person
Paul Scharre
CNAS executive VP; 'Army of None', 'Four Battlegrounds' author
Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS); author of 'Army of None' (2018) on autonomous weapons and 'Four Battlegrounds' (2023) on AI in great-power competition.
current Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security
Strategy positions
Compute governanceendorses
Control flops via export controls, licensing, reportingArgues U.S.-China AI competition will be decided largely by compute, talent, data, and institutions; pushes export controls on advanced chips as a load-bearing policy lever.
Of the four battlegrounds, data, compute, talent, and institutions, compute is the one most amenable to export controls. The semiconductor supply chain is a chokepoint we should use carefully.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.