
Sam Howell
Research Assistant, Technology and National Security Program
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Sam Howell is a Research Assistant with the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. Her research interests include military applications of artificial intelligence, military effectiveness, and military innovation.
Prior to joining CNAS, Sam worked as an intelligence analyst at a risk consulting firm in Washington, DC. She also formerly worked as a counterterrorism researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and as a staff assistant on Capitol Hill.
Sam holds an M.A. in Security Policy Studies from the George Washington University. She received her B.A. in Medical Humanities with a minor in Political Science from Baylor University.
Recent Publications & News
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Latin and South America Are a Key to the United States’ Critical Minerals Puzzle
By Sam Howell
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To Restrict, or Not to Restrict, That Is the Quantum Question
By Sam Howell
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US Federal Agents Arrest National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, Over Leaked Intelligence Documents Revealing Ukraine War Secrets
By Sam Howell
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America’s Commercial Sanctions on China Could Get Much Worse
By Sam Howell & Bill Drexel
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What the ChatGPT Moment Means for U.S.-China Tech Competition
By Paul Scharre & Sam Howell
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