CNAS announces inaugural “next generation” class
The Center for a New American Security, the plugged-in Washington think tank that has had a slate of associates join the Obama administration, has announced those selected to be in its first class of "next generation national security leaders." The two dozen under-35 national security up-and-comers will participate in a series of discussions led by Lt. Col. ...
The Center for a New American Security, the plugged-in Washington think tank that has had a slate of associates join the Obama administration, has announced those selected to be in its first class of "next generation national security leaders."
The Center for a New American Security, the plugged-in Washington think tank that has had a slate of associates join the Obama administration, has announced those selected to be in its first class of "next generation national security leaders."
The two dozen under-35 national security up-and-comers will participate in a series of discussions led by Lt. Col. John Nagl (U.S. Army, Ret.), the CNAS president and counterinsurgency guru, and Steve Biegun, a CNAS board member and Ford Motor Company’s vice president for international affairs, on various national-security topics: Afghanistan and Pakistan (CNAS fellow Vikram Singh has become a South Asian special advisor to CNAS cofounder turned Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy and has since become DoD’s special rep to envoy Richard Holbrooke‘s team), Asia-Pacific security issues (CNAS cofounder Kurt Campbell has become assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs), the national-security consequences of resource dependence, and other topics.
The 24 CNAS NextGen leaders selected out of 450 applicants are:
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Jasmeet Ahuja, professional staff member, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Anika Binnendijk, special assistant, international security affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
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Barret Bradstreet, doctoral candidate, Princeton University
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Samuel Charap, associate director for the Russia and Eurasia program, Center for American Progress
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Marissa Doran, professional staff member, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Guy Filippelli, CEO, Berico Technologies
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Kelly Howard, special assistant to the chief of staff of the Army, U.S. Department of Defense
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Church Hutton, minority professional staff member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
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Mara Karlin, instructor and doctoral candidate, Johns Hopkins University
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Peter Lohman, Foreign Service officer, U.S. Department of State
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Jim Mitre, foreign affairs specialist, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy
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Marisa Paul, senior analyst, Northrop Grumman
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Elizabeth Prescott, professor, Georgetown University
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Emelia Probasco, special assistant, U.S. Navy
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Adi Raval, senior White House producer, BBC
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Kaleb Redden, director for building global partnerships, Office of the Secretary of Defense
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David Rittgers, legal policy analyst, Cato Institute
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Stephen Rubright, military legislative assistant and foreign-policy advisor, Office of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Abby Ruscetta, congressional appropriations liason, secretary of the Air Force staff
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Anthony Russell, lieutenant commander, U.S. Coast Guard
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Timothy Strabbing, special assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, U.S. Department of Defense
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Tim Sullivan, research fellow, American Enterprise Institute
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Caitlan Talmadge, doctoral candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and visiting fellow, Georgetown University
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Eric Young, manager of strategic development, Boeing Network and Space Systems
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