Sam Wilson is the director for strategy and national security for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation. Wilson 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 or been covered in 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, Defense News, 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. There, 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 fellow with the U.S. German Marshall Fund, a defense fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a term member with the Council on Foreign Relations.
Education
Wilson received his bachelor’s degree in political theory from the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction. He received his master’s degree from the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
