Christian Brose is the Head of Strategy at Anduril Industries, prior to which he served as staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. During his tenure in Committee, he was responsible for leading the production, negotiation, and passage of four National Defense Authorization Acts (FY16-19), which set policy and authorized spending for all U.S. national defense activities. He was also a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mr. Brose conducted official travel to more than 60 countries during his work in the Senate. From 2008-09, he was senior editor of Foreign Policy magazine. Prior to that, he served as policy adviser and chief speechwriter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from 2005-08, working as a member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff and supporting the Secretary on regular foreign travel. He began his career in public service as a speechwriter for Secretary of State Colin Powell.
He is the author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare, a timely wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America’s military might.
Mr. Brose studied political science at Kenyon College and international economics at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.