Mine and Julia Macdonald's new podcast on autonomy--from mines to missiles to drones--is now available! Follow the people behind America's unmanned arsenal from the revolutionary war to Afghanistan, Ukraine, and looking to the future. www.hoover.org/research/epi...

The Hand Behind Unmanned on CSPAN www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

The Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC! Join us wednesday March 26th at 5:30 at the Hoover DC office. lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr76...

Women of Wargaming featuring @spettyjohn.bsky.social Bethany Goldblum and Emma Barrosa youtu.be/NP224DLDSCs?...

Women of Wargaming! @spettyjohn.bsky.social

Wow. This office played such a large role in modern US military thought. Check out our book to understand how they influenced multiple generations on the future of war. www.defense.gov/News/Release...

They forgot to include our grant in this announcement. “Deterrence in Space- Integrated or Entangled? A wargaming approach.”

The official Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC Mar 26th. Join us at the Hoover office at 5:30 for a discussion moderated by Michael Horowitz followed by reception. And we’ll be announcing a new project w/1st access to those at the launch! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr76...

Big thanks to Middlebury for having me this afternoon to talk The Hand Behind Unmanned this afternoon!

Trumps DOD listed one way attack/attritable systems as a top priority. But what are the politics behind these technologies? Check out our discussion @stanfordcisac.bsky.social yesterday on my new book with Julia Macdonald. youtu.be/pUId7_8qLg4?...

Starting soon!

Want to know more about the politics behind why we buy some unmanned weapons and not others? I'll be discussing my new book with Julia Macdonald @stanfordcisac.bsky.social at 12PT. Join us in person if you're in the bay area or virtually here: cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/hand-...

Next week: "The Hand Behind Unmanned" with @jackieschneider.bsky.social RSVP here⤵️ cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/hand-...

On Friday Secretary of Defense Hegseth warned that, "There's a lot of programs around here that we’ve spent a lot of money on that, when you actually wargame it, don't have the impact you want them to." When he said that, we probably all had a favorite system (or two) that came to mind. ;) 🧵

Today we filmed a brief video for Hoover Library & Archives in Hoover’s new Shultz Auditorium. We talked Schelling, Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis, and the mess bill at Camp David for Henry Kissinger & others. Stay tuned for more! #history #archives #wargaming

Such an honor to be in Japan to discuss analytic wargaming and our work at Hoover’s Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative. www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/even...

You can get our book on Amazon! a.co/d/4idOeBJ

It’s out! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Congrats to Julia Macdonald and @jackieschneider.bsky.social on the release of their new Oxford University Press @bridgingthegap.bsky.social book The Hand behind Unmanned global.oup.com/academic/pro...

At Naval Postgraduate School today introducing the new book! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

I've been so proud of my involvement with this dialogue and how we've been able to create consensus between US and China participants about the risks of AI for nuclear use and strategic stability. Check out our conversation below! www.youtube.com/live/pq3yfFm...

A year ago, I was in New Zealand with Julia Macdonald finishing our book and today, that book is forthcoming on January 15 with Oxford University Press. Follow us here for more updates on the book launch! #innovation #drones #mines #missiles #UGV #UUV #autonomy #satellite

Check out my new video on the Olympiad Games of 1962. www.instagram.com/reel/DDdC_cx...

One of those rare academic joys, reviewing a genuinely good book. Congrats Erica Lonergan and Shawn Lonergan on a a really wonderful contribution to the cyber and international security literature. issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

Nothing quite says midlife like sitting at an important conversation about defense budgets with former cabinet level officials and having your phone blow up with your tweens group chat. Slayyyyyyyyy badddy. SO AESTHETIC.

Integrated or entangled? Space Wargaming workshop with this awesome team from Georgia Tech and USAFA. Thanks for comments from Erik Gartzke, @aaronbateman.bsky.social, Clay Moltz, Ben Bahney, and Gabby Lin.

The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times. Want to know more about the Proud Prophet wargame discussed in this weekends NY Times magazine? Link to the (heavily redacted) report as well as memos between CIA and DOD below. dnyuz.com/2024/12/02/t...

San Francisco Aviation Museum- what an exciting find for all you aviation and history nerds!

As Russia increases its threats of escalation, NATO and the UK are sounding the alarm about potential cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Check out my interview with BBC. #cyber #escalation

Just a girl trying to kill another budget busting, silo-creating decision for another military service. breakingdefense.com/2024/11/lawm...

ASU today for an integrated deterrence talk- one of the best venues for a deterrence event I’ve seen so far!

So proud of our first WCSI undergrad intern Emma Barrosa-one of only a few undergrads selected to present research at the National Intelligence History conference at Bletchley Park. We are excited to publish the paper in the Hoover Wargaming Collection. #history #archives #wargaming #intelligence

In the past cyber has been too boring to be partisan. Rand Paul suddenly getting interested is a bad sign for what has been generally positive maturation of US cyber institutions. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

We’ve started sharing some of the great programming and materials from Wargaming.hoover.org. Check out our first event of the year on the Sigma Wargames. youtu.be/BipfLfrdm6Y?...

“Despite the enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and large language models within the Pentagon, its leadership is worried about the risk that the technologies pose.” Read Max Lamparth and @jackieschneider.bsky.social on how the U.S. military is thinking about the use of AI:

Why are veterans increasingly “bowling alone” and what does that mean for American democracy and the all volunteer force? Thanks to all the extraordinary veteran panelists and our audience at VFW 1 and University of Denver that made this discussion so rich.

Will AI lead us to war? Check out this paper with a superstar team at Stanford that compares LLMs when placed in a crisis scenario. Which goes nuclear? Which appeases? What does that mean for LLMs and AI-enabled warfare? Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2401.03408

New podcast on how wargames influence national security decisions shows.acast.com/warcollege/e...

“War games can be used (knowingly and unknowingly) to influence choices about budgets, weapons, foreign policies, and, ultimately, international power.” Read @jackieschneider.bsky.social on the history of war games in the United States—and how they are shaping defense planning today.

My newest piece in Foreign Affairs: why we play wargames and what it reveals about the future and ourselves. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Merry Christmas!

Book revisions submitted! The Hand Behind Unmanned coming soon!

Our second stop on our nationwide veteran town hall series at Valley Forge Military Academy. Big thanks to USAF veteran Representative Houlahan, HR McMaster, Dave Foster, and Megan Andros. Next stop San Mateo on December 14!

Tomorrow we head to Philly for the second stop in our Post 9/11 veteran townhall series. Nice little piece about it here! Excited to tell these veterans’ stories. vista.today/2023/11/post...

Big thanks to Berkeley for having me out yesterday! Comments were super helpful and it was a great excuse to venture across the bay.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder

First stop on our post 9/11 veteran tour!

Next week is the beginning of a nationwide series of townhalls devoted to the identity and legacy of the post 911 veteran generation with stops in San Antonio, Philadelphia, BayArea, Green Bay, Denver, Massachusetts, and ending in DC. Join us along the way! www.hoover.org/research-tea...

My son this morning (throwing a shield like a disc across the living room): “see shields aren’t just for defense” Me: this is why offense-defense differentiation is such a slippery concept My son: way to make everything not fun mom Guilty as charged.

Fall in California