Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider

With interviews featuring Leon Panetta, Frank Kendall, Michael A. Brown, @spettyjohn.bsky.social, Paul Scharre, @mchorowitz.bsky.social @aaronbateman.bsky.social, @michaelkofman.bsky.social, Kate Epstein, Thomas G. Mahnken, Benjamin Jensen, Jack Shanahan, James Roche and many more

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Episode 1: The Hand Behind Unmanned – America’s Quest For Autonomous War What are unmanned weapons and where did America’s quest for autonomy begin?

Mine and Julia Macdonald's new podcast on autonomy--from mines to missiles to drones--is now available! Follow the people behind America's unmanned arsenal from the revolutionary war to Afghanistan, Ukraine, and looking to the future.
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The Hand Behind Unmanned on CSPAN

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"The Hand Behind Unmanned" book launch event with Jacquelyn Schneider Join Hoover fellow and Director of the Hoover Institution's Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative Jacquelyn Schneider for the launch of her new book

The Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC! Join us wednesday March 26th at 5:30 at the Hoover DC office. lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr76...

YouTube video by Hoover Institution Women of Wargaming: From World War II To Today | Hoover Institution

Women of Wargaming featuring @spettyjohn.bsky.social Bethany Goldblum and Emma Barrosa youtu.be/NP224DLDSCs?...

Women of Wargaming! @spettyjohn.bsky.social

Wow. This office played such a large role in modern US military thought. Check out our book to understand how they influenced multiple generations on the future of war.

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They forgot to include our grant in this announcement. “Deterrence in Space- Integrated or Entangled? A wargaming approach.”

The official Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC Mar 26th. Join us at the Hoover office at 5:30 for a discussion moderated by Michael Horowitz followed by reception. And we’ll be announcing a new project w/1st access to those at the launch! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr76...

Big thanks to Middlebury for having me this afternoon to talk The Hand Behind Unmanned this afternoon!

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Trumps DOD listed one way attack/attritable systems as a top priority. But what are the politics behind these technologies? Check out our discussion @stanfordcisac.bsky.social yesterday on my new book with Julia Macdonald.
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Starting soon!

Want to know more about the politics behind why we buy some unmanned weapons and not others? I'll be discussing my new book with Julia Macdonald @stanfordcisac.bsky.social at 12PT. Join us in person if you're in the bay area or virtually here:

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Thanks Kerry!

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Next week: "The Hand Behind Unmanned" with @jackieschneider.bsky.social

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What War Games Really Reveal The outcomes matter less than who pays and who plays.

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4) Look not just at outcomes of games, but why they occurred. It's the why that is the real value-add of wargames. And if you want to know the why, then you need to not only read the after action report but the raw data, player insights, and exit interiews/surveys.

3) Games can never model how effective a weapon is. That's what testing, experimentation, modeling, and exercising is for. Games can show how humans, organizations, campaigns change based on assumptions we put into about weapons capabilities.

2) One wargame is never enough proof. Look across games, run by different organizations, played by different players, and with different assumptions about adversaries, weapons capabilities, and outcomes.

1) Be wary of wargames that "validate" programs services have already been lobbying hard for. That's not to say that the wargame doesn't support the need for those games, but that you need to be extra careful at looking at the rules, players, and scenarios used to prove the system.

And sometimes, done appropriately, validating and invalidating programs and weapons systems is exactly what wargames do. But often games don't tell the whole story behind buying and adopting the right technology. Here’s my take on using games to buy defense tech.

On Friday Secretary of Defense Hegseth warned that, "There's a lot of programs around here that we’ve spent a lot of money on that, when you actually wargame it, don't have the impact you want them to." When he said that, we probably all had a favorite system (or two) that came to mind. ;) 🧵

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Today we filmed a brief video for Hoover Library & Archives in Hoover’s new Shultz Auditorium. We talked Schelling, Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis, and the mess bill at Camp David for Henry Kissinger & others. Stay tuned for more!
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Such an honor to be in Japan to discuss analytic wargaming and our work at Hoover’s Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative. www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/even...

The Hand Behind Unmanned: Origins of the US Autonomous Military Arsenal (Bridging the Gap) The Hand Behind Unmanned: Origins of the US Autonomous Military Arsenal (Bridging the Gap) [Schneider, Jacquelyn, Macdonald, Julia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Hand Behind Unmanned: Origins of the US Autonomous Military Arsenal (Bridging the Gap)

You can get our book on Amazon!

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Thanks Adam!!!!

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