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An Army of Humans and Machines Working Together. National Defense, June 2025.
How China’s tech giants wired the Gulf. Defense One, May 13, 2025
A closer look at the Chinese space company accused of helping the Houthis. Defense One, May 8, 2025.
China’s counter-UAV efforts reveal more than technological advancement. Defense One, May 2, 2025.
China’s military aims to harness the coming ‘ChatGPT for robotics.’ Defense One, April 25, 2025.
New products show China’s quest to automate battle. Defense One, March, 2. 2025.
To China, DeepSeek is more than an app—it’s a strategic turning point. Defense One, Feb 21, 2025.
The future of China’s new information support force. Defense One, Feb 2, 2025.
China’s plan to rule the heavens. Defense One, Jan 17, 2025.
What Would Winning Look Like? House Armed Services Committee, February 2023.
Stories from Tomorrow: The Measure of a Mind. DSTL, 2023.
Stories from Tomorrow: Green Wars. DSTL, 2023.
Hakimah Abara Transformed The New Space Economy—Are Lunar Politics Next? Inter Astra Conference, 2023.
Point of Origin. US Intelligence Community, September 2022.
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Useful Fiction
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Future of War and Tech
An Army of Humans and Machines Working Together. National Defense, June 2025.
The Forgotten Part of the Contest: Army Logistics In The Pacific. War On The Rocks, April 29, 2024.
The AI Revolution is Already Here. Defense One, April 15, 2024.
Humans must be held responsible for decisions AI weapons make. The Asahi Shimbun, March 25, 2024.
We Have China’s ‘Anti-Access’ Challenge Exactly Backward. Defense One, November 29, 2023.
The U.S. Army Has a Recruitment Problem. Here’s How to Solve It. Time, March 7, 2023.
The Next President Will Decide the Fate of Killer Robots and the Future of War
Wired, September 6, 2016.
Robocops are here. It’s time to create rules for how police can use them. Vox, August 9, 2016.
The Police Used a Robot to Kill: The Questions. CNN.com, July 10, 2016.
Humans Can’t Escape Killer Robots, but Humans Can Be Held Accountable for Them Vice News, April 15, 2016.
The 3D Printed War Motherboard, May 21, 2015.
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WIRED FOR WAR
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LIKEWAR: THE WEAPONIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Gaza and the Future of Information Warfare. Foreign Affairs, December 5, 2023
China’s Social-Media Attacks Are Part of a Larger ‘Cognitive Warfare’ Campaign, Defense One, October 17, 2023.
How Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Raises Cybersecurity Risks For The Rest Of Us. Defense One, November 1, 2022.
Woke Army or Woe Army: What really happened in the social media controversy rocking the force? Take & Purpose, October 12, 2022.
Crafting a winning narrative during modern war. ASU News, March, 25, 2022.
How China’s tech giants wired the Gulf. Defense One, May 13, 2025
A closer look at the Chinese space company accused of helping the Houthis. Defense One, May 8, 2025.
China’s counter-UAV efforts reveal more than technological advancement. Defense One, May 2, 2025.
China’s military aims to harness the coming ‘ChatGPT for robotics.’ Defense One, April 25, 2025.
New products show China’s quest to automate battle. Defense One, March, 2. 2025.
To China, DeepSeek is more than an app—it’s a strategic turning point. Defense One, Feb 21, 2025.
The future of China’s new information support force. Defense One, Feb 2, 2025.
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China’s Tech Tracker
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CYBERSECURITY
10 Ways To Hack DC: The Future of Cybersecurity and Cyberthreats. New America, June 13, 2020.
The US Needs a Cybersecurity Civilian Corps. Defense One, October 25, 2018.
The Need for C3. Cybersecurity Initiative at New America, October 25, 2018.
The 2018 State of the Digital Union: The Seven Deadly Sins of Cyber Security We Must Face, War on the Rocks, January 30, 2018.
What everyone needs to know about Russian hacking. Oxford University Press, May 21, 2017.
Send private-security contractors into Gaza? That’s a terrible idea. Defense One, July 26, 2024.
The Regulation of New Warfare. The Politic, March 2010.
Militares Privados: Beneficios Vs Politica Publica. Politica Exterior Septiembre 2008, p. 65-78
Outsourcing The Fight. Forbes, June 5, 2008
Lessons Not Learned: Contracting Out Iraqi Army Advising. The Brookings Institution, May 12, 2008
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PRIVATE MILITARY FIRMS
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CHILD SOLDIERS
Los Nuevos Nios Soldados de la Guerra Air and Space Power Journal Espanol, Spring 2008
Children at War Military History, September, 2007
Young Soldiers Used in Conflicts Around the World Washingtonpost.com, 6/12/2006
The New Children of Terror The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes, December 2005
The New Faces of War American Educator Winter 2005
To Win the “War on Terror,” We Must First Win the “War of Ideas”: Here’s How
(link to pdf) The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
July 2008, p. 212-222
What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? Brookings Institution, June 13, 2008
America’s New Leadership: Reboot and Restart Special to Washingtonpost.com’s Think Tank Town, Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Engaging the Muslim World: A Communications Strategy for Winning the War of Ideas (Translated into Arabic) written with Hady Amr, Opportunity ’08 – A Project of Brookings In Partnership with ABC News, April 2007
America, Islam, and the 9-11 War(pdf) Current History, December 2006
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US-MUSLIM WORLD RELATIONS
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VIDEO GAMES
Since When Does Brookings Make Video Games? Foreign Policy
May 8, 2012.
War Games Foreign Policy
February 22, 2010.
Meet the Sims…and Shoot Them Foreign Policy
March/April 2010.
Video Game Veterans and the New American Politics Washington Examiner
November, 17 2009
Jon Snow Would Actually Make a Great General. Daily Beast, April 13, 2019.
The 11 Fake Arguments in Every Argument Against Sensible Gun Control New America
March 1, 2018.
Take it From History: Visa Bans Make US Less Secure Popular Science
January 30, 2017.
Millennial Generation the Next Big Thing CNN.com
March 24, 2011.
D.C.’s New Guard: What Does the Next Generation of American Leaders Think? Brookings Foreign Policy Report
March 2, 2011.
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