I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. I am the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex (Nation Books, 2011) and the co-editor, with Miriam Pemberton, of Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding
New Estimate Of Chinese Military Spending Doesn’t Hold Water
A new estimate by AEI vastly overstates Chinese military spending.
What If The State Department Was Allowed To Do Its Job On Israel And Gaza?
A new task force report on Israel's use of U.S.-supplied weapons in Gaza makes the case that the Biden administration should stop supplying arms to that nation.
Getting Past The Hype On Emerging Military Technologies Is A Life And Death Issue
The rush to apply cutting edge technologies like artificial intelligence to military systems is well under way in Washington, but even more so in Silicon Valley.
The Manfesto Of The Military ‘Techno-Optimists’ Is Deeply Flawed
Touting the potential military benefits of weapons systems controlled and connected by artificial intelligence is all the rage, but the risks need to be assessed..
Why Nuclear Risks Have Not Gone Away
Recent events offer. the opportunity to put the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons back on the public agenda in a way that has not been seen since the 1980s.