Philip Sheers is a research assistant for the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he focuses on escalation management, nuclear deterrence, great power conflict, and defense industrial base and defense innovation issues. Sheers also supports the CNAS Gaming Lab and the CNAS Mission Brief speaker series. Prior to joining CNAS, he worked as a risk analyst at IPSOS Public Affairs and served as a research assistant to Dr. Alfred Connable.
Sheers holds an MA in security studies from Georgetown University and a BA in international studies from Kenyon College. His writing has appeared in the Georgetown Security Studies Review and Breaking Defense.
Recent Publications & News
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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Apr 09, 25] CNAS' Becca Wasser and Phil Sheers on Revitalizing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
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By Becca Wasser & Philip Sheers
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From Production Lines to Front Lines
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By Becca Wasser & Philip Sheers
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Escalation Management in a Protracted War
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By Philip Sheers & Andrew Metrick
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Over the Brink
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By Andrew Metrick, Philip Sheers & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Into the unknown: Managing conventional and nuclear uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific
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By Andrew Metrick & Philip Sheers
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