Sam Wilson is the director of strategy and national security for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation. He has authored papers on a breadth of defense and space topics, including missile debates, defense space budgets, comparative and international partnership opportunities, and the nexus of commercial and national security space. His work has appeared in, or been covered by, The Journal of Strategic Studies, Asia Policy, Korea Policy, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Politico, Defense News, SpaceNews, Breaking Defense, Kyodo News, Japan Today, The Diplomat, MilsatMagazine, and SatMagazine, among other outlets.
Prior to joining Aerospace, Wilson served as a senior analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, where he led reports on strategic force structure; arms control; nuclear command, control, and communications; and U.S. nuclear forces in Europe.
Wilson is an adjunct senior fellow with the U.S. German Marshall Fund, a defense fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
