At The Boundary

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! On At the Boundary this week, Barbara Slavin, a nationally recognized, author, diplomatic reporter, and foreign correspondent with special expertise in the Middle East, and Sina Azodi, PhD, a Visiting Scholar and Professional Lecturer of International Affairs at the George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs talk about Slavin’s book: “Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation.” This conversation was a part of GNSI’s Author Spotlight Series, these distinguished scholars explore the deterioration of relations between U.S. and Iran, Slavin’s personal experiences traveling there, and what possible avenues could be explored to resolve some of the major issues between the two nations. • Register for GNSI: Endangered Freedoms- Transnational Repression in North America• Check out Barbara Slavin's book: “Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation.” • Check out other content on GNSI's Youtube ChannelAt the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, we go back to our GNSI Tampa Summit in March and listen in on a conversation between Dr. Prasant Mohapatra, the Provost of the University of South Florida and Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project, an initiative spearheaded by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google.Between Dr. Mohapatra’s experiences as a visiting scientist or professor at global corporations like Intell, AT&T, Siemens, and Panasonic as well as, Ylli Bajraktari’s having served as the Executive Director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the conversation is able to delve deep into the future of A.I. and its implications on strategic competition.• Register for the GNSI Policy Dialogues: Endangered Freedoms- Transnational Repression in North America• GNSI Decision Brief - Repression Without Borders: How Nations Silence Critics AbroadCheck Out GNSI's Youtube Content!:• Whats Really Happening?: The Uniquely American Advantage of the National Guard and the State Partnership Program• Author Series: "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare" With Author Vali Nasr, PhD• Speaker Series: Intelligence Gathering in a World with A.I. with David Gioe, PhDAt the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Amy Mitchell, a former senior advisor to the Office of Global Women’s Issues for the U.S. State Department, joins At the Boundary for an in-depth discussion on how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), uses secret police stations all over the world to surveil, coerce, and assault targeted individuals from speaking out against its communist doctrine. And that includes inside the United States.Mitchell will be a featured guest at our upcoming GNSI Policy Dialogues event, Endangered Freedoms: Transnational Repression in North America. The day will be filled with difficult but necessary conversations about the repression tactics practiced by dozens of countries around the world, most notably China as it targets Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong populations everywhere, including those living in the United States.At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! As part of our Policy Dialogues series of events, GNSI gathered some of the world's foremost experts on Iran for a recent conference: The Iran Enigma: Navigating Strategy and Security. Two of those leading scholars, Drs. Vali Nasr and Mohsen Milani, participated in a thought-provoking Fireside Chat as one of the highlights of the conference. Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University. Milani is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the University of South Florida. Episode Links:Fireside Chat with Dr. Vali Nasr and Dr. Mohsen Milani LinkGeneral (Ret) Frank McKenzie Media Appearances LinkWhat's Really Happening? Video Podcast LinkGNSI Policy Dialogues: Endangered Freedoms LinkWe hope you enjoy today's podcast.At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Dr. Craig Martell, former technology executive at Lyft and Dropbox, and the first Chief Development and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the Department of Defense, is one of the world's leading experts on artificial intelligence, machine learning and large language models. His keynote address at GNSI Tampa Summit 3 was such a roaring success, we wanted to connect with him again. He agreed and, on his last day as the head of CDAO, spent some time with us and USF Professor John Licago, the founder of the university's Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab.  We're breaking the conversation into two episodes. Today is Part 2. You can find Part 1 here.  We hope you enjoy the podcast.  