National Security in Trump’s Administration

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National Security in Trump’s Administration

While political transitions are always hard, the international landscape today is particularly unforgiving.

By William J. Burns, David Ignatius, Kori Schake

Published on Feb 15, 2017

Source: NPR’s On Point

Carnegie’s William J. Burns joined NPR’s On Point’s Tom Ashbrook, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius, and the Hoover Institution’s Kori Schake for a discussion on national security in the Trump White House. Burns cautioned that while “transitions are always hard … but the international landscape today is particularly unforgiving.”

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This interview was originally broadcast on NPR’s On Point.

About the Authors

William J. Burns

Former Carnegie President (2015-2021)

A former career diplomat, William J. Burns served as director of the CIA, deputy secretary of State, and ambassador to Russia and Jordan. Burns was also president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 2015 to 2021.

David Ignatius

Kori Schake

Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Kori Schake leads the foreign and defense policy team at the American Enterprise Institute. She is the author of Safe Passage: the Transition from British to American Hegemony and a contributing writer at the Atlantic, War on the Rocks, and Bloomberg.

Security Foreign Policy North America United States

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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