Emily Benson

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 Non-resident Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. 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 received her joint BA in international affairs and political science from the University of Colorado and her MA in political science from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.