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Sam Bresnick

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Sam Bresnick is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), focused on AI applications and Chinese technology policy. Previously, he was a Senior Research Analyst at Carnegie China, where he conducted research on U.S.-China relations, Chinese foreign policy, and East Asian security and economic issues. Sam’s analysis has been published in Wired, Foreign Policy, and The New Republic, among other outlets. Prior to joining Carnegie, Sam worked as a journalist in Colombo, Sri Lanka and as a teacher in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He holds an AB in Comparative Literature from Brown University and an MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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