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...
Influence and Perception Management Office

Influence and Perception Management Office

Speaker: Mr. James Holly (OUSD (I&S)) Date: 3 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary The Influence and Perception Management Office (IPMO) is a young office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD I&S). However,...
Escalation Management in International Conflict: The United States and its Adversaries

Escalation Management in International Conflict: The United States and its Adversaries

Speakers: Ms. Egle Murauskaite (ICONS Project, University of Maryland), Mr. Devin H. Ellis (Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), University of Maryland) Date: 25 April 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker...
Cooperation, Competition & Conflict: JADE SPEAR, China, and New Strategic Art

Cooperation, Competition & Conflict: JADE SPEAR, China, and New Strategic Art

Speaker: Katz, D. (USSOCOM) Date: 14 March 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. David J. Katz (USSOCOM) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Speaker Series.  JADE SPEAR began as a grassroots initiative with the goal of holding the Chinese shipping...
Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China’s Coercion Against US Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China’s Coercion Against US Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Speaker(s): Garafola, C. (RAND) Date: 24 May 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Cristina Garafola (Associate Policy Researcher, RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Series. *Below is a summary provided by Ms. Garafola which reflects...