Episode Links: Dr. Craig Martel's Keynote Address at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Strategic Competition GNSI Tampa Summit 3 YouTube Playlist Dr. John Licato's Panel at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Applying Artificial Intelligence in IndustryGNSI Policy Dialogues: Endangered Freedoms: Transnational Repression in North America. May 15, 2024. At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Dr. Craig Martell, former technology executive at Lyft and Dropbox, and the first Chief Development and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the Department of Defense, is one of the world's leading experts on artificial intelligence, machine learning and large language models. His keynote address at GNSI Tampa Summit 3 was such a roaring success, we wanted to connect with him again. He agreed and, on his last day as the head of CDAO, spent some time with us and USF Professor John Licago, the founder of the university's Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab.We're breaking the conversation into two episodes. Today is Part 1.We hope you enjoy the podcast. Episode Links:Dr. Craig Martel's Keynote Address at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Strategic CompetitionGNSI Tampa Summit 3 YouTube PlaylistDr. John Licato's Panel at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Applying Artificial Intelligence in IndustryAt the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Artificial Intelligence is a hot-button issue - perhaps the hot-button issue - around the world today. AI was the focus of our recently completed GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Strategic Competition.A highly anticipated segment of the conference was the Fireside Chat on Day 1, featuring the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen and retired U.S. Marine Corps General, Frank McKenzie. Nielsen is the former Secretary of Homeland Security and was recently named to the Board of Directors for D-Wave Quantum, Inc. McKenzie is the Executive Director of GNSI and the former commander of U.S. Central Command.The conversation was dynamic and deep; so much so, in fact, we've broken the conversation into two parts. Part 2 is in this episode of At the Boundary (episode 20). The first half of the chat dropped yesterday in the regular, weekly episode of ATB (episode 19).Watch the video version of this Fireside Chat.Register for Policy Dialogues: The Iran Enigma on April 10, 2024Register for Policy Dialogues: Endangered Freedoms: Transnational Repression in North American on May 15, 2024We hope you enjoy the episode.=====================At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Artificial Intelligence is a hot-button issue - perhaps the hot-button issue - around the world today. AI was the focus of our recently completed GNSI Tampa Summit 3: Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Strategic Competition. A highly anticipated segment of the conference was the Fireside Chat on Day 1, featuring the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen and retired U.S. Marine Corps General, Frank McKenzie. Nielsen is the former Secretary of Homeland Security and was recently named to the Board of Directors for D-Wave Quantum, Inc. McKenzie is the Executive Director of GNSI and the former commander of U.S. Central Command.The conversation was dynamic and deep; so much so, in fact, we've broken the conversation into two parts. Part 1 is in this episode of At the Boundary (episode 19). The second half of the chat will be featured in a special, bonus episode of ATB (episode 20), dropping tomorrow.Watch the video version of this Fireside Chat.Register for Policy Dialogues: The Iran Enigma on April 10, 2024Register for Policy Dialogues: Endangered Freedoms: Transnational Repression in North American on May 15, 2024We hope you enjoy the episode.===================At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary,  GNSI Tampa Summit 3 keynote speaker, General Bryan Fenton, Commander of U.S. Special Forces Operations Command (USSOCOM),  shares topics of military interest in artificial intelligence.  AI has transformed the way his team at Special Operations Command processes and solves the difficult challenges this technology brings with its advancements.He borrows a phrase from Indo-Pacific surfers – "Waves of Consequence" – to describe the current and future AI environment.  Fenton’s address shared the unique and ever-changing challenges the SOCOM teams face not only in America, but  around the globe. Additional information and links:The Journal of Strategic Security, Issue 17, Number 1The first issue published under the GNSI banner.Upcoming event:GNSI Policy Dialogues: The Iran Enigma: Navigating Security and StrategyApril 10, 2024 at the Patel Center for Global SolutionsWe hope you enjoy the episode.=======================At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, we listen to a diverse conversation between three leading experts in the study of artificial intelligence. USF assistant professor and the founder of the Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning Lab, Dr. John Licato, USF Associate Dean of Research in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Department, Dr. Norma Alcantar, and the Director of the Graduate School of Computer Science at the University of Paris-Saclay in France, Dr. Nicholas Sabouret.Their conversation delved into the global views on A.I., unique applications of the technology, and how prepared we may, or may not be, for the artificially generated images and speech that can be nearly indistinguishable from other humans.Click here for information and to register for the upcoming GNSI Policy Dialogues: The Iran Enigma: Navigating Security and StrategyWe hope you enjoy the episode.==================================At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus. The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.