Next Thursday June 12 HPAC Meeting: Major Jeffrey Nielsen on SAI as a Security Dilemma Between the United States and China

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Ron Baiman

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Jun 4, 2025, 3:25:03 PMJun 4
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Dear Colleagues,

At our next HPAC General Meeting we are pleased to host US Army Major Jeffrey Nielsen who will present a talk on: SAI as a Security Dilemma Between the United States and China: Geopolitical Implications for Policymaking.  The meeting will be next Thursday June 12 at 5:30 PM EDT at this  Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88954851189?pwd=WVZoeTBnN3kyZFoyLzYxZ1JNbDFPUT09 

Jeffrey Nielsen is a trained national security strategist with military experience in North America, Europe, West Asia, and East Asia. He researched international climate change security at the US Army's Command and General Staff College before publishing in Oxford Open Climate Change. He will be presenting his recent paper: Nielsen. 2025. The big green button: stratospheric aerosol injection as a geopolitical dilemma during strategic competition between the United States and China, and implications for expanding aerosol injection near-term research: https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/5/1/kgaf009/8042357.

 The agenda for this brief includes:

1.⁠ ⁠SAI impacts on vital national interests.
2.⁠ ⁠Four US-China SAI policymaking futures.
3.⁠ ⁠SAI deterrence and cooperation challenges.
4.⁠ ⁠Conclusions for policymakers and researchers.

Poignant questions are welcome! The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the US Army or Department of Defense.

Mark your calendars!  This should be a very interesting meeting!

Best,
Ron

P.S. - For meeting prep you may want to listen to this Rev 2 podcast!: SRM, US & China - Nielsenhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/srm-us-china-nielsen/id1529459393?i=1000706147735

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