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Frank L. Smith
A scholar of national security and technology, this author explores how ideas about biological weapons, cyber policy, and innovation shape modern strategy. His work connects academic research with real-world defense and policy questions.
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Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great Suns
by Frank L. Smith
About the author
Frank L. Smith III is a professor and the director of the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. His work focuses on security studies, international relations, and the links between science, technology, and national security.
He is the author of American Biodefense: How Dangerous Ideas about Biological Weapons Shape National Security, a book that examines how U.S. thinking about biological threats developed over time. Information from his faculty profile and personal site also shows that his research spans biosecurity, cybersecurity, and diplomacy and technology.
Across his writing and teaching, Smith brings together policy, strategy, and emerging technology in a way that helps readers understand how powerful ideas can influence national defense.