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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The Deadline Problem

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, December 20, 2010

The most serious obstacle to reducing troops is that Afghanistan will not continue to make progress toward President Obama's objectives without our military there in large numbers to encourage and enforce gains.

Analysis and Commentary

Obstacles to Leaving Afghanistan: The Deadline Problem

by Kori Schakevia Room for Debate (New York Times)
Thursday, December 16, 2010

The most serious obstacle to reducing troops is that Afghanistan will not continue to make progress toward President Obama's objectives without our military there in large numbers to encourage and enforce gains...

Freedom of the Press, Russian Style

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to negative characterizations of Russia as a mafia state in the leaked U.S.

Analysis and Commentary

Freedom of the Press, Russian Style

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to negative characterizations of Russia as a mafia state in the leaked U.S. diplomatic cables by claiming the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for sexual assault in Sweden demonstrates the United States isn’t as democratic as we pretend to be...

Analysis and Commentary

Gates to the rescue in Afghanistan

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Monday, December 13, 2010

...[T]rapping the Obama administration into a sensible alignment of objectives and resources for winning the war in Afghanistan is his coup de grâce. His work repairing the administration's strategy merits studying...

Gates to the rescue in Afghanistan

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, December 13, 2010

When Napoleon marched his army into Berlin in 1806, he took his generals to the tomb of Frederick the Great, saying "hats off, gentlemen; if he were alive we wouldn't be here." The same could be said of the Obama administration's policy on Afghanistan: without Defens

Analysis and Commentary

Negotiating with Iran

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The Obama Administration took another swing at the piñata over the past two days, trying to persuade Iran to constrain its nuclear program...

Negotiating with Iran

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The Obama Administration took another swing at the piñata over the past two days, trying to persuade Iran to constrain its nuclear program. Unfortunately, the Geneva talks broke up with only an agreement to talk again next month.

Analysis and Commentary

New START

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

...[T]he Senate has before it for consideration a U.S.-Russian treaty limited strategic nuclear weapons. Termed New START, the treaty would limit deployed strategic weapons to 1,550. The President today termed it “absolutely essential to our national security...”

New START

by Kori Schakevia Advancing a Free Society
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

In the waning days of the 111th Congress, the Senate has before it for consideration a U.S.-Russian treaty limited strategic nuclear weapons. Termed New START, the treaty would limit deployed strategic weapons to 1,550.

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