Identifying and Exploiting Fleeting Opportunities in Complex Systems

Identifying and Exploiting Fleeting Opportunities in Complex Systems

Speaker(s): Bicknell, J. (More Cowbell Unlimited) Date: 7 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. John Bicknell (CEO & Founder, More Cowbell Unlimited) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Modern strategic competition is...
Ukraine, Connectivity, and the Future of War

Ukraine, Connectivity, and the Future of War

Speaker(s): Ford, M. (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex); Hoskins, A. (Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow) Date: 29 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Matthew Ford (Senior Lecturer in...
The CCP’s Ambitions to Control and Manipulate Information Spaces: Theory and Practice

The CCP’s Ambitions to Control and Manipulate Information Spaces: Theory and Practice

Speaker(s): Ohlberg, M. (Senior Fellow and Leader of the Stockholm China Forum, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund [GMF] of the United States) Date: 22 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Mareike Ohlberg (Senior Fellow, Asia...
Weaponizing Critical Resources on a Changing Planet

Weaponizing Critical Resources on a Changing Planet

Speaker(s): Alessa, L. (President’s Professor and Director, Center for Resilient Communities, University of Idaho; Chief Scientist (ST), United States Special Operations Command) Date: 14 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Lilian...
The Perfect Imbalance of the Sino-Russian Relationship

The Perfect Imbalance of the Sino-Russian Relationship

Speaker(s): Bērziņa-Čerenkova, U. (Head of the Political Science Doctoral Programme & Director of the China Studies Centre, Riga Stradins University, Latvia) Date: 7 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Una Aleksandra...
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...