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

Photo: K. Kassens/U.S. Army via DVIDS
Women: Mission Essential Personnel
Commentary by Kathleen McInnis — November 18, 2024

Photo: iLab/CSIS
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

Photo: CSIS
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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A Moldovan Minute
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 7, 2023

Your Reputation Precedes You
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 1, 2023

Let's Talk About Gender
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 25, 2023

Purpose and Care within the U.S. Army Reserve
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 18, 2023

The Fight Continues for Iranian Women
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 11, 2023

A Court Date for Humanity
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 4, 2023

Semiconductors: Here, There, and Everywhere
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Alexis Day — September 28, 2023

Domestic Terrorist Groups and Natural Disasters
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Alexis Day — September 20, 2023

Congress is Back: Where does Ukraine Support Stand?
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Elizabeth Hoffman — September 13, 2023

Chasing Liberties: Balancing Individual Rights and Digital Privacy
Podcast Episode by Alexis Day, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, and Kathleen McInnis — September 6, 2023
