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...
US Military Assistance to Ukraine in 2022: Impact Assessment

US Military Assistance to Ukraine in 2022: Impact Assessment

Speaker: Murauskaite, E. (University of Maryland, ICONS) Date: 15 March 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Egle E. Murauskaite (University of Maryland, ICONS) as part of its SMA EUCOM Speaker Series.  The US has given military support...
Sino-Russian Relations: Articulating a World Order

Sino-Russian Relations: Articulating a World Order

Speaker(s): Garcia, Z. (Associate Professor of Security Studies, Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College); Modlin, K. (Instructor, Western Kentucky University) Date: 1 March 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr....
Slaughtering Sacred Cows? German Energy Security, Nuclear Sharing, and the War in Ukraine

Slaughtering Sacred Cows? German Energy Security, Nuclear Sharing, and the War in Ukraine

Speaker(s): Dorondo, D. (Western Carolina University) Date: 21 November 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. David Dorondo (Western Carolina University) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. After the Cold War,...
Russia’s New Approach to Influence During the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine

Russia’s New Approach to Influence During the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine

Speaker(s): Vartanova, O. (US Marine Corps Information Operations Center (MCIOC)) Date: 15 November 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Olga Vartanova (Visiting Scholar & Consultant, US Marine Corps Information Operations Center...
Ukrainian Resilience in the Context of Conflict Dynamics and International Public Opinion

Ukrainian Resilience in the Context of Conflict Dynamics and International Public Opinion

Speaker(s): Polyak, M. (President, Ipsos, North America Analytics); Kagan, F. (Senior Fellow & Director of the Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute) Date: 28 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Mark...