Bio
Michael C. Horowitz is Richard Perry Professor and director of Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging capabilities and director of the Emerging Capabilities Policy Office in the Pentagon. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, and co-author (with Allan C. Stam and Cali M. Ellis) of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research.
His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence with global politics and military innovation. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received his Ph.D. in government from Harvard University and his B.A. in political science from Emory University.