Kori Schake

@kschake.bsky.social

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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!

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 13h

I endorse the avalanche of gifs pleading for both! C’mon, Sapper — it’s the holidays!

Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 14h

You sure you don’t want the far less dangerous but far more drama-filled account of James Garfield on the Fitz John Porter court martial board?

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Dr. Erik Villard @erikthehistorian.bsky.social · 14h

Just discovered an amazing photo. Pictured is Capt. Kevin Corcoran, CO C/1/5 1st Cav Div working his radios in South Vietnam at some point in the first half of 1968. Photo was taken by a fellow soldier, Dean Sharp. You can feel the weight of command on his face. Some may identify with that look.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 14h

You sure you don’t want the far less dangerous but far more drama-filled account of James Garfield on the Fitz John Porter court martial board?

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 16h

Powerful thread from @dhnexon.bsky.social about the value of the West as a concept.

Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 17h

🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 16h

What I’d really like for Christmas is @pptsapper.bsky.social to give us all an account of James Garfield at the Battle of Middle Creek 🌲

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 17h

A reminder that the current SECDEF caught the eye of the president by championing the pardoning of American war criminals — men whose own units testified against them, and who were convicted by military juries

He should never have been nominated for, let alone confirmed in, this job

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 17h

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving from the three rows of native California trees in the foothills of Sonoma County

Sonoma Mountain, with a blue sky and three rows of native trees

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Lincoln’s original proclamation of Thanksgiving Day from 1863 doesn’t really go into colonist-native relations, but it does recommend “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” www.battlefields.org/learn/primar...

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 1d

⁉️ Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe

Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has been ready to state in writing that it does not intend to attack Europe.

www.pravda.com.ua

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David Rennie @dsorennie.bsky.social · 1d

3 pillars of Trump peace-making are bluffing, might-makes-right deference to big powers, and putting profits before principle. Alas, from Versailles to Munich and Minsk, history is full of bad peace deals guided by those strategies. My column, The Telegram
economist.com/internationa...

The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war

Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking ignores crucial lessons from history

economist.com

Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 1d

CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington

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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 2d

#OTD in 1950 the Battle of Chosin Reservoir begins. The operation became a defining moment of the Korean War and one of the proudest chapters in Marine Corps history.
usni.org/magazines/n...

70 Miles of Cold, Hard Road | Naval History Magazine - December 2010 Volume 24, Number 6

The 1st Marine Division’s breakout from the Chosin Reservoir was a defining moment, both in the Korean War and in the history of the Corps.

www.usni.org

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 2d

Guess which of these two is threatening to recall the other to active Navy duty, and to be prosecuted under military law for urging troops to disobey illegal orders.

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Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Kori. Ukrainian language version here
warontherocks.com/2025/11/%D0%...

План із 15 пунктів щодо досягнення українсько-російського врегулювання

Примітка редактора: Це українськомовна версія статті, опублікованої англійською мовою. Будь ласка, поставтеся поблажливо до можливих помилок у

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 3d

"You may be tempted to believe that “ending the war” is synonymous with “creating peace.” It is not.” Great thought experiment from @markhertling.bsky.social

A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio

Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.

www.thebulwark.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 3d

My thoughts on the latest civ-mil fracas: "the American military cannot save us from the politicians we elect to high office...the proper role for our military is political inertness. However well-meaning, to encourage them to be otherwise is further pulling them into the political fray.”

www.aei.org

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The share of Republicans who say politicians should avoid heated language that might encourage violence rose from 56% in early 2024 to 75% in mid-2025.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Image that reads, "83% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say such language should be avoided. That is unchanged since we first asked the question in 2019.
75% of Republicans and Republican leaners also say this, up from 56% in early 2024."

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 3d

www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...

'Moment of truth' imminent as military brass pushed to turn on Trump: DC insider

Donald Trump’s attack on members of Congress who served in the military for advising those currently serving not to follow illegal orders could have a ripple effect that blows up on him, an expert war...

www.rawstory.com

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CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues @poni.csis.org · 3d

PONI is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of its Project Atom 2025 report. Please join us on December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM ET for a discussion with authors @kschake.bsky.social, Rebecca Shrimpton, Kyle Balzer, and @ajmount.bsky.social.

Register to attend:

Report Launch: Project Atom 2025 | CSIS Events

Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues for a launch event for the Project Atom 2025 report on escalatory risk in the Indo-Pacific.

www.csis.org

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 3d

“I write for my country,
which no longer resembles itself –
except in the horizontal drawing of its name
and its position on the map.
…
I do not recognize this strange monster
where poems are prosecuted,
and poets are imprisoned.”

@penamerica.bsky.social pen.org/freedom-forb...

“Freedom Forbidden”: The Poets Behind Bars for Their Words

Since 1981, we have marked the Day of the Imprisoned Writer by sharing writers’ words to highlight the injustice of their imprisonment.

pen.org

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 3d

“it tries to settle major issues up front that should be settled only through sustained & serious negotiation. It would be much more effective to have a list of principles for negotiation that each side must agree to before real negotiations can actually proceed.” Nice work, @ryanevans.bsky.social.

A 15-Point Plan to Get to a Ukrainian-Russian Settlement

I do not know the origins of the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian War, but I can safely say it has caused quite a

warontherocks.com

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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 3d

Russia’s tiny advances in 2025 sold Putin on inevitable victory in Ukraine wapo.st/4ijY5Dl

Russia’s tiny advances in 2025 sold Putin on inevitable victory in Ukraine

Grinding progress for Russia on the battlefield this year has resulted in thousands of casualties but enough progress for Putin to refuse any compromises in diplomacy.

wapo.st

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 3d

I am once again asking why your priorities as Secretary of Defense are the same as the priorities of an Army First Sergeant.

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 3d

Something deeply moving about Lincoln making Thanksgiving a national holiday in the midst of the Civil War because we may “expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom” and “God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.”

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

For Putin, the so-called peace plan is a win-win: A deal would enshrine Ukraine's perpetual subordination and vulnerability. No deal might lead Trump to pull remaining US support for Ukraine and antagonize Europe. @paulsonne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On

www.nytimes.com

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 3d

“It shows us that Trump and those around him really think the US is not part of Nato,” said @cerianbond.bsky.social, deputy director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank.

Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan

Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2

U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'

Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts

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