Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider

@jackieschneider.bsky.social

Hoover Fellow, Director Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Stanford University. Research on international security, emerging technology, wargames. Views are my own.

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. ;) 🧵

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! #history #archives #wargaming

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A year ago, I was in New Zealand with Julia Macdonald finishing our book and today, that book is forthcoming on January 15 with Oxford University Press. Follow us here for more updates on the book launch! #innovation #drones #mines #missiles #UGV #UUV #autonomy #satellite

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The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times. Want to know more about the Proud Prophet wargame discussed in this weekends NY Times magazine? Link to the (heavily redacted) report as well as memos between CIA and DOD below. dnyuz.com/2024/12/02/t...

The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times

Nuclear confrontation is fundamentally a form of communication — even after the first blows fall. Some in government see it

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