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Kori Schake

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Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/

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Kori N. Schake is an American international relations scholar currently serving as Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute. She has held several high-level positions in the U.S. Defense and State Departments and on the National Security Council. She was a foreign policy adviser to the McCain-Palin 2008 presidential campaign. Schake is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. She serves on the board of advisors of Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Alexander Hamilton Society. Schake is a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. .. more

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 2h

Seeing multiple news orgs join together to reject the Pentagon's gag rules and now multiple airports refuse to air partisan govt propaganda.

There've been weeks when the wind is at authoritarians' backs. Let's hope these suggest a different wind direction this week. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

O'Hare and Midway airports won't show Kristi Noem video criticizing Democrats for government shutdown

O'Hare and Midway airports in Chicago have decided not to show travelers a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticizing Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: I'm told that Trump is close to releasing his National Security Strategy, and the drafts right now have a heavy focus on the Western Hemisphere. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s NatSec Strategy is almost ready

Signs point to quite a lot of focus on the Western hemisphere in the Trump administration's first National Security Strategy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 6h

"The United States cannot remain a federalist system when soldiers from one state are sent to police another state against the explicit wishes of its elected leaders and when the justification for it is a lie.” @amandacarpenter.bsky.social

The ‘Chipocalypse’ is now

A training ground for the military?

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 6h

excellent — playing team sports is a successful strategy

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 7h

Do you have a student that would be a great candidate for a MA in European Studies at Georgetown? Nominate them for a Flynn Scholarship to come and study with us at the BMW Center for German and European Studies.
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Georgetown University M.A. in European Studies Flynn Memorial Scholarship Nomination

This form should be used to submit your nomination for the Flynn Memorial Scholarship at the BMW Center for German and European Studies. This scholarship will cover tuition for the top applicant for t...

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 10h

Ah, I misunderstood — thanks for setting me straight, @cherylrofer.bsky.social

Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 10h

Keeping the pass would mean becoming a propagandist for the regime.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 10h

Keeping the pass would mean becoming a propagandist for the regime.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 10h

I get the general sentiment but aren't these reporters saying they'll keep covering DOD without official access, not that they are quitting the beat? Given the terms of the press agreement, hard to see how they could do actual journalism by signing.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 10h

Sigh — resigning assists authoritarians.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social · 10h

This just seems like an incredibly cool job: www.spymuseum.org/about/career...

For PhDs in history, poli sci, IR, or related fields!

Historian

Job Opportunity: The International Spy Museum is searching for a Historian & Curator to join our Exhibitions and Collections team. Our new museum is located at L’Enfant Plaza.

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Defense News @defensenews.bsky.social · 11h

To deter Russian aggression, the U.S. and NATO are rapidly building an Eastern Flank defense network focused on counter-drone tech and data integration.

How the US Army, NATO are creating a new Eastern Flank Deterrence Line

To deter Russian aggression, the U.S. and NATO are rapidly building an Eastern Flank defense network focused on counter-drone tech and data integration.

www.defensenews.com

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 15h

EU trade ministers meeting in Denmark today. Will discuss China's rare earth controls. Sefcovic says he has requested a call with Wang Wentao

"Discussion on economic security will be more pronounced today than expected, especially with the measures announced by China last week"

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either — a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

Congressional Dems and the Biden admin should have put more effort into passing post-Trump reforms. We need more aggressive reform than what was on offer then, but it could really have helped

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

15 years ago, we had “The Navy SEALs will fix American business”

Now we have “American business will fix the Navy SEALs”

Maybe we should stop trying to run successful basketball teams like fish hatcheries? Organizations are distinct, even irreconcilable.

Success is not dependent on a single key.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

Look at what we can do if we want to.

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Nexperia: Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm

The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.

www.bbc.com

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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 3d

Eisenhower wanted a society made up of Americans who were citizens first and soldiers second, and of soldiers who can behave in polite society, effectively offering a counterargument to the “warrior ethos” Pete Hegseth keeps pushing.

As Eisenhower Knew, Hegseth’s ‘Warrior Ethos’ Isn’t What Wins Wars

The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 3d

If Trump orders the US military to crack down on Americans who oppose his policies, will it resist? @kschake.bsky.social provides some answers, not all of them reassuring

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Politics Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, t...

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 4d

"United States will participate with four F-35s jets in the dual-capable aircraft role for the first time, with that role previously performed by the F-15E Strike Eagle.”

NATO to kick off annual nuclear deterrence exercise with more aircraft

This year's edition of Steadfast Noon, which comes at a time of heightened nuclear tension, will involve 71 aircraft from 14 countries.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 4d

The whole thread’s a great education about how China is using permission structures the US pioneered.

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 4d

4/China has learned from US playbook. It doesn’t just limit bilateral dependence but network dependence. any firm using Chinese machines (which is almost all) have to get licenses. It is a Chinese version of US foreign direct product rule in semiconductors.
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The Weaponized World Economy

When Washington announced a “framework deal” with China in June, it marked a silent shifting of gears in the global political economy. This was not the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s imagi...

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 4d

My guess is the Qatari’s threatened to close al Udeid since we didn’t protect them from the Israeli strike, and this is a placatory move. We already train the Singapore Air Force at Mountain Home.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 4d

"The public has a right to know how the government and the military are operating."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 4d

The Weaponized World Economy

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 5d

The precursor to the Insurrection Act, which President Washington invoked to call up militia during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, required concurrence of a Supreme Court Justice that an insurrection was occurring.

Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 5d

DOJ is basically arguing in Court that if the President "determines" that literal martians have landed from Mars and are attacking the United States, Trump can invoke any emergency power he wants and the judiciary can't question it.

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 5d

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