
Benjamin Jensen is director of the Futures Lab and a senior fellow for the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). At CSIS, Dr. Jensen leads research initiatives on applying data science and AI and machine learning to study the changing character of war and statecraft. Under his leadership, Futures Lab has pioneered building AI applications into wargames and innovative scenario exercises. The exercise topics range from major war, competitive strategy, and national mobilization to economic security, energy politics, and national resilience. He is also the Frank E. Petersen Chair for Emerging Technology and a professor of strategic studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting (MCU). At MCU, he leads a research program on future war and teaches seminars on modern operational art and joint-all domain operations. Dr. Jensen has authored five books including Information at War: Military Innovation, Battle Networks, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence (Georgetown University Press, 2022), Military Strategy in the 21st Century: People, Connectivity, and Competition (Cambria, 2018), Cyber Strategy: The Evolving Character of Power and Coercion (Oxford University Press, 2018), and Forging the Sword: Doctrinal Change in the U.S. Army (Stanford University Press 2016). He also served as senior research director for the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission and is a reserve officer in the U.S. Army, with command experience from platoon to battalion. Dr. Jensen graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his MA and PhD from the American University School of International Service.
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Is AI the future of America's foreign policy? Some experts think so
Benjamin Jensen cited in NPR — May 12, 2025
Russia, Ukraine Competing for More 'Chips' at Negotiating Table
Benjamin Jensen appearance on Bloomberg — April 24, 2025
AI models could help negotiators secure peace deals
Benjamin Jensen in The Economist — April 16, 2025
Ukraine's Tons of Drone Types Give It Advantages, but Also Downsides - Business Insider
Benjamin Jensen in Business Insider — March 22, 2025
The Troubling Truth About How AI Agents Act in a Crisis
Benjamin Jensen in Foreign Policy — March 4, 2025
On Ukraine, Trump turns to hardball tactics: Analysis
Benjamin Jensen in ABC — February 21, 2025
Ukraine’s ‘super soldiers’ bust stereotypes of what ‘lethal’ looks like
Benjamin Jensen in Defense One — February 20, 2025
What China’s New Fighter Jet Really Signals
Benjamin Jensen in Foreign Policy — January 16, 2025
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Drone Saturation: Russia’s Shahed Campaign
Brief by Benjamin Jensen and Yasir Atalan — May 13, 2025
Analyzing Missile Attacks in Ukraine
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Benjamin Jensen — May 9, 2025

Protecting Our Edge: Trade Secrets and the Global AI Arms Race
Congressional Testimony by Benjamin Jensen — May 7, 2025
Operational Fires in the Age of Punishment
Report by Benjamin Jensen and Jose M. Macias III — May 6, 2025
Fewer Soldiers, More Drones: What Ukraine’s Military Will Look Like After the War
Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — April 28, 2025
Fewer Soldiers, More Drones: What Ukraine’s Military Will Look Like After the War
Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen — April 28, 2025

Asking AI How to Respond to a Foreign Policy Decision
Analysis by Yasir Atalan, Benjamin Jensen, and Ian Reynolds — April 17, 2025
Winning the Tech Race with China Requires More than Restrictions
Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen — April 17, 2025

Winning the Tech Race with China Requires More than Restrictions
Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — April 17, 2025
Hawkish AI? Uncovering DeepSeek’s Foreign Policy Biases
Podcast Episode by Ian Reynolds, Benjamin Jensen, and Yasir Atalan — April 16, 2025
