Each fall semester, the partnership hosts a workshop built around a discussion format, led by subject matter experts in the field but open to participation by all attendees. Each spring semester, students and faculty gather in an academic forum to present their current research on national security in a more traditional conference style with panels chaired by distinguished scholars.
Annual Writing Contests
The N3SP sponsored two writing competitions in both fiction and non-fiction categories. The winners were recognized at the 2024 Spring Forum.
Upcoming Events
Future N3SP conferences are on hold pending renewal of funding for Academic Year 2024-25
Past Events
Spring 2022 Forum
Fall 2021 Workshop
Spring 2023 Forum
Agenda
0830 – 0900 Participants’ arrival and registration
0900 Welcome
Brigadier General Linell A. Letendre, Dean of the Faculty, USAF Academy
0915-1005 Panel One: Space Security and Stability
Chair: Deron R. Jackson, Executive Director, National Security Strategic Studies Partnership
Presenters:
- Madison Walker, “Space Access Ends not with a Bang but with a Blinding: Determining Red Lines for Non-Kinetic Interference on On-Orbit Assets,” Research Fellow, Institute for Future Conflict, USAF Academy
- Major Gary Davenport, “The Need for a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve,” ILE Fellow, Institute for Future Conflict, USAF Academy
1020-1110 Panel Two: National Security and the Cyber Domain
Chair: Lieutenant Colonel Sunil Amin, Deputy Director, Air Force CyberWorx
Presenters:
- Brandon Collins, “Towards Creating a New Cybersecurity Game Theory: Gaps and Potential Bridges,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs :
- Simeon Wuthier and Nazmus Sakib, “Behavior-based Positive Reputation Score for Bitcoin P2P Network, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Kora Gwartney, “TEMPS: A Framework for Quantifying Cyber Operations Success against Adversarial Threats,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
1200-1230 Keynote Address
Introduction: Lieutenant General (ret) Bradford Shwedo, Director, Institute for Future Conflict
Lieutenant General Stephen Whiting, Commander, Space Operations Command
1230-1310 Poster session Presentations
- Antony Allen, Domonic Danos, Jack McDonald, Shubham Patil, Sachin Sharma, “NSA – Rogue Control Signal Detection,” University of Colorado Boulder
- Shelby Apodaca, “War by 2025? A Strategy for the Minihan Thesis,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Mason Auten and Cassidy Fowler. “Nuclear Proliferation: The Optimist-Pessimist Debate,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Mary Black, “Improving Japan-South Korea Relations,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Brandon Collins, “Towards Creating a New Cybersecurity Game Theory: Gaps and Potential Bridges,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Nicole Crouse, Koran Hackman, Cameron Johnson, Darshith Karkera, Sam Mohnacs, Riley O’Byrne, Ben Taylor, “United States Space Force Personnel Policy and Knowledge Management,” University of Colorado Boulder.
- Eva Damon, “Drone Cyber Attacks,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Ekzhin Ear and Graeme Slack, “TEMPS: A Framework for Quantifying Cyber Operations Success against Adversarial Threats,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Antonia Feffer, “Exploring Physical Layer Security Approaches for Securing Optical Satellite Communications,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Jacob Garbrecht, “Winning the New Space Race,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Kora Gwartney, “Quantifying Psychological Sophistication of Malicious Emails,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Bates Highsmith, Joe Krauskopf, Alex Mueller, David Preedy, Ethan Stillman, “Vampiric Power System for RPAs,” University of Colorado Boulder
- Zion Johnson, “Strategic Competition in the Arctic,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Alexander Kleitz, “Space Cooperation with India,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Sophie M.T. Kuehn, “The Colonization of Mars,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Anna Little, “U.S. Response to the Digital Silk Road,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Claire Melton, “Governing War in Space,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Peyton Purcell, Aditi Joshi, Marcus Van Zee, Jackson Wootton, Yang Yun, Charlotte Gorgemans, and Javier Zetter Kick, “United States Space Force Better Bidding,” University of Colorado Boulder
- Jose L.C. Remy, “Towards Detecting Log4j Attacks via Machine Learning,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Luke Rohlwing, “Reconciliation of American Values with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems,”Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Jose Rubio, “Countering China’s Influence in Brazil.” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Arijet Sarker “Cryptocurrency Blockchain Handshaking with Software Assurance,” University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Chelsea Taylor, “Maintaining the US Dollar’s Status as the International Reserve Currency,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Devin Wasilefsky, “The International Race for Quantum Supremacy,” Martinson Honors Program, USAF Academy
- Simeon Wuthier and Nazmus Sakib, “Behavior-based Positive Reputation Score for Bitcoin P2P Network, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
1310-1400Panel Three: Designing for Defense (D4D)
Chair: Damon Coletta, Professor and Director, Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, USAF Academy
Presenters:
- Jacob Koehler, Nataliya Nechyporenko, Payal Patel, Emmett Reiner, and Prashanth Srinivasan, “Network Extension (NetX),” University of Colorado Boulder
- Robert Drone, Ebisa Dundas, Aaron Heaton, David Leitz, Nick Monroy, Jesus Soto, and Maria Villatoro, “National Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship Curriculum,” University of Colorado Boulder
1420-1510 Panel Four: New Perspectives on Integrated Deterrence
Chair: Michelle Black, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Nebraska Deterrence Lab, University of Nebraska Omaha
Presenters:
- John Garver, “Globally Integrated Layered Defense, “ Director, Homeland Defense Institute (HDI), USAF Academy and NORAD/NORTHCOM
- David Arceneaux, “Nuclear Command and Control and Inadvertent Escalation,” Rossetti Fellow for Future Conflict, Institute for Future Conflict, USAF Academy
- Shane Smith, “Nuclear Weapons, Integrated Deterrence, and the Evolving Role of U.S. Allies,” Director, Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy
Student Presentations:
Lieutenant General John Shaw speaks to N3SP Fall 2022 Workshop participants
The 2022 fall workshop addressed a range of national security challenges in terms of space and cyber security as well as nuclear deterrence. Participants included cadets, students and faculty from the participating schools along with leading scholars and experts from government, think-tanks, other universities, and private industry. Lieutenant General John Shaw presented the Keynote Address following lunch.
The annual Workshop and Forum events seek to foster new relationships for future research cooperation among participants within the state of Colorado and with partners across the nation. Additionally they serve to inspire students to apply what they learn to their future careers as thought leaders in national security and strategic studies whether they are in higher education, private industry, or public service.
Participation in N3SP events is by invitation only. They are typically held under the Chatham House Rule of non-attribution and thus will not be recorded or live streamed. No controlled unclassified information (CUI) is presented or discussed.
These events are made possible by a generous gift from the Anschutz Foundation
N3SP Fall 2022 Forum (Agenda)
N3SP Spring 2022 Forum (Agenda)
Fall 2021 Forum
N3SP Fall 2021 Workshop (Agenda)