Samuel Bendett

2 weeks ago | cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Samuel Bendett

A volatile global security environment requires the United States and its allies to develop new tactics and capabilities to deal with novel global threats. On June 3, policymakers, industry leaders, and others will discuss how to face this challenge at the 2025 CNAS National Security Conference: America’s Edge. In this edition of Sharper, CNAS experts deepen the conversation about maintaining America’s edge in warfighting, economic security, technology leadership, and more.

2 weeks ago | cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Samuel Bendett |Andrea Kendall-Taylor

A new article from Andrea Kendall-Taylor in The New York Times highlights the stakes of the war in Ukraine for the United States. Despite an apparent belief by the Trump administration that this war only matters to Europe, how it ends has implications for Americans. If the United States fails to stand up to Russia now, in Ukraine, it is likely to have to do so at a significantly higher cost in the future.

2 weeks ago | cnas.org | Paul Scharre |Samuel Bendett

In this episode of Three Questions, Paul Saunders speaks with Samuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Mr. Bendett is a military analyst specializing in uncrewed, robotic and autonomous military systems and artificial intelligence.

1 month ago | cnas.org | Vivek Chilukuri |Carol Kuntz |Samuel Bendett

Air University Press has published Strategic Multilayer Assessment’s (SMA) latest book, Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars. Forewords by General James E. Rainey (Commander, US Army Futures Command) and Sir Lawrence Freedman (Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London).

2 months ago | cnas.org | Ed McGrady |Samuel Bendett |Becca Wasser |Philip Sheers

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Becca Wasser and Phil Sheers of the Center for a New American Security join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the new report they coauthored “From Production Lines to Front Lines: Revitalizing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base for Future Great Power Conflict.”Listen to the full interview on Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy.