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.
Contact Information
- Alexis Day
- Associate Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative
- aday@csis.org
Featured Event
Solving the World’s Hardest Problems with Mellody Hobson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Featured Analysis
Women: Mission Essential Personnel
Commentary by Kathleen McInnis — November 18, 2024
Countering China and Russia: The Hidden Advantages of Women, Peace, and Security
Brief by Kathleen McInnis, Benjamin Jensen, Audrey Aldisert, and Alexis Day — November 14, 2024
What Difference Does It Make?
Report by Kathleen McInnis and Alexis Day — October 15, 2024
Featured Podcasts
Beating Putin’s Playbook
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — July 12, 2024
Decoding the Pentagon Bureaucracy
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 6, 2024
Lessons from Myanmar
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — May 1, 2024
Building Trust in Nuclear Diplomacy
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and M. Elaine Bunn — April 3, 2024
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Solving the World’s Hardest Problems with Mellody Hobson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Event — August 28, 2024
Solving the World’s Hardest Problems with Mellody Hobson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — August 28, 2024
Solving the World’s Hardest Problems with Mellody Hobson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Transcript — August 28, 2024
Secrets and Sacrifices: CIA, Benghazi, and Motherhood
Event — August 21, 2024
Secrets and Sacrifices: CIA, Benghazi, and Motherhood
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — August 21, 2024
What Does Infant Formula Have to do with National Security?
Event — July 24, 2024
What Does Infant Formula Have to do with National Security?
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — July 24, 2024
Advancing Women, Peace, and Security through Security Cooperation in NATO
Podcast Episode by Courtney Clarksen, Tyler McAnally, and Kathleen McInnis — July 19, 2024
Advancing Women, Peace, and Security through Security Cooperation in NATO
Commentary by Courtney Clarksen, Tyler McAnally, and Kathleen McInnis — July 12, 2024
Beating Putin’s Playbook
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — July 12, 2024