Transcultural Predictors of Will to Fight

Transcultural Predictors of Will to Fight

Speaker(s): Atran, S. (Co-founder, Artis International; Emeritus Director of Research, France’s National Centre for Scientific Research) Date: 12 October 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Scott Atran (Co-founder, Artis...
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...
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:...
Avoiding a Climate Arms Race: Why We Need the Baruch Plan 2.0 for Climate Geoengineering

Avoiding a Climate Arms Race: Why We Need the Baruch Plan 2.0 for Climate Geoengineering

Speaker(s): Chalecki, E. (Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha; 2022 Fulbright Research Chair, Fulbright Canada) Date: 18 May 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Elizabeth L. Chalecki (Associate...