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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.
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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June 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Hand Behind Unmanned on CSPAN

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User Clip: Main Argument
Main argument of book
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May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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March 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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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March 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Women of Wargaming! @spettyjohn.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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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March 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
They forgot to include our grant in this announcement. “Deterrence in Space- Integrated or Entangled? A wargaming approach.”
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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March 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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...
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Big thanks to Middlebury for having me this afternoon to talk The Hand Behind Unmanned this afternoon!
February 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Starting soon!
February 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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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February 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Next week: "The Hand Behind Unmanned" with @jackieschneider.bsky.social

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February 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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. ;) 🧵
February 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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
February 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Such an honor to be in Japan to discuss analytic wargaming and our work at Hoover’s Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative. www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/even...
January 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Congrats to Julia Macdonald and @jackieschneider.bsky.social on the release of their new Oxford University Press @bridgingthegap.bsky.social book The Hand behind Unmanned global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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January 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
At Naval Postgraduate School today introducing the new book! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've been so proud of my involvement with this dialogue and how we've been able to create consensus between US and China participants about the risks of AI for nuclear use and strategic stability. Check out our conversation below! www.youtube.com/live/pq3yfFm...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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.

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#innovation #drones #mines #missiles #UGV #UUV #autonomy #satellite
December 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Check out my new video on the Olympiad Games of 1962. www.instagram.com/reel/DDdC_cx...
December 11, 2024 at 10:07 PM
One of those rare academic joys, reviewing a genuinely good book. Congrats Erica Lonergan and Shawn Lonergan on a a really wonderful contribution to the cyber and international security literature. issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...
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December 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Nothing quite says midlife like sitting at an important conversation about defense budgets with former cabinet level officials and having your phone blow up with your tweens group chat. Slayyyyyyyyy badddy. SO AESTHETIC.
December 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM