Weaponizing Critical Resources on a Changing Planet

Weaponizing Critical Resources on a Changing Planet

Speaker(s): Alessa, L. (President’s Professor and Director, Center for Resilient Communities, University of Idaho; Chief Scientist (ST), United States Special Operations Command) Date: 14 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Lilian...
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...
The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Extreme Inequality and Why It Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Extreme Inequality and Why It Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa

Speaker(s): Muyeba, S. (Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver) Date: 8 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Singumbe Muyeba (Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver) as part of...
The Perfect Imbalance of the Sino-Russian Relationship

The Perfect Imbalance of the Sino-Russian Relationship

Speaker(s): Bērziņa-Čerenkova, U. (Head of the Political Science Doctoral Programme & Director of the China Studies Centre, Riga Stradins University, Latvia) Date: 7 June 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Una Aleksandra...
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:...
Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China’s Coercion Against US Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China’s Coercion Against US Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Speaker(s): Garafola, C. (RAND) Date: 24 May 2022 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Cristina Garafola (Associate Policy Researcher, RAND) as part of its SMA INDOPACOM Series. *Below is a summary provided by Ms. Garafola which reflects...