CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power

🎧In this episode, @Smartwomen's Dr. Kathleen McInnis sits down with Gargee Ghosh, President of Global Policy & Advocacy at the Gates Foundation, for a conversation on her impactful career & her work driving progress in international development. Listen: cs.is/3ERYjSE

Enacted by President Trump during his first administration, the Women, Peace, and Security Act helps to advance strategic, operational, and tactical security objectives. Learn more from @Smartwomen about how the WPS Act strengthens U.S. security: csis.org/analysis/why-w…

As we celebrate the 5th bday of @SpaceForceDoD, was great to chat with Kathleen and Lauren about the future of space industrialization!

On the latest episode of @csissmartwomen, @AviatorAshley discusses how our increased accessibility to space presents an exciting opportunity for the American economy and national security. 🚀🛰️ Watch here: bit.ly/4gv1xcE

NEW: @CSISDefense explores how the United States can live up to its core foreign policy goals, such as strengthening democracy, upholding free markets and free speech, and more. Learn more about the department:

#NEW: Nina Jankowicz is on a mission to increase the cost of lies that undermine our #democracy. Tune in to the latest @smartwomen for a discussion on Russia's use of gendered disinformation, as well as Nina's personal experience defending the truth. ➡️pod.link/1577846548/epi…

🚨Podcast Release🚨 Episode 7: Heart of War: Misadventures in the Pentagon with Kathleen McInnis Today on Coffee & Conflict, @joshuachuminski speaks with Kathleen McInnis, Director, @Smartwomen, Smart Power Initiative and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department at @CSIS, about how her debut novel pulls back the curtain on the #Pentagon—one of the most powerful yet misunderstood institutions in U.S. national security. Drawing from her background in #defense policy, McInnis examines the personal and professional challenges faced by women navigating #WashingtonDC's corridors of power. They discuss how her experiences shaped the book’s exploration of Pentagon bureaucracy, moral dilemmas in #warfare, and the toll of high-stakes decisions, while highlighting the humor, humanity, and resilience found amidst the chaos. Watch: youtu.be/WPq2BI1CpOs?fe… Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1qnQnm… #Podcast #book #Listen #NationalSecurity

An honor to have @PeaceCorps Director Carol Spahn at @CSIS discussing the Peace Corps & its role in the Indo-Pacific. As @PeaceCorpsDir highlighted, think of what it means for 🇺🇸 to be invited into so many countries. Watch the full conversation here👇 youtube.com/watch?v=JyWR2y…

How can Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) be better utilized to accomplish U.S. strategic objectives? Dr. Kyleanne Hunter and Monica S. Herrera join @Smartwomen's Kathleen McInnis to discuss applying WPS to counter Russia and China. Listen here: cs.is/4fQjXEp

"Track record shows that that women in uniform afford the United States and its partners critical military advantages," writes Dr. Kathleen McInnis. Read here: csis.org/analysis/women…

Check out the latest commentary from Dr. Kathleen McInnis and @KyleanneHunter in @ForeignPolicy! 👇

"The incoming administration has plans to reshape the Pentagon’s workforce. How it does so remains to be seen. But one fact is indisputable: women are making greater contributions to our fighting force than in any period in U.S. history." More: csis.org/analysis/women…

Our Project Atom 2024 report is live! @CSIS @CSISDefense @csisponi This year we asked @RDavisGibbons @nktpnd @TheHonChristop1 @MWSBrookingsFP and (non-X) Greg Weaver to write strategies for intra-war deterrence in a two-peer environment. Check it out 👇 csis.org/analysis/proje…

"Building deterrence strategies that actually affect psychological calculations of U.S. adversary authoritarian regimes requires a more serious look at their power structures and concepts of power, both of which are heavily gendered," notes @Smartwomen. csis.org/analysis/count…

"Gender perspectives and WPS principles can be better utilized to identify means to more effectively collaborate with partner nations and strengthen U.S. deterrence posture." Read the latest @Smartwomen brief here: csis.org/analysis/count…

Read the brief here: csis.org/analysis/count…

🔴 STARTING NOW: Join @smartwomen for the launch of our latest brief: Countering China and Russia: The Hidden Advantages of Women, Peace, and Security. Watch here: csis.org/events/counter…

What does having women sitting at international affairs decisionmaking tables actually get us? @Smartwomen designed a qualitative research agenda to improve understanding of the contributions women have made in international affairs decisionmaking spaces. csis.org/analysis/what-…

🎧@CSISDefense expert @SpauldingSez and @Smartwomen director @kjmcinnis1 join The Truth of the Matter to discuss election security, the role of election officials, and how to fight disinformation. Listen here: csis.org/podcasts/truth…

I was recently asked at @CSIS @Smartwomen how the @DeptofDefense faces multiple crises simultaneously. There's never been a time where we've had the luxury in the United States to really have just one crisis or urgent national security need to focus on. Having a North Star- the National Defense Strategy- aligning strategy to resources, and understanding what those most pressing, most dangerous, most likely contingencies are for which you need to be prepared is the way you do that.