Staff and Experts

Department Leadership

Seth G. Jones

President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair

Emily Harding

Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

Christine Brazeau

Chief of Staff, Defense and Security Department

Aerospace Security Project

Kari A. Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Clayton Swope

Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Makena Young

Fellow, Aerospace Security Project

Kendra LaFave

Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Aerospace Security Project

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Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Eliot A. Cohen

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Chris H. Park

Research Associate, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

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Critical Minerals Security Program

Gracelin Baskaran

Director, Critical Minerals Security Program

Meredith Schwartz

Research Associate, Critical Minerals Security Program

Caroline Smutny

Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Critical Minerals Security Program

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Defending Democratic Institutions

Suzanne Spaulding

Director, Defending Democratic Institutions, and Senior Adviser, Homeland Security, Defense and Security Department

Paula Reynal

Program Manager and Research Associate, Defending Democratic Institutions Project

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Defense and Security

Mark F. Cancian

Senior Adviser, Defense and Security Department

Chris H. Park

Research Associate, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Christina Nordby

Program Coordinator, Defense and Security Department

Defense Budget Analysis

Seamus P. Daniels

Fellow, Defense Budget Analysis

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Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Cynthia Cook

Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Gregory Sanders

Deputy Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Katy Buda

Associate Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Audrey Aldisert

Research Associate, Defense and Security Department

Henry H. Carroll

Research Associate, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

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Futures Lab

Benjamin Jensen

Senior Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department

Yasir Atalan

Data Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department

Jose M. Macias III

Associate Data Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department

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Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

Emily Harding

Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

Julia Dickson

Research Associate, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

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International Security Program

Seth G. Jones

President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair

Emily Harding

Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

Kari A. Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Daniel Byman

Director, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

Mark F. Cancian

Senior Adviser, Defense and Security Department

Eliot A. Cohen

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Cynthia Cook

Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Di Cooke

Horizon Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Krista Auchenbach

Visiting Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Seamus P. Daniels

Fellow, Defense Budget Analysis

Benjamin Jensen

Senior Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department

Tom Karako

Director, Missile Defense Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Kathleen McInnis

Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Gregory Sanders

Deputy Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Suzanne Spaulding

Director, Defending Democratic Institutions, and Senior Adviser, Homeland Security, Defense and Security Department

Clayton Swope

Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Heather Williams

Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

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Departments

Programs

Department Leadership

Aerospace Security Project

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Critical Minerals Security Program

Defending Democratic Institutions

Defense and Security

Defense Budget Analysis

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Futures Lab

Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

International Security Program

Missile Defense Project

Project on Nuclear Issues

Smart Women, Smart Power

Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program