Join HDIAC Thursday, May 13, 1200 - 1300 EDT for a webinar titled "DoD's Research Security and S&T Protection Efforts to Counter Foreign Influence." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E054DB88824D3A The United States faces evolving challenges to its military and technological dominance. Some of the most
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In Case You Missed It: The HDIAC Podcast – The Effects of Multilingualism and Socio-culturalism on the Brain – Part 1 and 2
This discussion addresses the comparative similarities and differences of the multilingual brain with the socio-cultural brain. While the multilingual brain functions unconsciously to create new meanings, new sensitivities, and new cross-cultural information (i.e., optimization), the socio-cultural brain contains biases and social misunderstandings. The key
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/effects-of-multilingualism-and-socio-culturalism-on-the-brain-part-1/
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – The Changing Nature of Alliances: Rising Powers’ Perspectives
Projections regarding the future of the global order have traditionally relied on two assumptions: 1) rising powers are gradually "rising from within" the existing global governance infrastructure; and, 2) U.S.-led institutions are robust. To effectively plan in a rapidly changing geopolitical climate, it is important to enhance our socio-cultural
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/the-changing-nature-of-alliances/
HDIAC Webinars – The Changing Nature of Alliances: Rising Powers’ Perspectives
Join HDIAC Thursday, April 8, 1200 - 1300 EDT for a webinar titled "The Changing Nature of Alliances: Rising Powers' Perspectives." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E052D881874D38 Projections regarding the future of the global order have traditionally relied on two assumptions: 1) rising powers are gradually
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/the-changing-nature-of-alliances/
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – The First Responder Vaccine Initiative (FRVI)
In 2001, anthrax spores were deliberately sent to multiple targets via the U.S. Postal System. In response to the attacks, several emergency responders began a grassroots advocacy program called Project Equal Immunization Policies & Practices (EQUIPP). Coinciding with the Obama administration's authorization of the First Responder Anthrax Preparedness
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/first-responder-vaccine-initiative/
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – Historical Discussion of the Trinity Nuclear Weapons Test (A Two-Part Series)
The Trinity test of July 16, 1945 was arguably history's greatest scientific experiment. It represented not only the capstone of the Manhattan Project, but the culmination of decades of discovery in physics, chemistry, metallurgy, and other scientific fields. The technology tested at Trinity would later be used to help bring history's deadliest conflict,
In Case You Missed It: The HDIAC Podcast – Military Anthropology – Parts 1 and 2
Anthropology studies humankind in all its aspects, through archeological, biological, ethnological, and linguistic research - it can trace its roots to ancient Greek historical and philosophical writings about human nature and the organization of human society. However, few people are familiar with the concept of military anthropology, and those who are have
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 – 1992
The U.S. ended all underground nuclear tests in the early 1990s in the lead-up to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, conducting its last explosive nuclear test in September 1992. That test was the 1054th announced full-scale nuclear test performed by the United States. In this webinar, Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Historian Alan B. Carr
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – Understanding and Responding to Biological Threats
In recent years, terrorist propaganda campaigns have published materials that extol the merits of attacking the United States and its allies through the use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosive weapons. Further, numerous terrorist groups have attempted to develop CBRN weapons and some have employed them through a variety
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/understanding-and-responding-to-biological-threats/
HDIAC Webinars – Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 – 1992
Join HDIAC Thursday, February 18, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 - 1992." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF59D680834631 The U.S. ended all underground nuclear tests in the early 1990s in the lead-up to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
