At The Boundary

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What began in 2013 as a "Wouldn't it be great if –" idea between Professor Thomas Smith, PhD of the University of South Florida and former US Ambassador Douglas McElhaney has now blossomed into one of the Tampa Bay region's must-see events. This week's episode features a conversation with Smith, who is now the Vice Provost...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! GNSI recently acquired the Journal of Strategic Security , a Top 20 Military Studies Journal, utilized and cited by researchers around the world. To talk about the history of the journal and the role played by USF Libraries, GNSI had a discussion with Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Strategic Security , Jay Tamsett and the Dean of USF Libraries,...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Following her appearance at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare , Dr. Jennifer McArdle, Senior Director of the Futures Program, CAE USA, spoke with us about how artificial intelligence and virtual training environments are expanding the capabilities of our military and defense forces. CAE USA is a high-tec...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! GNSI introduces its first Fellows Program with special guest,  Academic Director, David Oakley, PhD .   The Non-Resident Senior Fellows include: Andrew Borene , Robert Burrell, PhD , Carolyne Davidson , Dr. Michael Goodman , Dr. Mark Grzegorzewski , Andrew Hammond, PhD , Chris Hunter , Richard Kerbaj , Martijn Kitzen , Dr. Thomas Marks, Christophe...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! One of the central tenets of GNSI is the elevation of "non-traditional" issues of global and national security. Issues like energy and water security, human trafficking, climate change, disinformation, violent extremism and, in this episode, the weaponization of hunger.    Dr. Chase Sova, Senior Director of Policy and Research at the Uni...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! This episode of At the Boundary features a discussion with retired U.S. Air Force Major General Charles Dunlap, Jr. He's currently the Director of the Center for Law, Ethics and National Security at the Duke University School of Law. Dunlap had a 34-year career in the Air Force, culminating as the Air Force's Deputy Judge Advocate Genera...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary,  we sit in on a discussion between Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos and James Coker II , the former Ukraine Desk Officer for the United States Department of State .  As the very first video of the GNSI Speaker Series (play list here) , Alexopoulos (professor in the USF School of Interdisciplinary  Global Studies and Direct...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of  At the Boundary , former Ambassador and Special Presidential Envoy, Marshall Billingslea, argues passionately that the United States' support of Ukraine should continue. Billingslea spoke at the 6th Great Power Competition Conference nearly one year ago, but his comments seem prescient even today. He argues that supporting...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, we listen to the opening remarks from a panel discussion that took place at the first GNSI Tampa Summit. This panel discussion was part of the Great Power Competition Conference, the nation's leading, ongoing conference dedicated to studying the Great Power Competition between the USA, Russia, China and oth...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In Episode 2 of "At the Boundary," we’re featuring keynote remarks from Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). She spoke at GNSI Tampa Summit 2, September 27-28:  The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare held on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. As the ...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Today, in the kickoff episode of At the Boundary, we’re featuring keynote remarks from General McKenzie at the first GNSI Policy Dialogues, with the theme Hunger as a Weapon.  As the Executive Director of GNSI, retired Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie has made it a priority for our team to expand the national security conversation beyond the is...