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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Victory in Iraq!

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Obama administration is attempting to cast the Iraq war as a triumph of the president's vision for American foreign policy.  As a candidate, he promised to bring this war to an end, and as president he's done so.  It also conveniently fits into the Obama campaign

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Victory in Iraq!

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Obama administration is attempting to cast the Iraq war as a triumph of the president's vision for American foreign policy...But, in fact, the Iraq war was on a glide path to conclusion at the end of the Bush administration...

Two Self-Defeating Decisions

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, December 9, 2011

Two announcements from the State Department this week showcase why State has such a difficult time gaining Congressional support.  The first announcement is that gay rights will become a major focus of U.S.

Panetta’s contradiction

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

For months, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been warning in the starkest possible terms that the $600 billion in defense spending cuts w

The Role of Ambassador

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, December 5, 2011

The Washington Post story on further fraying U.S.-Pakistani relations in the aftermath of last week’s border firefight in which U.S. forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers contains a startling revelation:

Analysis and Commentary

The Role of Ambassador

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, December 5, 2011

The Washington Post story on further fraying U.S.-Pakistani relations in the aftermath of last week’s border firefight in which U.S. forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers contains a startling revelation...

Analysis and Commentary

A Tale of Two Autocracies

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

There is a difference between an autocracy that is inching its way to greater accountability, and an autocracy less and less constrained by responsibility to its people. One we should help to evolve; the other we should help to overthrow...

A Tale of Two Autocracies

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The governments of Syria and Bahrain were both subject to condemnation in the past few days for abuses against their own populations.  Syria sanctioned by the Arab League and the UN Human Rights Council; Bahrain castigated by a panel its own government established.

Deficit is Greatest Security Threat

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Further cuts to defense spending probably are necessary, both politically and arithmetically, to make substantial progress toward eliminating deficit spending and reducing our federal debt.

Europe on the brink–and something to be thankful for

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Signs are gathering that the European Union's most recent bail out has not stemmed the rising tide of concern in markets about Europe's fundamental financial or political solvency.

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