Expertise
Contemporary warfare; foreign policy; national security; peacekeeping; terrorism; U.S. relations with the Islamic world
Background
Current Positions
Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings 21st Century Defense Initiative
Past Positions
Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World; Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University; Action Officer, Balkans Task Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Special Assistant, International Peace Academy; Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Duke University Talent Identification Program
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001; A.B., Princeton University, 1997
As our weapons are designed to have ever more autonomy, deeper questions arise. Can the new armaments reliably separate friend from foe? What laws and ethical codes apply? What are we saying when we send out unmanned machines to fight for us? What is the “message” that those on the other side receive? Ultimately, how will humans remain masters of weapons that are immeasurably faster and more “intelligent” than they are?
- Excerpt from Wired for War