Contributor Bios

Michael Frank
Michael Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Radiant Intel and a non-resident fellow at 2430 Group. Michael was previously a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he focused on AI and emerging technology policy. Prior to that, he led the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Asia technology and geopolitics policy research. Michael holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and economics from Colgate University.  

Rob Knake
Rob Knake is a cyber policy  expert, published author, and former government cybersecurity leader. He served as Deputy National Cyber Director in the Biden Administration and as Director for Cyber Policy on the NSC in the Obama Administration. In the private sector he works as a consultant and in the think tank community. Most recently, he co-chaired the CSIS Task Force on Federal Cloud Computing. 

James Lewis
James Lewis writes on technology and strategy. He was a diplomat and a member of the Senior Executive Service with extensive politico-military, negotiating, and regulatory experience. Lewis was a political advisor to two combatant commanders. He helped create the Wassenaar Arrangement and developed groundbreaking policies on remote sensing, encryption, high-tech exports to China, and cybersecurity. He was a senior advisor to four UN Groups of Governmental Experts on Information Security and his work on norms in cyberspace is foundational. He leads a long-running Track 2 dialogue with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, is quoted frequently in the media, and has testified numerous times before Congress.