At The Boundary

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At the first GNSI Tampa Summit, Tom Waters, the Assistant Director of Startups and Business Development at the USF Technology Transfer Office, presented a compelling case as to why one of the world's most popular social media apps, TikTok, has leaped to #1 on the U.S. Most Wanted List and has drawn the ire of the U.S. government. TikTok, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, are under investigation by the U.S. Senate for predatory business practices.
Since that presentation in March of 2023, Waters has given that presentation at venues around the country. And he's updated it along the way, as new developments continue to happen to TikTok, in particular, and social media in general. He joins At the Boundary to address what's happened with TikTok in the last 15 months.

Tom Waters is the Assistant Director of Start Ups and Business Development at the USF Technology Transfer Office, part of USF Research and Innovation.
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At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.
A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus.
The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.
Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you!

At the first GNSI Tampa Summit, Tom Waters, the Assistant Director of Startups and Business Development at the USF Technology Transfer Office, presented a compelling case as to why one of the world's most popular social media apps, TikTok, has leaped to #1 on the U.S. Most Wanted List and has drawn the ire of the U.S. government. TikTok, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, are under investigation by the U.S. Senate for predatory business practices.
TikTok has over 170 million users in the U.S. alone and is one of the greatest startups in the modern era. The app and parent company, however, are facing increased scrutiny and investigations around the globe. The app is banned in several countries for its questionable data handling practices, potential national security risks, and ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Tom Waters is the Assistant Director of Start Ups and Business Development at the USF Technology Transfer Office, part of USF Research and Innovation.
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At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.
A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus.
The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.
Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you!

What began in 2013 as a "Wouldn't it be great if –" idea between Professor Thomas Smith, PhD of the University of South Florida and former US Ambassador Douglas McElhaney has now blossomed into one of the Tampa Bay region's must-see events.
This week's episode features a conversation with Smith, who is now the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Campus Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at USF St. Petersburg. Smith goes behind-the-scenes of the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs and even tells us about the time the event unwittingly featured an honest-to-goodness Russian spy.
This year's event is themed "Re-Thinking." It will explore new ideas and possibilities with that theme in a wide spectrum of interests and industries: national security, artificial intelligence, the Middle East, the Sahel Region in Africa, arts and music, European monarchies and many more.
SPCWA is scheduled for February 5-7 at the USF St. Petersburg campus and will feature a keynote address from retired U.S. ambassador Barbara Stevenson.
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At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.
A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus.
The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.
Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you!

Following her appearance at GNSI Tampa Summit 3: The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare, Dr. Jennifer McArdle, Senior Director of the Futures Program, CAE USA, spoke with us about how artificial intelligence and virtual training environments are expanding the capabilities of our military and defense forces.
CAE USA is a high-technology company devoted to the idea of bringing the digital and physical worlds closer together. She spoke at length with Dr. Tad Schnauffer, II, GNSI Strategy and Research Manager, about her journey through the national security industry: from playing strategy games with toys as a child, as well as the journey that took her from those games to a PhD from Kings College in London, becoming a CMSP – a Certified Modeling and Simulation Profession – to working on a congressional staff. She’s also an official “Mad Scientist,” as named by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
This episode was recorded from the GNSI video series "GNSI Speaker Series."
We hope you enjoy the episode.

At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.
A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus.
The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.
Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you!

Amy Mitchell, a former senior advisor to the Office of Global Women’s Issues for the U.S. State Department, joins At the Boundary for an in-depth discussion on how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), uses secret police stations all over the world to surveil, coerce, and assault targeted individuals from speaking out against its communist doctrine. And that includes inside the United States.

Mitchell will be a featured guest at our upcoming GNSI Policy Dialogues event, Endangered Freedoms: Transnational Repression in North America. The day will be filled with difficult but necessary conversations about the repression tactics practiced by dozens of countries around the world, most notably China as it targets Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong populations everywhere, including those living in the United States.

At the Boundary from the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, features global and national security issues we’ve found to be insightful, intriguing, fascinating, maybe controversial, but overall just worth talking about.
A "boundary" is a place, either literal or figurative, where two forces exist in close proximity to each other. Sometimes that boundary is in a state of harmony. More often than not, that boundary has a bit of chaos baked in. The Global and National Security Institute will live on the boundary of security policy and technology and that's where this podcast will focus.
The mission of GNSI is to provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decision-makers at the local, state, national and global levels. We hope you enjoy At the Boundary.
Look for our other publications and products on our website publications page.