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From page 1... ... . To develop a systematic understanding of these potential benefits, ODNI requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a decadal survey of the social and behavioral sciences to identify research opportunities that show promise for supporting national security efforts in the next 10 years. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... understanding narratives for national security purposes. Separate steering committees, whose membership included both members of the Decadal Survey Committee and additional experts in the topics to be addressed, were appointed to plan these workshops. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... It should be noted that the steering committee's role was limited to planning and convening the workshop, and that the views contained in this proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the steering committee, or the National Academies.3 The agenda for the workshop appears in Appendix B; a list of individuals who attended the three workshops held on October 11, 2017, is presented in Appendix C; and biographical sketches of the steering committee members and speakers are provided in Appendix D OBJECTIVES FOR THE SIX WORKSHOPS In an opening session for the three October 11, 2017, workshops, the chair of the Decadal Survey Committee, Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, and sponsor representative David Honey, ODNI, provided background information on the objectives for the six workshops. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... The national security community is eager for new ways to understand such events and how to respond to them, and also for better ways to assess their interventions after the fact." Honey thanked the participants for contributing, emphasizing that their ideas would be "crucial for getting us where we need to go." INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP ON EMERGING TRENDS AND METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Consequential actors in international relations are growing in both number and diversity, noted steering committee chair Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University, in opening the workshop. While complex and substantive issues continue to present new challenges, he said, the field of international security has evolved to embrace numerous academic disciplines, theoretical schools, methodologies, and ontologies. Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... Chapter 3 turns to the strategic use of information, summarizing presentations and discussions on cyberenabled information warfare and influence operations, Internet regulation under authoritarian governments, and the use of strategic cyber persistence. Chapter 4 explores forecasting methods and topics. Read the entire page →

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... . To develop a systematic understanding of these potential benefits, ODNI requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a decadal survey of the social and behavioral sciences to identify research opportunities that show promise for supporting national security efforts in the next 10 years.

Read the entire page →

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... understanding narratives for national security purposes. Separate steering committees, whose membership included both members of the Decadal Survey Committee and additional experts in the topics to be addressed, were appointed to plan these workshops.

Read the entire page →

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... It should be noted that the steering committee's role was limited to planning and convening the workshop, and that the views contained in this proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the steering committee, or the National Academies.3 The agenda for the workshop appears in Appendix B; a list of individuals who attended the three workshops held on October 11, 2017, is presented in Appendix C; and biographical sketches of the steering committee members and speakers are provided in Appendix D OBJECTIVES FOR THE SIX WORKSHOPS In an opening session for the three October 11, 2017, workshops, the chair of the Decadal Survey Committee, Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, and sponsor representative David Honey, ODNI, provided background information on the objectives for the six workshops.

Read the entire page →

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... The national security community is eager for new ways to understand such events and how to respond to them, and also for better ways to assess their interventions after the fact." Honey thanked the participants for contributing, emphasizing that their ideas would be "crucial for getting us where we need to go." INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP ON EMERGING TRENDS AND METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Consequential actors in international relations are growing in both number and diversity, noted steering committee chair Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University, in opening the workshop. While complex and substantive issues continue to present new challenges, he said, the field of international security has evolved to embrace numerous academic disciplines, theoretical schools, methodologies, and ontologies.

Read the entire page →

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... Chapter 3 turns to the strategic use of information, summarizing presentations and discussions on cyberenabled information warfare and influence operations, Internet regulation under authoritarian governments, and the use of strategic cyber persistence. Chapter 4 explores forecasting methods and topics.

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