National Will to Fight Amid 2020s/30s Technologies

National Will to Fight Amid 2020s/30s Technologies

Speaker(s): McNerney, M. (Senior Researcher, RAND); Sharpe, A. (Director, Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research); Demus , A. (Associate International/Defense Researcher, RAND)  Date: 13 September 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker...
The Berkeley Protocol as a New Guide for Strengthening Digital Investigation Methods

The Berkeley Protocol as a New Guide for Strengthening Digital Investigation Methods

Speaker(s): Koenig, A. (Executive Director, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law; Lecturer, UC Berkeley School of Law; Co-founder, UC Berkeley Investigations Lab); Freeman, L. (Director of Technology, Law, and Policy, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School...
Value Chains in Flux: Commercial and Geopolitical Imperatives Framing Possible Futures

Value Chains in Flux: Commercial and Geopolitical Imperatives Framing Possible Futures

Speaker(s): Steen, P. (Global Strategy and Economics Advisor, US Department of Defense, Joint Staff Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate, Director’s Advisory Group) Date: 27 July 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Pete...
How Can They (and We) Wield the Green Energy Transition for Geostrategic Power?

How Can They (and We) Wield the Green Energy Transition for Geostrategic Power?

Speaker(s): Nugee, R. (Non-Executive Member for Climate Change and Sustainability, UK Ministry of Defence); Livingston, D. (Senior Advisor in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry) Date: 15 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a...
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War 

Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War 

Speaker(s): Scharre, P. (Center for a New American Security [CNAS]) Date: 3 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Paul Scharre (Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security [CNAS]; Author of Army of None:...