SMA Speaker Series

The SMA Speaker Series is the collection of publications and briefings from leading experts in the national security space. Every week, leading experts in the national security space discuss major challenges facing Combatant Commands, allies, and the world. Our archives include: audio or video recordings when available, written summaries of presentations, and speaker bios and briefing materials.

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SMA Speaker Series

You Are What You Risk: What Different Global Risk Choices Mean for US National Security

Gray rhinos—or threats that actors see coming and openly discuss—are having a strong impact on today’s world. How actors respond to these gray rhinos strongly indicates their willingness to take risks.
January 19, 2022
Michele Wucker
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SMA Speaker Series

The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict

For the first time in twenty years, the US armed forces are shifting from mostly carrying out counter-insurgency operations to carrying out operations in support of US interests in great power competition.
January 12, 2022
Gerald (Jerry) Leverich
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The Real and Present Risk of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons on the Battlefield

Russia’s and China’s status as near-peer nuclear competitors with the US is changing the reality of what a military conflict would look like.
January 12, 2022
Dr. Adam Lowther
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Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part III)

As US adversaries reach nuclear parity—or near nuclear parity—with the US, multi-actor deterrence is becoming more prevalent in global influence competition.
January 10, 2022
Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois
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AI Will Change War

The potential for blending the character of war (the types of technologies used in war) and the nature of war (the human domain) is increasing as autonomous systems are used more frequently on the battlefield.
January 10, 2022
Gen. John R. Allen and Mr. Amir Husain
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Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics

SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter (CEO, New America) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series.
December 18, 2021
Anne-Marie Slaughter
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SMA Speaker Series

Information Warfare and the New Threat Environment

SMA hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Christopher Paul (RAND), Mr. James P. Farwell (The Farwell Group), and Ms. Elisabeth Braw (American Enterprise Institute (AEI)) as part of its SMA INSS/PRISM Speaker Series.
December 10, 2021
James P. Farwell, Elisabeth Braw, and Christopher Paul
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SMA Speaker Series

Challenges to 21st Century Deterrence (Part II)

SMA hosted a panel discussion with Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder, PhD (George Mason University), Mr. James A. Siebens (Defense Strategy & Planning Program, Stimson Center), and Dr. Christopher Yeaw (National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska) as part of its SMA STRATCOM Risk of Strategic Deterrence Failure Speaker Series.
December 10, 2021
Lieutenant General Robert Elder, James A. Siebens, and Dr. Christopher Yeaw
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STRATCOM
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Integrating Deterrence Across the Gray—Making It More Than Words

SMA hosted a speaker session with Mr. Robert Jones (USSOCOM), LTC Catherine Crombe (USSOCOM SOCCENT), and LTC Steven Ferenzi (USSOCOM SOCCENT) as part of its SMA General Speaker Series.
December 8, 2021
Lt. Col. Katie Crombe, Lt.Col. Steve Ferenzi, and Mr. Robert C. Jones
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SMA Speaker Series

Chinese Illicit Activities Conducted Through Myanmar

Speaker(s): Tower, J. (Country Director, Burma Program, United States Institute of Peace [USIP]); Rotberg, R. (Founding Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School; President Emeritus, World Peace Foundation); Cooper, S. (National Investigations Journalist, Global News); Gaines, J. (Communication and Policy Advisor, Public Affairs).
December 7, 2021
Jason Tower, Prof. Robert I. Rotberg, Sam Cooper, and MAJ Jack Gaines
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