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Kathleen Hicks

Senior Vice President, CSIS

Kathleen Hicks
Dr. Kathleen Hicks is senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the International Security Program at CSIS. She previously served as principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy and deputy under secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces.
Ideas

We Need Joe Biden

Donald Trump has failed. Our national cohesion and security can’t wait another five years.

  • Kathleen Hicks and Michèle Flournoy
Ideas

NATO Needs to Step Up its Maritime Defenses

Here are a few steps the alliance should pursue at its upcoming summit in Brussels.

  • Kathleen Hicks, Michael Matlaga and Andrew Linder
Ideas

Trump Gave the Military More Power, But Here’s What Really Concerns Us

A recent major conference on the civ-mil divide revealed a more nuanced picture of America and its armed forces.

  • Alice Hunt Friend and Kathleen Hicks
Ideas

What Will Replace the Third Offset? Lessons from Past Innovation Strategies

Whatever the name, it’s crucial to have a framework for directing and harnessing advancements in defense technology.

  • Kathleen Hicks and Andrew Hunter
Ideas

Keeping America's Principles In the Age of Terrorism

Our security should be judged not only by the absence of major attacks but by America’s commitment to the Constitution.

  • Kathleen Hicks, The Atlantic
Business

What to Watch for in 2016

It’s likely to be an important transitional year for many defense issues as the Obama administration draws to a close.

  • Todd Harrison, Andrew Hunter, Mark Cancian and Kathleen Hicks