Kori Schake

Biography: 

Dr. Kori Schake is the Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). She was a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and is the editor, with Jim Mattis, of the book Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military

She has served in various policy roles including at the White House for the National Security Council; at the Department of Defense for the Office of the Secretary and Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Department for the Policy Planning Staff.  During the 2008 presidential election, she was Senior Policy Advisor on the McCain-Palin campaign.

She has been profiled in publications ranging from national news to popular culture including the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and Vogue Magazine.

Her recent publications include: Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony (Harvard University Press, 2017), Republican Foreign Policy After Trump (Survival, Fall 2016), National Security Challenges for the Next President (Orbis, Winter 2017), and Will Washington Abandon the Order?, (Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2017).

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Slow waltz on Syria

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

While Obama administration policy has improved somewhat with the advance of revolutions in the Middle East, it continues to chase rather than positively affect change...

Slow waltz on Syria

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, former Secretary General Kofi Annan, reported to the Security Council yesterday that the government of Bashir al-Assad has agreed to a cease-fire commencing April 10th.

Afghan Leaders and Troops Need Time

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

It’s been a discouraging several weeks in the Afghan war, but we absolutely should not speed the pace of our withdrawal.

Analysis and Commentary

Afghan Leaders and Troops Need Time

by Kori Schakevia Room for Debate (New York Times)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

It’s been a discouraging several weeks in the Afghan war, but we absolutely should not speed the pace of our withdrawal...

Analysis and Commentary

NATO’s Doing Better Than We Think

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Yes, NATO has shortcomings — they are numerous...But that does not mean NATO is in crisis, going out of business, in desperate need of a new formula for burdensharing, or irrelevant. Because the basic NATO bargain remains sound...

NATO's Doing Better Than We Think

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Senators McCain and Shaheen hosted an event on Capitol Hill recently to discuss NATO issues in preparation for next month's NATO summit meeting.  Here's my statement from the record:
Analysis and Commentary

Politics as policy

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Michele Flournoy’s extravagant campaign spin on the president’s foreign policy is politics, not policy...

Politics as Policy

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Michele Flournoy’s extravagant campaign spin on the president’s foreign policy is politics, not policy, which inclines me against replying.

Analysis and Commentary

The president finally leads the war effort

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Friday, March 16, 2012

It's been an alarming few weeks for the Afghan war: American servicemembers videotaped disrespecting Afghan corpses, coalition forces assassinated by Afghan National Security Forces, American servicemembers burning Qurans provoking deadly Afghan riots, an American shamefully killing Afghan civilians, and President Karzai demanding Coalition forces be confined to bases...

The President finally leads the war effort

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, March 16, 2012

It's been an alarming few weeks for the Afghan war: American servicemembers videotaped disrespecting Afghan corpses, coalition forces assassinated by Afghan National Security Forces, American servicemembers burning Quran provoking deadly Afghan riots, an American shamefully ki

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