Smart Women, Smart Power

SWSP is creating space for women in one of the most powerful decision-making spaces in the world: national security and foreign affairs

The Smart Women, Smart Power (SWSP) Initiative has a simple starting point: people are policy. We are committed to creating a platform for respectful and inclusive discussion of the many ways in which women influence and impact the international security, foreign policy and business agendas. The Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative launched in December 2014.

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  • Alexis Day
  • Program Manager and Research Associate, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative and Outreach Manager, International Security Program.
  • aday@csis.org

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Beating Putin’s Playbook

Marie-Doha Besancenot, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO, joins to discuss the different ways NATO is prioritizing this space.

Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — July 12, 2024

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Lessons from Myanmar

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May 1, 2024 • 10:00 – 10:30 am EDT
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Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls

Gender plays a powerful role in the construction and promulgation of power and identity that is particularly meaningful in authoritarian regimes.

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The Overturn of Roe v. Wade Raises Fundamental Questions

The overturn of Roe v. Wade will likely have significant implications for the composition, organization, and management of the U.S. armed forces—raising a number of practical questions for the U.S. military, many of which do not yet have answers.

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Human Rights and Countering Violent Extremism - What's the connection?

Shannon Green, director and senior fellow of the Human Rights Initiative at CSIS discusses the growing threat of extreme ideology, the "lone wolf" phenomena, and the comprehensive strategies needed to reduce their appeal globally.

Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — February 15, 2017

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Weapon of War: Gender-based Violence Around the World

Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership and Jennifer Cooke, Director of CSIS’s Africa Program, talk about efforts globally to end gender-based violence as a weapon of war and how government and local communities can help.

Podcast Episode by Nina Easton and Jennifer G. Cooke — January 19, 2017

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