DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins Kick-off for the New SMA Series on the Mind-tech Nexus

DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins Kick-off for the New SMA Series on the Mind-tech Nexus

Speaker(s): Tompkins, S. (Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA]) Date: 26 May 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Stefanie Tompkins (Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA]) as part of its SMA...
How America Can Seize Its Great-Power Opportunity

How America Can Seize Its Great-Power Opportunity

Speaker(s): Wyne, A. (Eurasia Group) Date: 4 May 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Ali Wyne (Senior Analyst, Eurasia Group) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Past US foreign security policies primarily focused on adversaries’...
Degrees of Separation: Targeted Decoupling and the US-China Relationship

Degrees of Separation: Targeted Decoupling and the US-China Relationship

Speaker(s): Segal, S. (CSIS); Reynolds, M. (CSIS) Date: 30 March 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Stephanie Segal(Non-resident Senior Associate, Economics Program, CSIS) and Mr. Matthew Reynolds (Research Associate, Economics Program,...
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China

The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China

Speaker(s): Rudd, K. (President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Society; 26th Prime Minister of Australia) Date: 29 March 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with The Honorable Kevin Rudd (President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia...
Special Forces in Great Power Competition

Special Forces in Great Power Competition

Speaker(s): Watling, J. (Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)) Date: 16 March 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Jack Watling (Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Special...
Defense Strategy and a Strategy of Denial?

Defense Strategy and a Strategy of Denial?

Speaker(s): Colby, E. (The Marathon Initiative) Date: 3 March 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Elbridge Colby (The Marathon Initiative) as part of its SMA NDU (INSS/PRISM) Speaker Series. US grand strategy for contesting China’s...