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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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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 9h
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 14h
“The shift under Mr. Patel has struck directly at the Five Eyes relationship through the removal of senior agents who spent years fighting Islamic extremists or blunting counterintelligence threats alongside operatives from allied countries.”
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 14h
A great read on warfare: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25.... General Marshall sent Colonel Reeder to interview Vandegrift in 1942 so the US Army could prepare for the swing to the Pacific after the war was won in Europe.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 15h
Happy birthday, Marines. You inherit and preserve a valuable legacy.
General Vandegrift, commander of the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 15h
Love this poignant story from @peterlucier.bsky.social
peterlucier.bsky.social 🥧🍁 Peter Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater 🥧🍁Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 15h
Why does being a Marine matter? Why are we all so crazy about it?

Listen my children, and you shall hear, a tale from the bad days of Afghan relocation, and how being a silly Marine changed lives.

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🥧🍁 Peter Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater 🥧🍁Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 15h
Why does being a Marine matter? Why are we all so crazy about it?

Listen my children, and you shall hear, a tale from the bad days of Afghan relocation, and how being a silly Marine changed lives.

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 16h
Get 44% off the book if you order now!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

(CODE: 09WINTER)

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 16h
The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social
Air Force Academy’s accreditation under review after cuts to civilian faculty
Concerned alumni and former faculty told The Denver Post they believe the academy is losing too many civilian Ph.D.-level instructors without the ability to replace them with qualified military mem…
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 17h
“The efforts of some of Trump’s allies to remake American identity as a matter of exclusionary heritage is fundamentally at odds with American history and American character. We are a diverse country, and we always have been.” Love this by AEI’s President www.aei.org/opportunity-...
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 1d
Tonight, Germany marks both the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht—the “Night of Broken Glass” (1938)—and the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989). Hatred versus joy. Separateness versus unity. Oppression versus freedom. Death versus life. All in the span of just 51 years.
A black and white photograph of several male passersby in dark overcoats and hats looking at shattered front display windows of a Jewish-owned store in Germany. The reflection of a swastika on a Nazi flag can be seen in an unbroken window a little further down the street. A color flash photograph from the night of November 9, 1989, showing a man in blue jeans about to bring down a pickaxe on the top of the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall. He is surrounded by a large crowd of mostly smiling, mostly male onlookers.

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 1d
‘He growled, “When one of your Marines is dying, what are you gonna do, recite poetry at him?”

Well . . . no, probably not.’

I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com

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Things Worth Remembering: Finding Meaning in the Madness of War
Memorizing poetry began as a way to kill time in the Marines. It turned into a lesson in how to live with the possibility of death, writes Phil Klay for The Free Press.
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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d
Also, I doubt that European intelligence services would suddenly decide to stop sharing intel with the USA just because of general concerns about “political interference and human rights”. I’l wouldn’t be surprised if there are more concrete reasons for their concerns.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Veterans Day to all the brothers and sisters sisters who raised their right hand, served in tough times and great times, made lifetime friendships, and then returned to be citizens-----without making their time in uniform their entire personality.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d
Tulsi Gabbard wants to transfer significant counterintelligence authority away from the FBI—and to her office, Shane Harris and Quinta Jurecic report:
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 3d
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 3d
He’s right about that.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Hegseth: "Let me say that again. We need to increase acquisition risk in order to decrease operational risk ... An 85% solution in the hands of our armed forces today is infinitely better than an unachievable 100% solution endlessly undergoing testing."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Hegseth: "Let me say that again. We need to increase acquisition risk in order to decrease operational risk ... An 85% solution in the hands of our armed forces today is infinitely better than an unachievable 100% solution endlessly undergoing testing."

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Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social · 3d
📸 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History. Thank you both for this captivating conversation, which was chaired by our very own Prof John Bew!

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 3d
Did Women Ruin the Workplace

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 4d
FBI urges ICE agents to identify themselves after string of impersonators commit crimes
FBI urges ICE agents to identify themselves after string of impersonators commit crimes
Citing a string of incidents in which masked criminals posing as immigration officers robbed and kidnapped victims, the FBI recently issued a memo suggesting agents clearly identify themselves while they're in the field.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 4d
“Without a plan for terminating a war in Taiwan, Washington would risk repeating the pattern of U.S. strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan that many Trump officials critiqued: winning the first battle but losing the war,” argues @zackcooper.bsky.social.
How War in Taiwan Ends
Even if deterrence fails, America could thwart China.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 4d
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!

The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norweger stellen fest, dass China 850 ihrer Elektrobusse fernsteuern und sogar stoppen kann
Etwa 850 in Norwegen eingesetzte Elektrobusse können aus China vollständig kontrolliert werden. Das hat ein geheimer Test der öffentlichen Verkehrsbetriebe ergeben.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 5d
We wrote this week on Golden Dome, about which we still know relatively little. What's clear is that cost will be sensitive to the number of space-based interceptors. And that depends on the basic question: what scope of threat is this meant to tackle?
www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social · 5d
We launched the China Index (中文版) with a press briefing on how Beijing shapes narratives & influence in Taiwan. A major challenge is how broad and varied these efforts are, often reaching those left out of the social safety net — a reminder how social gaps can turn into leverage points.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d
The Washington Post on Abigail Spanberger: "No woman has led Virginia since its colonial government was formed 406 years ago."

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 5d
Fascinating paper from IFRI, and the framing itself is a sign of the times - a Europe-Russia power balance.

The intro sets the scene in stark words: "European countries can no longer avoid the “Russian Question” as Russia has chosen war."
ifri.bsky.social Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales @ifri.bsky.social · 5d
🇪🇺🇷🇺 #Europe - #Russia: Political Systems and Societal Resilience.

🔎 Read Ifri's new collective Study: "Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review". www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...

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Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social · 5d
Former chairman, Gen (ret) CQ Brown in @warontherocks.bsky.social today with an important article

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Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
In November 2015, I was five months into commanding the air campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Operation Inherent Resolve was in full
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 5d
Brings to mind the Fran Leibowitz piece in the New Yorker complaining that New York had become so disagreeably safe that midwesterners would come as tourists, @pmskinner.bsky.social 🙂
pmskinner.bsky.social Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 6d
People who’ve never even visited New York City, and never will because they’re scared of their own shadow, out with lots of drama about the mayoral election there. We definitely need to take their opinions super duper seriously, people. Indeed.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 6d
People who’ve never even visited New York City, and never will because they’re scared of their own shadow, out with lots of drama about the mayoral election there. We definitely need to take their opinions super duper seriously, people. Indeed.