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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Cutting Foreign Aid

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, October 7, 2011

The Deputy Secretary of State, Tom Nides, has an op-ed on Politico this morning, arguing against cutting foreign assistance.  It is a losing battle, for reasons both numerous and meritoriou

Analysis and Commentary

Smart moves by India

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

In its rush to the exits of Afghanistan, the Obama Administration might want to consider the respective attractions of the approaches undertaken by Pakistan and India in Afghanistan...

Smart moves by India

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivered yet another broadside against Pakistan yesterday, just before heading out to India fo

Analysis and Commentary

Balance of Power Within Pakistan is Changing

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, September 30, 2011

Amidst this loud nationalist backlash are important signals the Pakistani military is losing its stature within the country, and that would be a good thing for Pakistan and a good thing for the United States...

Balance of Power Within Pakistan is Changing

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, September 30, 2011

Pakistani politicians are outraged at Admiral Mullen’s assertion that their country’s intelligence service and military are complicit in attacks the Haqqani have undertaken in Afghanistan.  Yesterday Pakistan’s political and military leaders gathered at Prime Minister Gil

Kicking the Pakistan habit

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

I'm deeply skeptical our government can pull off the pivot away from Pakistan that my friend and colleague Dan Twining outlines below.  While I wish we could

Analysis and Commentary

Kicking the Pakistan habit

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Sadly, we need the Pakistanis more than they need us, so until we can find ways to manage by other means the threats emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, we're stuck with grudging partial assistance by a Pakistani government that's hedging against our abandonment...

Why is U.N. recognition such a big deal?

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Obama Administration is working feverishly to prevent the government of Palestine from asking the United Nations for recognition as a state. The United States cannot prevent the asking, but has said it would prevent the success by vetoing the measure when it comes before t

Analysis and Commentary

The President Fails Simple Math on Defense Reductions

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The President claims his plan is “simple math,” but he is making a simple math error by pocketing the same savings twice...

The President Fails Simple Math on Defense Reductions

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

President Obama has now outlined his deficit reduction ideas.  They are a discouraging combination of tax increases that Congress wouldn’t have passed even when the Democrats were fully in charge, false savings on the wars, and specific reductions in the Pentagon budget that w

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