to commit armed aggression toward non-NATO countries even when the negative side effects of his actions...
China’s Three Roads to Controlling Taiwan

China’s Three Roads to Controlling Taiwan

Speakers: Dr. Dan Blumenthal (AEI) & Frederick W. Kagan (AEI) Date: 27 September 2023 Speaker Session Summary The increasing political and military tensions between China and Taiwan are frequently discussed in Western media. During these discussions, politicians...
Nuclear Intimidation, A Russian Success Story

Nuclear Intimidation, A Russian Success Story

Speaker: Mr. Keir Giles (Chatham House) Date: 5 September 2023 Speaker Session Summary Russia’s long-term information operations (IO) and influence campaigns have altered how US and Western decision makers perceive the risk level of Russia using a nuclear weapon....
Concepts of Influence Beyond Punishment and Denial: A Combined Effect Analysis of China, Russia, and Iran

Concepts of Influence Beyond Punishment and Denial: A Combined Effect Analysis of China, Russia, and Iran

Speaker: Brig Gen (Ret) Thomas Drohan (Professor Emeritus of Military and Strategic Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy; Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies) Date: 29 August 2023 Speaker Series Summary Authoritarian states more frequently use a whole-of-society...