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GNSI Newsletter

December 6, 2023 // Issue 9

First Episode of New GNSI Podcast, What's Really Happening?

ICYM the launch of our new podcast, featuring our Executive Director, General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, here's your chance to catch up. The former commander of U.S. Central Command takes you into the room where some of the world's most impactful decisions are being made.

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NEW SUMMIT REPORT: GNSI Tampa Summit 2 – The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare

What are the key takeaways from our latest GNSI Tampa Summit, featuring the 8th Great Power Competition Conference? What we learned and what you should anticipate for the future.

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GNSI Tampa Summit 3: AI in the Era of Strategic Competition

Save the Date! March 5-7 at the Marshall Center on the Tampa campus of USF. The third GNSI Tampa Summit, featuring the 9th Great Power Competition Conference, tackles the exploding world of Artificial Intelligence head-on. We're planning on some heavy hitters in our speaker lineup, plus some new twists on our group discussions!

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GNSI Decision Brief. Strategic Competition in the Arctic Still Decades Away

Climate change is permanently altering the northern most seas on Earth, opening up new opportunities for strategic competition between Russia, China, the US and other nations. But our report shows it will be a long time taking shape.

GNSI Speaker Series: Thomas Mantz, CEO of Feeding Tampa Bay

A conversation between Mantz and Dr. David Himmelgreen, Director of the USF Center for the Advancement of Food Security and Healthy Communities, discusses the massive impact Feeding Tampa Bay has on the region. They also discuss, in a larger context, the role of hunger and food security in global and national security.

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"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

– Ronald Reagan

Other stories of interest:

Upcoming calendar of GNSI Events. Read More.
GNSI partner, the Institute for Applied Engineering (IAE) is helping develop technologies more quickly for the U.S. military through the Rapid Experimentation Lab at USF. Read More.

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