The Normalization of Guerrilla Warfare
Katherine Irajpanah
Cornell University
December 9, 2026 12:00PM
December 9, 2026
12:00PM
Security Studies Seminar
The SSP Wednesday Seminar Series runs from 12:00pm to 1:30PM, EST.
All seminars will be in-person and open to the SSP community in the Lucian Pye Conference Room (E40-496), and will also be live-streamed on the SSP YouTube channel. Email Andrew Ortendahl (aortenda@mit.edu) with questions.
What the Iran War Reveals about American Airpower
Kelly Grieco
Stimson Center
December 2, 2026 12:00PM
December 2, 2026
12:00PM
From Professional to Partisan: Civil-Military Norm Replacement in Eroding Democracies
Risa Brooks
Marquette University
November 18, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
November 18, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
The Promise and Peril of the Intelligence Community-Policy Relationship
Amy McAuliffe
University of Notre Dame
October 28, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
October 28, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
October 21, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
Deception and Detection: Why AI Empowers Cyber Defense over Offense
Lennart Maschmeyer
Georgia Institute of Technology
October 14, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
October 14, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
Technology Priorities for National Security
Eric D. Evans
MIT Lincoln Lab/SSP
October 7, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
October 7, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
Structure, Dynamics and Evolution of the US Defense Industry
Pierre Chao
September 30, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
September 30, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
No Good Options: The Extended Nuclear Deterrence Trilemma
Mark Bell
University of MInnesota
September 23, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
September 23, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
The Dynamics of Power Politics
Stacie Goddard
Columbia University
September 16, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
September 16, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
To Reflect or Deflect: Assessing Internal Accountability in the U.S. Military
Heidi Urben
Georgetown University
April 29, 2026 12:00PM
April 29, 2026
12:00PM
April 15, 2026
12:00PM
E53-496
April 1, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
The Third Nuclear Age: Will Our Luck Finally Run Out?
Alexandra Bell
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 18, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
March 18, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
The Landscape of Space Security and Competition
Kari Bingen
Center for Strategic and International Studies
March 11, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
March 11, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
The Navy We Need: Maritime Dominance in a World of Interlocking Supply Chains
Paul DeLuca
Rand Corporation
March 4, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
March 4, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft
Jon R. Lindsay
Georgia Institute of Technology
February 25, 2026 1:30PM E40-496
February 25, 2026
1:30PM
E40-496
New Weapons between Utopia and Apocalypse: An Intellectual History, 1860s–1970s
Elena Kempf
MIT History Department
February 11, 2026 12:00PM E40-496
February 11, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
February 4, 2026
12:00PM
E40-496
Promise and Peril: AI Policy in the Biden Administration
Diane Staheli
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
December 3, 2025 12:00PM NE-49-3100, 600 Technology Square, Cambridge
December 3, 2025
12:00PM
NE-49-3100, 600 Technology Square, Cambridge
Europe's Master of Equilibrium and the Struggle to Shape European Society
Jeffrey Rathke
Johns Hopkins University
November 19, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
November 19, 2025
12:00PM
NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
Deterring Two Nuclear Peers and the New Consensus
Rebecca Heinrichs
Hudson Institute
November 12, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
November 12, 2025
12:00PM
NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
The Nations in Our Minds: Historical Representations of Countries in Google Books
Rochelle Terman
University of Chicago
October 29, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
October 29, 2025
12:00PM
NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
How Dangerous Are Autonomous Nuclear Systems?
Michael Horowitz
University of Pennsylvania
October 22, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
October 22, 2025
12:00PM
NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
The Making of National Interest
Soyoung Lee
Yale University
October 15, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
October 15, 2025
12:00PM
NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square