Nadia Schadlow | |
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2nd United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy | |
In office January 21, 2018 –April 27, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Dina Powell |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA,PhD) |
Nadia Catherine Schadlow [1] (born c. 1965) is an American academic and defense-related government officer who briefly served in 2018 as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the Trump Administration. [2] She is the primary author of the 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS).
Schadlow grew up in Bedford Hills,New York. She holds a B.A. degree in government and Soviet studies from Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. [3] She has three children. [4]
Schadlow started as a civil servant at the Department of Defense focusing on the Soviet Union and the newly independent Ukraine within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. [5] Later,she served on the Defense Policy Board from September 2006 to June 2009. [3]
Schadlow is a full member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her articles have appeared in Parameters , The American Interest ,the Wall Street Journal , The Atlantic ,and Philanthropy ,and she has written chapters for several edited volumes. [3] She is author of the book,War and the Art of Governance:Consolidating Combat Success Into Political Victory,which looks at cases in which militaries are involved in non-military governance activities. [6]
Schadlow was appointed to the National Security Council staff by long-time colleague H.R. McMaster in March 2017. [7] Upon her appointment,journalist Thomas E. Ricks described both her and Fiona Hill,who joined the NSC at the same time,as "well-educated,skeptical,and informed..." [7] During this time,Schadlow became the primary author of the 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS). [8] Her work on the document and the inter-agency process that preceded it were well received by foreign policy experts across the political spectrum. [9] [10] [11] About a year later,Schadlow would comment that the NSS had "achieved the state of mattering". [12]
Schadlow was chosen to replace Dina Powell as deputy national security advisor in January 2018,although her tenure was brief. [13] After John R. Bolton replaced McMaster as National Security Advisor on April 9,2018,it was announced that Schadlow would resign effective April 27. [14] [15] Her departure was seen as part of a larger "cleaning house" that Bolton undertook upon appointment. [15]
Following her resignation from the NSC,she joined the Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow and became a Fellow at Schmidt Futures. [16] [17] Schadlow is also an Advisory Board Member of Spirit of America. [18] As of October 2023,she serves on the Special Competitive Studies Project's board of advisors. [19]
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