Emily Benson is Head of Strategy at Minerva Technology Futures, where she advises clients on geopolitical risks that affect trade and investment decisions related to advanced technologies. She concurrently serves as a senior associate (non-resident) with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She previously served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce in a unit focused on geopolitical risk in critical supply chains. She also directed the Project on Trade and Technology at CSIS and worked in legislative affairs and international trade law in the transatlantic context. Her work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, and on television, including the BBC, Bloomberg, and CNN. She is a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member and serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Women in International Trade.
From Bystander to Player?
Europe’s strategic awakening in the age of supply chain risk Tariffs have dominated the trade policy news cycle since the Trump administration took office. To date, the trade policy dynamic …
Geoeconomics and A Sustainable Global Order
Transatlantic Policy Perspectives The United States, Germany, and the rest of the European Union face a global economic order that has been profoundly—and likely irreversibly—affected by a confluence of existential …
