Writing and Research

Policy Papers & Research

Defining Technologies of Our Time: Artificial Intelligence, Aspen Digital (co-author: analysis of NDAA AI definition), February 8, 2026

Hidden Infrastructure: Why CVE Funding Is a National Security Imperative, R Street Institute, 20 November 2025

Obsolescence Over Modernization Part II: Implementing Reforms That Can Break the Cycle, R Street Institute (with Wayne Brough), 8 September 2025

Obsolescence Over Modernization Part I: The Growing Crisis in Government Systems, R Street Institute (with Wayne Brough), 2 September 2025

Commentary & Analysis

Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the AI Innovation Ecosystem, R Street Institute (with Nicholas Thielman), 2 March 2026

Pentagon aims to redefine tech-sector relations, Inside AI Policy, 13 January 2026

Regulations Can Create the Monopolies They’re Meant to Prevent, The Dispatch, 18 November 2025

FirstNet reauthorization deserves immediate congressional priority, R Street Institute, 7 October 2025

Defending the American Freedom to Innovate in the Digital Age, R Street Institute, 25 August 2025

“AMERICA DRIVES” Act Addresses Need for a National Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework, R Street Institute (with Adam Thierer), 18 August 2025

Cal Fire’s ‘innovation theater’ creates a chatbot safety risk, The Orange County Register, 11 August 2025

Colorado Rider Safety Bill Provides Unintended Consequences Without Real Protections, R Street Institute, 14 May 2025

In the News

Pentagon Stuns Silicon Valley with Anthropic Ban, The Hill, 2 March 2026

Pentagon Threatens Anthropic with DPA, The Hill, 26 February 2026

Anthropic Labeled a Supply Chain Risk, Banned from Federal Government Contracts, Reason, 28 February 2026

Trump takes a Cut of American Tech Profits, Politico, 11 August 2025

Conference Presentations

Fireside Chat: The pathway to achieving American AI leadership, Connected America, 14-15 April 2025.

From New Atlantis to Digital Fiefdoms: The Tragedy of Digital Mercantilism, Humanities and Technology Association Annual Conference, 23-25 October 2025

Academic Work

PhD Dissertation: Technology Denial or Import Substitution? U.S. Semiconductor Export Controls and Chinese Indigenous Capability Development, Salve Regina University (in progress)