The Challenge of Russia’s Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Western Air Supremacy as One Russian Justification for NSNW

The Challenge of Russia’s Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Western Air Supremacy as One Russian Justification for NSNW

Author(s): Boone, R. (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska); Rehbein, D. (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska); Swegle, J. (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska); Yeaw, C. (National Strategic...
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...
Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part II)

Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part II)

Speaker(s): Elder, R. (George Mason University); Siebens, J. (Defense Strategy & Planning Program, Stimson Center); Yeaw, C. (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska) Date: 9 December 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion...
The Role of Nuclear-Conventional Intermingling on State Decision-making and the Risk of Inadvertent Escalation

The Role of Nuclear-Conventional Intermingling on State Decision-making and the Risk of Inadvertent Escalation

Author(s): Bahney, B. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]); Péczeli, A. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [LLNL]) Publication Preview Questions Addressed What are the implications of nuclear and conventional intermingling on crisis stability and the...
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,...
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...