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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Jun 5

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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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Jun 5

#autonomy #unmanned #ukraine #iran #mines #drones #missile #china #military #innovation #militaryinnovation

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Jun 5

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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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?

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · May 5

The Hand Behind Unmanned on CSPAN

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User Clip: Main Argument

Main argument of book

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 24

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...

"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

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

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

YouTube video by Hoover Institution

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 14

Women of Wargaming! @spettyjohn.bsky.social

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 13

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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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 8

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

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Mar 7

Look, you don't need me to tell this is stupid, short-sighted, and just plain intellectualism run amok, but I'm going to do it anyways. And the projected "savings" of $30 million dollars? It's a Pentagon rounding error. We're about to rediscover that ignorance is costly.

Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies

The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is scrapping its social science research portfolio as part of a broader effort to ensure fiscal responsibility and prioritize

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Mar 6

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...

Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 28

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

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 26

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 26

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.
youtu.be/pUId7_8qLg4?...

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 25

Starting soon!

Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

RSVP here⤵️
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The Hand Behind Unmanned | Jacquelyn Schneider

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 24

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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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thanks Kerry!

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Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

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The Hand Behind Unmanned | Jacquelyn Schneider

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

For more- check out my work in Foreign Affairs www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

What War Games Really Reveal

The outcomes matter less than who pays and who plays.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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.

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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 10

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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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social · Feb 8

Wargaming.Hoover.org

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