The Escalatory Attraction of Limited Nuclear Employment For Great Power Competitors of the United States

The Escalatory Attraction of Limited Nuclear Employment For Great Power Competitors of the United States

Author(s): Yeaw, C. (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska) Publication Preview The United States has entered into a dangerously new era in which, for the first time in our nation’s history, we now face two nuclear-armed great power...
Operations in the Information Environment: Course of Action Analysis Exercise

Operations in the Information Environment: Course of Action Analysis Exercise

Author(s): Ellis, D. (ICONS); Murauskaite E. (ICONS); Ackerman, G. (CART, SUNY Albany); Clifford, D. (CART, SUNY Albany) Publication Preview The ICONS Project, a wargaming and simulation organization at the University of Maryland, was asked bythe Joint Staff, J39,...
The Power of Will in International Conflict: How to Think Critically in Complex Environments

The Power of Will in International Conflict: How to Think Critically in Complex Environments

Speaker(s): Hall, W. M. (Brigadier General, US Army, Retired); Finkelstein, M. (Chief Scientist, Hughes Aircraft, Advanced Concepts Directorate, Space and Communications Group & President of FlightScience, LLC); Citrenbaum, G. (President/Chief Scientist of Systems...
Cognitive Defense Against Massive Information Threats—Our Near Futures

Cognitive Defense Against Massive Information Threats—Our Near Futures

Speaker(s): Singer, P. W. (Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America); Wright, N. (Consultant, Intelligent Biology) Date: 28 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Nicholas Wright (University College London, Georgetown...
Cyber Risks in Nuclear Escalation Scenarios

Cyber Risks in Nuclear Escalation Scenarios

Speaker(s): Lin, H. (Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation & Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University) Date: 27 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker...
Russian Grand Strategy: Reality and Rhetoric

Russian Grand Strategy: Reality and Rhetoric

Speaker(s): Charap, S. (Senior Political Scientist, RAND); Massicot, D. (Senior Policy Researcher, RAND) Date: 14 October 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Samuel Charap (Senior Political Scientist, RAND) and Ms. Dara Massicot (Senior...