A New Asian Order is Emerging

A New Asian Order is Emerging

Speaker: Mr. Mohammed Soliman (Middle East Institute) Date: 26 July 2023 Speaker Session Summary India’s expanding political influence is altering the current geopolitical order in Asia, with India positioned at its center. India’s growing role in geopolitics will...
Combined-Effects Competition & Warfare: Strategies from China and Russia

Combined-Effects Competition & Warfare: Strategies from China and Russia

Speaker: Dr. Tom Drohan (Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies) Date: 19 April 2023 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Thomas Drohan (Professor Emeritus of Military and Strategic Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy; Mitchell Institute for...
Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part III)

Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part III)

Speaker(s): Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI); Bragg, B. (NSI) Date: 7 January 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI) and Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Speaker Series.  As US adversaries...
The Shape of the Future Operating Environment: How Our Adversaries Have Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore the Bomb

The Shape of the Future Operating Environment: How Our Adversaries Have Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore the Bomb

Author: Bragg, B. (NSI) Video Preview In July of this year, at the request of USSTRATCOM, SMA initiated an effort to address eight questions regarding the implications of the increasing numbers, and expanding capabilities, of US nuclear adversaries. This report...
Deterring Iran in the Gray Zone: Insights from Four Decades of Conflict

Deterring Iran in the Gray Zone: Insights from Four Decades of Conflict

Speaker(s): Eisenstadt, M. (Kahn Fellow & Director of Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Date: 30 September 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Michael Eisenstadt (The Washington...
The Role of Political Islam in COVID Times and Regional Developments

The Role of Political Islam in COVID Times and Regional Developments

Speakers: Alrasheed, R. (Richardson Institute, Lancaster University); Ardovini, L. (Middle East and North Africa Programme, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)); Mabon, S. (Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation (SEPAD));Zaccara, L. (Gulf Studies...