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Loren DeJonge Schulman

Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow, CNAS

Loren DeJonge Schulman
Loren DeJonge Schulman is the Deputy Director of Studies and the Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Her research interests include national security and defense strategy and reform, with focus on strengthening and modernizing the U.S. national security toolkit.
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National Security Is Made of People

We need a way to measure the readiness of our civilian national-security workforce. Then we need to fix it.

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Why the Whistle Was Blown

The National Security Council’s procedures are a practical manifestation of values—and Trump’s disregard for NSC rules reflects his rejection of those values.

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic
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Two Cheers for Esper’s Plan to Reassert Civilian Control of the Pentagon

One might believe that leaving more decisions to uniformed experts would depoliticize policy. The opposite is true.

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman, Alice Hunt Friend and Mara E. Karlin
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Trump’s Secret War on Terror

Drone strikes continue and spread—away from public scrutiny or Congressional oversight.

  • Daniel Rosenthal and Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic
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Can Trump's National Security Council Handle a Real Crisis?

The people in the Situation Room inevitably neglect basics that will keep them, and the rest of us, alive. In this White House, the risks are especially high.

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic
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The DIUx Is Dead. Long Live The DIUx

By taking early corrective action, Ash Carter is upending the typical Washington playbook of prolonging failure.

  • Ben FitzGerald and Loren DeJonge Schulman