Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
EMERGING TRENDS AND METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
October 11, 2017
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Room 208
8:30 a.m. | Workshop Registration Opens |
9:00 a.m. | Workshops Commence |
9:00 a.m. | WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF MEETING |
Sujeeta Bhatt, Study Director | |
Audience information | |
Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, SBS Decadal Survey Chair | |
Welcome | |
David Honey, Director of Science and Technology, ODNI, Study Sponsor | |
Sponsor perspective and context for study and workshops | |
9:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks on the Emerging Trends and Methods in International Security |
Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University; SBS Decadal Survey Committee Member; Workshop Steering Committee Member |
Research Panel Presentations and Discussion | |
9:40 a.m. | Panel 1: Reputation, Power, and Status |
This panel will consider the international security implications and changing nature of power, legitimacy, and status in the international system. | |
Jeffrey Taliaferro, Session Moderator | |
Steven Ward, Cornell University | |
Status and International Security | |
Deborah Larson, University of California, Los Angeles | |
Shifting Power and the Legitimacy of the International Pecking Order | |
Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia | |
Beyond States: Measuring Reputation, Power, and Status in Nonstate Actors | |
10:25 a.m. | Response to Presentations |
Suzanne Fry, National Intelligence Council | |
10:35 a.m. | Moderated Open Discussion |
11:05 a.m. | Panel 2: Strategic Use of Information |
This panel will examine topics related to cyber policy and security. Speakers will address issues such as Internet regulation and control in authoritarian governments, cyber espionage, and the manipulation of information as a component of hybrid warfare. | |
Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; Session Moderator; Workshop Steering Committee Member | |
Herb Lin, Stanford University | |
On Cyber-Enabled Information Warfare and Influence Operations | |
Jacklyn Kerr, Stanford University | |
Authoritarian Soft Power? Internet Content, Information Conflict, and the Future of Free Expression |
Richard J. Harknett, University of Cincinnati | |
Cyber Persistence: Rethinking Security and Seizing the Strategic Cyber Initiative | |
11:50 a.m. | Response to Presentations |
Suzanne Fry, National Intelligence Council | |
12:00 p.m. | Moderated Open Discussion |
12:30 p.m. | LUNCH |
1:30 p.m. | Panel 3: Forecasting Methods and Topics |
This panel will explore the international security implications and methods of forecasting democratic backsliding, military conflict and violence, epidemics, and environmental security. | |
Sumit Ganguly, Session Moderator | |
Kacey Ernst, Arizona University | |
From Prediction to Practice: Integrating Forecasting Models Into Public Health Education and Response | |
Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Formulating Expectations for Future Water Availability in Arid Regions | |
Jennifer Dresden, Georgetown University | |
Authoritarian Backsliding: Drivers, Trends, and Implications | |
Christopher Gelpi, Ohio State University | |
Connecting Theory to Policy with Forecasting | |
2:30 p.m. | Response to Presentations |
Suzanne Fry, National Intelligence Council | |
2:40 p.m. | Moderated Open Discussion |
3:10 p.m. | BREAK |
3:25 p.m. | Methodology |
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University; Workshop Steering Committee Member | |
3:45 p.m. | Panel 4: Discussant Panel |
This panel will reflect on and discuss the morning and afternoon topic panels. | |
Andrew Bennett, Session Moderator | |
James Goldgeier, American University | |
Sean Lynn-Jones, Harvard University | |
William R. Thompson, Indiana University | |
4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University | |
5:00 p.m. | ADJOURN |