Monthly Meeting – Thursday, January 15, 2026: The Future of Hybrid Warfare
Topic: The Future of Hybrid Warfare
Speaker: Jose M. Macias III – Associate Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department
Overview:
Jose M. Macias III is an associate fellow in the Futures Lab within the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His research focuses on the quantitative study of war, with particular interests in interstate and intrastate conflicts, great power competition, and socioeconomic grievances. With the Futures Lab, Jose applies quantitative methodologies to international relations research. To this end, he speaks R fluently and has intermediate proficiency in Python. His workflow includes data wrangling, cleaning, visualization, and modeling using machine learning techniques (NLP, LDA, LASSO), regression models (OLS, DiD, RDD), GIS applications (kernel density estimations, shortest-distance analyses), and general data analytics. Jose has contributed to the Correlates of War project, including notable work quantifying the effects of U.S. bilateral counterterrorism treaties in the Global South and Eastern Europe. He also served as a cyber strategy intern at the U.S. Department of Defense and Army Cyber Command, working on the Dyadic Cyber Conflict Dataset (v2.0). Additionally, he was a fellow with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, serving under U.S. Senator Angus S. King’s defense team and managing the cybersecurity portfolio. While at CSIS, Jose completed a master of public policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, where he specialized in data analytics and was a Pearson fellow at the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. As a first-generation student, he earned an associate of arts degree in political science from Fullerton College and a dual BA in political science and international relations from the University of California, Davis.
FPA Coordinator: Shirley Keith Knox
Venue:
The Susquehanna Club
Menu:
Chicken Marsala
Steamed vegetables
Fettucine Alfredo
Salad
Carrot Cake
Social hour & Dinner Information
5:30-6:30 Social Hour
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30—Announcement, Speaker followed by question and answer session
Cost for FPA Members: $38.00
Non-Members: $43.00 – We Welcome Non-members to attend dinners.
There is no charge for anyone to attend the program presentation only, beginning at 7:30 PM.
Dinner reservations must be made NO LATER THAN 10 a.m. Monday, January 12. Because the Susquehanna Club has no back-up kitchen, if you come for dinner without a reservation or register late, we may not have a meal for you.
To make a reservation, fill out the form below or telephone or email Shirley Keith Knox at skeithknox@comcast.net or (717) 319-4512.
To CANCEL your reservation, please telephone or email Shirley Keith Knox at skeithknox@comcast.net or (717) 319-4512. Please be sure to give your complete name, address and phone number.
