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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Are the Saudis Playing Both Sides of the Street in Iran?

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, March 15, 2012

A hugely consequential development in the Obama Administration’s “sanctions only” strategy for Iran has been Saudi Arabia’s assurance to purchasers of Iran’s oil that Saudi -- the only country with the capacity to do so -- would meet all calls for supply.  That has given buyer

Analysis and Commentary

Are the Saudis Playing Both Sides of the Street in Iran?

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

We may be reaching the limit of what the Saudis are willing to sign up for, and that will place significant restrictions on the Administration’s current strategy...

State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department by
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State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department

by Kori Schakevia Hoover Institution Press
Monday, March 12, 2012

Conventional wisdom in Washington in recent years has maintained that the US State Department is dramatically undernourished for the work required of US civilian power. 

Crying Wolf

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Saturday, March 3, 2012

In the course of Congressional testimony this week supporting the Obama administration's $525 billion defense spending request for FY 2013, the Pentagon leadership was dire about the consequences of any further cuts to defense.

Analysis and Commentary

A Good Deal, Perhaps

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Since we clearly aren’t interested in turning the screws on the North Korean government, a deal that reduces the suffering of the North Korean people and gains some information on — and even possible control over — their nuclear programs is worth having...

A Good Deal, Perhaps

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, March 1, 2012

North Korea surprisingly has agreed to stop enriching uranium, not to test nuclear weapons or long-range missiles, and to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to return to the country.  In return, the U.S.

Analysis and Commentary

Being wrong differently this time

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Monday, February 27, 2012

One thing our intelligence agencies should be absolutely clear about is that we don't know why Iran is making the choices they are. Motivations are the most difficult part of intelligence analysis to get right...

Being wrong differently this time

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, February 27, 2012

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Friday that Iran has in recent months more than tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium beyond what provides fuel toward that

Good News From Afghanistan

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Saturday, February 18, 2012

So much bad news emanates from Afghanistan -- terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption, incapacity of the government, public support for the Taliban, attacks on coalition forces by the Afghan police and military we are training, the damage done our strategy by the President’s p

Analysis and Commentary

Good News From Afghanistan

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Saturday, February 18, 2012

This week something small but hugely important occurred in Afghanistan: their military leadership concluded an investigation into the attacks on U.S. and other coalition forces, and has made policy recommendations to their government to reduce the incidence of attacks...

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