Julie Smith

Julianne (“Julie”) Smith is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a Weizsäcker fellow at the Bosch Academy in Berlin. She served as the deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden from 2012 to 2013. Before going to the White House, she served as the principal director for European/NATO policy at the Pentagon. Smith lives in Washington with her husband and two children. Smith is a co-editor of Shadow Government.

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 2. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 2. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

NATO Needs Solidarity for Its 70th Birthday

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference after a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Dec. 4. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference after a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Dec. 4. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

Pompeo’s Speech in Brussels Was Tone-Deaf and Arrogant

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
G-7 leaders participate in a working session in Quebec, Canada, on June 8. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)
G-7 leaders participate in a working session in Quebec, Canada, on June 8. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)

The United States and Europe Still Need Each Other

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith, Amanda Sloat
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on May 21. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on May 21. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Pompeo’s Iran Plan Is a Pipe Dream

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Jon B. Wolfsthal, Julie Smith
CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Clock Is Already Ticking on Mike Pompeo

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Derek Chollet, Julie Smith
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a meeting with EU officials in Brussels on May 25, 2017. (THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a meeting with EU officials in Brussels on May 25, 2017. (THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s War on Europe Is Revving Up

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith, Rachel Rizzo
U.S. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, in Munich, Germany. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)
U.S. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, in Munich, Germany. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)

At the Munich Security Conference, the United States Lacked Bravery and Leadership

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
People hold up placards with the name of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R, on stage) as she addresses the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) rally in Bitterfeld, eastern Germany on August 29, 2017, less than a month before the September 24th general election. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
People hold up placards with the name of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R, on stage) as she addresses the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) rally in Bitterfeld, eastern Germany on August 29, 2017, less than a month before the September 24th general election. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Merkel Will Spend the Next Four Years Battling Forces at Home

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
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Donald Trump Has Made America a Back-Row Kid

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Derek Chollet, Julie Smith
Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live" by Russian TV channels and radio stations in Moscow on June 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Mikhail KLIMENTIEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTIEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live" by Russian TV channels and radio stations in Moscow on June 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Mikhail KLIMENTIEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTIEV/AFP/Getty Images)

‘No Specific Agenda’ Means Trump Will Get Played by Putin, Again

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015. The agreement is intended to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to a manageable level. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015. The agreement is intended to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to a manageable level. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Why Abandoning Paris Is a Disaster for America

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Daniel B. Baer, Daniel Benjamin, Hal Brands, Reuben E. Brigety II, Sharon Burke, Derek Chollet, Sheba Crocker, Dan Feldman, Jon Finer, Nina Hachigian, Colin Kahl, Kelly Magsamen, Tom Malinowski, Jeffrey Prescott, Ely Ratner, Vikram Singh, Julie Smith, Jake Sullivan, Jim Townsend
US President Donald Trump (C) delivers a speech next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump (C) delivers a speech next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s Article 5 Omission Was an Attack Against All of NATO

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith
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NATO Prepares to Be Disappointed by the Cheshire Cat President

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith, Jim Townsend
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference in Moscow on April 11, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 11, 2017, warned of future chemical weapons "provocations" in Syria that would be used to frame Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad. "We have information from various sources that such provocations -- I cannot call them otherwise -- are being prepared in other regions of Syria, including in the southern outskirts of Damascus, where they are again planning to throw some kind of substance and accuse Syrian official authorities of using it," Putin said during a televised press conference. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI CHIRIKOV (Photo credit should read SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference in Moscow on April 11, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 11, 2017, warned of future chemical weapons "provocations" in Syria that would be used to frame Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad. "We have information from various sources that such provocations -- I cannot call them otherwise -- are being prepared in other regions of Syria, including in the southern outskirts of Damascus, where they are again planning to throw some kind of substance and accuse Syrian official authorities of using it," Putin said during a televised press conference. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI CHIRIKOV (Photo credit should read SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Here’s How Trump Could Forge a Coherent Russia Strategy

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Jacqueline Ramos, Julie Smith
US President Donald Trump's White House Senior Advisors Stephen Miller (R) and Steve Bannon (L) board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, March 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump's White House Senior Advisors Stephen Miller (R) and Steve Bannon (L) board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, March 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Bannon’s Demotion Means the Trump Team Is Learning — Even if Trump Isn’t

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Julie Smith, Loren DeJonge Schulman
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