NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARS & PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM
The National Security Scholars and Practitioners Program (NSSPP) is a weeklong workshop that gathers a diverse group of professionals in the early-to-mid phases of their careers to explore the character of contemporary war and its future.
The National Security Scholars and Practitioners Program (NSSPP) draws on a diverse group of professionals and academics in the early-to-mid phases of their careers with a view to developing the next cadre of strategic scholars and practitioners. The 2019 NSSPP built off of last year’s superlative inaugural program, which, as one participant described it, established “the schoolhouse for developing strategic thinking about the future of war.” The program took place at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vermont from 3 to 7 June 2019.
The program focused on contemporary war and its future. Participants considered the state of strategic thought on this subject, U.S. competitive advantages and disadvantages, the U.S. assessment of the big questions in the changing nature of conflict, alternative scenarios, and implications for the United States, including its policy and force structure. In exploring these issues, the participants were complemented by senior scholar-teachers and distinguished guests who joined both the formal program and informal discussions.
2019 Cohort
Chris Bassler, U.S. Department of Defense
Caroline C. Baxter, RAND Corporation
Yara Bayoumy, The Atlantic
Marguerite Rivard Benson
Laura G. Brent, NATO
Jacob Cohn, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Luke Collin, U.S. Department of Defense
Robert Cowden, National Intelligence Council
Jud Crane, National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service
John W. Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tim Hwang, MIT/Harvard University
Mariam Jalalzada, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Louis Lauter, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Eric Lindsey, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems
Matthew Lundgren, George Mason University
Dan Magruder, U.S. Air Force
Jenny Marron, U.S. Department of State
Aaron Mehta, Defense News
Jim Mitre, Govini
Craig Neuman, U.S. Air Force
Henry Nuzum, Central Gulf Lines, Inc. and Waterman Steamship Corp.
Katherine Obradovich, U.S. Department of Defense
Alex Pascal, Macro Advisory Partners
Jim Perkins, Amazon Web Services
Kaleb Redden, U.S. Department of Defense
Andrew Scott, U.S. Government
Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com
Lizzy Shackelford, Independent Consultant
Nina S. Wagner, U.S. Department of Defense
Jonathan Welch, RAND Corporation, USMR
2018 Cohort
Michael Albertson, U.S. Department of State
Brian Arakelian, U.S. Department of Defense
Susanna Blume, Center for a New American Security
Anna Borshchevskaya, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Luke Condra, University of Pittsburgh
Scott Cooper, Human Rights First
Matthew Cordova, U.S. Department of Defense
Scott Cuomo, Georgetown University
Jessie Evans, Independent Consulting
Greg Grant, U.S. Department of Defense
Christopher Hamner, George Mason University
Jacob Heim, RAND Corporation
Kate Higgins-Bloom, Brookings Institution
Michael Hunzeker, George Mason University
Brian Katz, U.S. Government
Miriam Krieger, U.S. Air Force Academy
Michael O'Hara, U.S. Naval War College
Matthew O'Kane, Office of Management and Budget
Mira Rapp-Hooper, Yale Law School
Eric Reid, U.S. Department of Defense
John Schutte, U.S. Air Force
Erin Sikorsky, National Intelligence Council
Erin Simpson, Northrup Grumman Corporation
Sarah Wildman, Foreign Policy
Matthew Williams, U.S. Senate