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,...
Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion

Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion

Speaker: Dr. Carla Martinez Machain (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Date: 27 June 2023 Speaker Session Summary The presence of a US military base in a host country naturally increases interactions between that host country’s citizens and US military personnel. These...
The Ukrainian Army is Leveraging Online Influencers. Can the U.S. Military?

The Ukrainian Army is Leveraging Online Influencers. Can the U.S. Military?

Speaker: Dr. Todd Helmus (RAND) Date: 6 June 2023 Speaker Session Summary The war in Ukraine has demonstrated how cooperation between a country’s military and prominent social media influencers can be a useful tool for harnessing narrative control relating to...
Combined-Effects Competition & Warfare: Strategies from China and Russia

Combined-Effects Competition & Warfare: Strategies from China and Russia

Speaker: Dr. Tom Drohan (Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies) Date: 19 April 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Thomas Drohan (Professor Emeritus of Military and Strategic Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy; Mitchell Institute for...