Ylli Bajraktari | |
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| Education | B.A. in International Relations (George Washington University) M.A. in Public Policy (Harvard University) |
| Known for | President and CEO of Special Competitive Studies Project |
Ylli Bajraktari is an American national security policy expert who serves as President and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). [1]
Bajraktari was born in Kosovo and emigrated to the United States as a war refugee. [2] He holds a B.A. degree in International Relations from the George Washington University and a M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University. [3]
Originally joining the Department of Defense in 2010, Bajraktari served in the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy as a country director for Afghanistan and later as a country director for India. [4] Bakraktari served as Chief of Staff to the National Security Advisor LTG H.R. McMaster during the first Trump administration. [5] He departed the National Security Council when McMaster did. [6] From 2019 to 2021, he served as the executive director of the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), chaired by Eric Schmidt. [7] He subsequently joined the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). [8] Bajraktari was a distinguished visiting research fellow at the National Defence University's Institute for National Strategic Studies. [9]
In 2023, Bajraktari delivered a keynote address at the RIT Kosovo commencement ceremony. [10]
He is a contributor to several DC-based and national security publications, including Foreign Policy . [11]
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