Eric Brown has been studying the long term implications of the changing geopolitical climate. He is a senior research scientist at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute, where he writes and teaches about world affairs, history and culture, alternative futures, and strategy. He is also research director of the Gates Global Policy Center. Brown teaches in W&M’s Global Scholars program on U.S.-China relations, India, national security, and Statecraft, and he is also faculty director of the Geopolitics of Technology Initiative, which aims to build a better Built World. His focus now is on the futures of the Global South. From 2004-2024, Brown was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. There, he led research and analysis projects on alternative futures, China, India, the Middle East, and the Himalayas. He has worked throughout Eurasia and parts of Africa on security, irregular competition, development, and diplomatic issues. He is a trustee of the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani.
Team Category: Fellows & Scholars
Kyle Balzer
Kyle Balzer is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on US nuclear strategy and strategic studies.
Dr. Balzer is currently working on a book manuscript on James Schlesinger and the origins of diagnostic net assessment, competitive strategy, and limited nuclear options. He has authored and coauthored several reports and academic book chapters. And his writing has appeared in multiple policy journals and media outlets, including Breaking Defense, Foreign Affairs, National Review, War on the Rocks, among others.
He holds a PhD in history from Ohio University, an MA in history from Northern Illinois University, and a BA in history from the University of St. Francis.
Sam Bresnick
Sam Bresnick is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), focused on the national security applications of artificial intelligence, U.S.-China tech competition, and Chinese technology policy. (View Sam’s CSET work here.) Previously, he was a Senior Research Analyst at Carnegie China, where he conducted research on U.S.-China relations, Chinese foreign policy, and East Asian security issues. Prior to joining Carnegie, he worked as a journalist in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and as a teacher in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He holds an AB in Comparative Literature from Brown University and an MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is pursuing a JD at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Cole McFaul
Cole McFaul is a Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he mainly focuses on emerging technology competition in the Asia-Pacific and China’s science and technology ecosystem. (View Cole’s CSET work here.) Prior to joining CSET, Cole researched the political economy of China’s international engagement strategies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. Cole holds a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.
Carl O. Pabo
Dr. Carl O. Pabo is an independent scholar and strategic analyst focused on developing analytical frameworks to help address a dangerous mismatch between the complexity of modern global challenges and the capacity of the human mind. Previously, he served as Professor of Biophysics at MIT and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, after appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard and B.S. from Yale (summa cum laude). Dr. Pabo is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Read more about Carl’s work on the AWM Scholar page.
Jordan Schneider
Episode 1: RAND CEO Jason Matheny Gives a Masterclass on Risk and Organizational Design
Jordan Schneider is a noted China expert, blogger, and podcaster. He is the creator of the ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter. He previously worked for The Rhodium Group, Bridgewater, and the Eurasia Group. Jordan received a master’s degree in economics from Peking University’s Yenching Academy and a BA in history from Yale. His research has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Wired, and Lawfare. He is proficient in Chinese.
Arthur Tellis
Hudson Institute Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Arthur Tellis is an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. In that capacity, he produces operational analysis and supports budgetary decisionmaking on offensive cyber, artificial intelligence, and related enabling capabilities. He previously worked in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on cyberspace operations technology development, cybersecurity partnerships, and intelligence issues. Prior to joining the Department of Defense, he was a staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he supported the committee’s oversight and legislative activities within the cyberspace operations and cybersecurity portfolio. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 2016 with a major in Economics and a minor in History.
Owen J. Daniels
AWMF Publication
“‘The AI RMA’: The Revolution Has Not Arrived (Yet),” October 2022.
Biography
Owen Daniels is the Andrew W. Marshall Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he serves as Associate Director for Policy Analysis working across the organization’s analytical portfolio (view his CSET work here). Prior to joining CSET, he worked in the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), where he researched the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and autonomy, autonomous weapons norms, and joint operational concepts, among other issues. He has also worked as an Associate Director in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and as a defense researcher at Aviation Week Magazine. Owen attended Princeton University, where he majored in International Relations with minors in Arabic Language and Near Eastern Studies.