Dr. James Patton Rogers

James Patton Rogers is the Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University.

 

An expert on drones, disruptive technologies, and the history of weaponry and war, he is currently the NATO Country Director of the Full Spectrum Drone Warfare project, supported by NATO SPS.

 

James is also an experienced policy adviser, having advised the United Nations Security Council, UNOCT and UNCTC. He is currently an adviser to the UK Parliament, EU Commission, and an MoD Defense Opinion Leader. 

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James completed his PhD on the history of precision warfare at the University of Hull (UK) and has previously been a fellow of Stanford University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford. In 2022, James was a Visiting Scholar of the USAF Air Command and Staff College (AFB Maxwell, Alabama).

 

In addition to his academic and policy work, James prioritizes public impact and dissemination. He regularly writes for the Washington Post and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and he hosts the Warfare podcast with over 640,000 monthly listens in 180+ countries (12+ million all time listens). James has worked as a TV presenter, subject matter expert, and historical advisor for BBC Horizon, PBS, History Channel, History Hit and Netflix.

 

James is the co-founder and co- convenor of BISA War Studies, the War Studies section of the British International Studies Association. His research has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Economist, CNN, Reuters, Rolling Stone, ABC News, NPR, Forbes, China Daily, BBC, Wired, and Newsweek (amongst others).

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James' new book, Precision: A History of American Warfare, is published by Manchester University Press, 2023. 

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