{"id":5510,"date":"2026-01-08T16:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/peter-warren-singer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:11:30","slug":"peter-warren-singer","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/peter-warren-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Warren Singer"},"template":"","issue_tax":[47,319],"topic_tax":[111,189,206],"program_tax":[73,106,159],"project_tax":[58,113],"person_tax":[3208],"fellowship_tax":[75],"person_type":[70],"class_list":["post-5510","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_type-staff"],"acf":{"details":{"headshot":51017,"first_name":"Peter Warren","last_name":"Singer","title":"Strategist & Senior Fellow","description":"","external_link":"","organization":"","helper_social_links":null,"helper_taxonomies":{"issue_tax":[47,319],"topic_tax":[111,189,206],"program_tax":[73,106,159],"project_tax":[58,113],"fellowship_tax":[75],"person_type":[70]}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"add_background_color":false,"content":"<p data-block-key=\"ueke7\"><b>Peter Warren Singer<\/b>\u00a0is Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the nation\u2019s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, by <i>Foreign Policy<\/i> to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official \u201cMad Scientist\u201d for the U.S. Army\u2019s Training and Doctrine Command.<\/p><p data-block-key=\"6rqa7\">Singer is the author of multiple bestselling, award-winning books. His nonfiction books include <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/likewar-the-weaponization-of-social-media-emerson-t-brooking\/481b802f84cb0987?ean=9780358108474&amp;next=t\"><i>LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media<\/i><\/a> (Mariner Books, 2019); <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/cybersecurity-and-cyberwar-what-everyone-needs-to-know-r-p-w-singer\/80c25b13f6a841cb?ean=9780199918119&amp;next=t\"><i>Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>(Oxford University Press, 2014); <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/wired-for-war-the-robotics-revolution-and-conflict-in-the-21st-century-p-w-singer\/a06712c5ce1fa51e?ean=9780143116844&amp;next=t\"><i>Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century<\/i><\/a> (Penguin Books, 2009);\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/corporate-warriors-the-rise-of-the-privatized-military-industry-p-w-singer\/ea82742749034e2f?ean=9780801474361&amp;next=t\"><i>Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry<\/i><\/a> (Cornell University Press, 2007);\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/children-at-war-p-w-singer\/6ae2fdf8ea677325?ean=9780520248762&amp;next=t\"><i>Children at War<\/i><\/a> (University of California Press, 2006). In 2018, <i>LikeWar<\/i> was named an\u00a0<i>Amazon<\/i> and<i> Foreign Affairs<\/i> best<i>\u00a0<\/i>book of the year\u00a0and considered by\u00a0<i>Booklist\u00a0<\/i>as \u201crequired reading for everyone living in a democracy and all who aspire to.\u201d<\/p><p data-block-key=\"a1g50\">Singer is also the co-author of a novel type of novel, using the format of a technothriller to communicate nonfiction research. His first novel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/ghost-fleet-a-novel-of-the-next-world-war-august-cole\/957b9b98e9254d0a?ean=9780544705050&amp;next=t\"><i>Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>(William Morrow, 2016) was both a top summer read and joined the professional reading list of every branch of the U.S. military, leading to briefings everywhere from the White House to the Pentagon. His latest novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/burn-in-a-novel-of-the-real-robotic-revolution-august-cole\/9da9f797d8a5c258?ean=9780358508618&amp;next=t\"><i>Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution<\/i><\/a> (William Morrow, 2021), has been praised by the creator of\u00a0<i>Lost<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Watchmen<\/i>\u00a0as\u00a0\u201ca visionary new form of storytelling\u2014a rollercoaster ride of science fiction blended with science fact\u201d and by the head of Army Cyber Command, who shared, \u201cI loved <i>Burn-In<\/i> so much that I\u2019ve already read it twice.\u201d<\/p>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_person_latest","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_person_latest":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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