SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Books
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., April 2018)
Book Chapters
Reports
Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control (2022)
AI and International Stability: Risks and Confidence-Building Measures (2021)
A Stable Nuclear Future? The Impact of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Drone Proliferation: Policy Choices for the Trump Administration (June 2017)
Drone Proliferation and the Use of Force: An Experimental Approach (March 2017)
Defeating the Islamic State: A Bottom-Up Approach (June 2016)
Uncertain Ground: Emerging Challenges in Land Warfare (December 2015)
The $100 Billion Question: The Cost Case for Naval Uninhabited Combat Aircraft (August 2015)
Meaningful Human Control in Weapon Systems: A Primer (March 2015)
An Introduction to Autonomy in Weapon Systems (February 2015)
Robotics on the Battlefield Part II: The Coming Swarm (November 2014)
Robotics on the Battlefield Part I: Range, Persistence and Daring (May 2014)
Articles
How to Stop Putin Without Starting WWIII, Defense One (March 2022)
US Waited Too Long to Withdraw From Afghanistan, USA Today (August 2021)
Debunking the AI Arms Race Theory, Texas National Security Review (June 2021)
The Militarization of Artificial Intelligence, Texas National Security Review (May 2020)
The Defense Department Needs a Real Technology Strategy, Defense One (April 2020)
The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits, New York Times (February 2020)
The China Challenge, Center for a New American Security (December 2019)
Killer Apps: The Real Dangers of an AI Arms Race, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2019)
How Swarming Will Change Warfare, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November 2018)
A Million Mistakes a Second, Foreign Policy (September 2018)
Meet the New Robot Army, The Wall Street Journal (April 2018)
Why Drones Are Still the Future of War, Foreign Affairs (February 2018)
Debating Slaughterbots and the Future of Autonomous Weapons, IEEE Spectrum (February 2018)
Why You Shouldn’t Fear ‘Slaughterbots,’ IEEE Spectrum (December 2017)
Congress Mandates New DoD Study Central to Understanding TBI, Military.com (December 2017)
We’re Losing Our Chance to Regulate Killer Robots, Defense One (November 2017)
The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting, Just Security (November 2017)
The United States Can Be a World Leader in AI. Here’s How, The National Interest (October 2017)
Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of War, TIME (September 2017)
The Trouble With Trying to Ban Killer Robots, World Economic Forum (September 2017)
Killer Robots Drive Concern But Odds of Ban Less Clear, The Cipher Brief (August 2017)
Making Sense of Rapid Technological Change, Center for a New American Security (July 2017)
Time for the U.S. to Treat Modern Drones Like Aircraft, Not Missiles, The Hill (July 2017)
Why Trump’s Military Buildup Is Not As Big As He Promises, Fortune (March 2017)
Phases of War and the Iraq Experience, War on the Rocks (November 2016)
Why America Must Overhaul Its Military, The National Interest (October 2016)
Losing the Peace is Still Losing, War on the Rocks (October 2016)
American Strategy and the Six Phases of Grief, War on the Rocks (October 2016)
Taking the Fight to ‘ISILstan, War on the Rocks (April 2016)
Precision-Guided Weapons Come to the Infantry (November 2015)
Ban or No Ban, Hard Questions Remain on Autonomous Weapons, IEEE Spectrum (August 2015)
Yes, Unmanned Combat Aircraft Are the Future, War on the Rocks (August 2015)
Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic Swarms, War on the Rocks (March 2015)
The Human Element in Robotic Warfare, War on the Rocks (March 2015)
Unleash the Swarm: The Future of Warfare, War on the Rocks (March 2015)
Commentary: The Imperative of Long-Range Strike, Defense News (March 2015)
Robots at War and the Quality of Quantity, War on the Rocks (February 2015)
Between a Roomba and a Terminator: What is Autonomy?, War on the Rocks (February 2015)
What to Look for in the DoD Budget?, War on the Rocks (February 2015)
Commentary: Swarming the Battlefield, Defense News (January 2015)
The Smartphone Wars Are Coming, The National Interest (November 2014)
Left Behind: Why It's Time to Draft Robots for CASEVAC, War on the Rocks (August 2014)
CTRL-ALT-DEL: Resetting America’s Military, Foreign Policy (May/June 2014)
Is the DoD Innovating? How the New Budget Stacks Up, War on the Rocks (March 2014)
A Balancing Act: Optimizing the Army for Irregular and Conventional War, Armed Forces Journal (2010)
MEDIA AND PRESENTATIONS
Select Media Appearances
The Challenge of Regulating Autonomous Weapons, NPR All Things Considered (December 2017)
Pentagon Investing Billions to Develop Autonomous Weapons, Fox News (November 2016)
Select Presentations
Opening Remarks, CNAS Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit (November 2017)
Unmanned and Autonomous Systems, Army Mad Scientist Conference (March 2017)
Defeating the Islamic State, CNAS Annual Conference (June 2016)
The Promise and Peril of Drones, CNAS Annual Conference (June 2015)
Videos
For speaking or media appearances, please contact Paul Scharre through the Center for a New American Security.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
May 23, 2018
READYING THE U.S. MILITARY FOR FUTURE WARFARE
House Armed Services Committee
January 30, 2018
CHINA'S PURSUIT OF EMERGING AND EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES
House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
January 9, 2018
FUTURE OF ALL ARMS WARFARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Subcommittee on Airland of the Senate Armed Services Committee
March 15, 2017
FUTURE OF WARFARE
Senate Armed Services Committee
November 4, 2015