Nadia Schadlow
{{Short description|American government official (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nadia Schadlow
| office = 2nd United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
| president = Donald Trump
| term_start = January 21, 2018
| term_end = April 27, 2018
| predecessor = Dina Powell
| successor = Vacant
| birth_date =
| birth_place = {{Birth year and age|1965}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = Cornell University {{small|(BA)}}
Johns Hopkins University {{small|(MA, PhD)}}
}}
Nadia Catherine Schadlow{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/06/style/weddings-nadia-c-schadlow-philip-m-murphy.html|title=Weddings; Nadia C. Schadlow, Philip M. Murphy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 September 1993|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094552/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/06/style/weddings-nadia-c-schadlow-philip-m-murphy.html|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live}} (born c. 1965) is an American academic and defense-related government officer who briefly served in 2018 as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the first Trump Administration.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/nadia-schadlow-national-security-council-mcmaster-353587|title=McMaster makes his pick to replace Powell on the NSC|work=Politico|access-date=2018-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223121831/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/nadia-schadlow-national-security-council-mcmaster-353587|archive-date=2018-02-23|url-status=live}} She is the primary author of the 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS).
Early life, education and family
Schadlow grew up in Bedford Hills, New York. She holds a B.A. degree in government and Soviet studies from Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.{{cite web|url=https://warontherocks.com/author/nadia-schadlow/|title=Nadia Schadlow, Author at War on the Rocks|website=War on the Rocks|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102604/https://warontherocks.com/author/nadia-schadlow/|archive-date=2018-03-28|url-status=live}} She has three children.War and the Art of Governance, p. xiv
Political positions
Early government career
Schadlow started as a civil servant at the Department of Defense focusing on the Soviet Union and the newly independent Ukraine within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-nadia-schadlow-talks-with-sandy-winnefeld-on-intelligence-matters/ "Nadia Schadlow interview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229022707/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-nadia-schadlow-talks-with-sandy-winnefeld-on-intelligence-matters/ |date=2019-12-29 }}, Intelligence Matters, CBS News, 2018. Later, she served on the Defense Policy Board from September 2006 to June 2009.
Academic career
Schadlow is a full member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her articles have appeared in Parameters, The American Interest, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Philanthropy, and she has written chapters for several edited volumes. She is author of the book, War and the Art of Governance: Consolidating Combat Success Into Political Victory, which looks at cases in which militaries are involved in non-military governance activities.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-after-victory-1491520385|title=What Happens After Victory|last=Scales|first=Robert H.|date=2017-04-06|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411030005/https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-after-victory-1491520385|archive-date=2018-04-11|url-status=live}}
National Security Council
Schadlow was appointed to the National Security Council staff by long-time colleague H.R. McMaster in March 2017.{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/20/n-schadlow-and-f-hill-land-at-the-nsc/|title=N. Schadlow and F. Hill land at the NSC|website=Foreign Policy|date=20 March 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111427/https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/20/n-schadlow-and-f-hill-land-at-the-nsc/|archive-date=2018-04-11|url-status=live}} Upon her appointment, journalist Thomas E. Ricks described both her and Fiona Hill, who joined the NSC at the same time, as "well-educated, skeptical, and informed..." During this time, Schadlow became the primary author of the 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS).{{cite web|url=https://securitystudies.org/polished-american-first-national-security-strategy/|title=A Polished "America First" National Security Strategy - Security Studies Group|website=securitystudies.org|date=18 December 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409194940/https://securitystudies.org/polished-american-first-national-security-strategy/|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}} Her work on the document and the inter-agency process that preceded it were well received by foreign policy experts across the political spectrum.{{cite journal|url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/giving-new-national-security-strategy-attention-it-deserves|title=Giving the New National Security Strategy the Attention It Deserves|website=www.csis.org|date=21 December 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174249/https://www.csis.org/analysis/giving-new-national-security-strategy-attention-it-deserves|archive-date=2018-05-16|url-status=live |last1=Cordesman |first1=Anthony H. }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/trumps-new-national-security-strategy-projects-confidence|title=Trump's New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence|language=en|access-date=2018-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174153/https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/trumps-new-national-security-strategy-projects-confidence|archive-date=2018-05-16|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://securitystudies.org/polished-american-first-national-security-strategy/|title=A Polished "America First" National Security Strategy - Security Studies Group|website=securitystudies.org|date=18 December 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515014740/https://securitystudies.org/polished-american-first-national-security-strategy/|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live}} About a year later, Schadlow would comment that the NSS had "achieved the state of mattering".{{Cite web |url=https://wdef.com/2018/12/19/the-u-s-national-security-strategy-one-year-later/ |title=The U.S. National security strategy: One year later - WDEF |access-date=2019-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213011133/https://wdef.com/2018/12/19/the-u-s-national-security-strategy-one-year-later/ |archive-date=2019-02-13 |url-status=dead }}
Schadlow was chosen to replace Dina Powell as deputy national security advisor in January 2018, although her tenure was brief.{{cite web|url=http://politi.co/2DvUbqQ|title=McMaster makes his pick to replace Powell on the NSC|first=Annie|last=Karni|website=Politico|date=21 January 2018 }} After John R. Bolton replaced McMaster as National Security Advisor on April 9, 2018, it was announced that Schadlow would resign effective April 27.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/politics/nadia-schadlow-resigns/index.html |title=Deputy national security adviser Nadia Schadlow resigns |author1-link=Jeremy Diamond (journalist) |author1=Jeremy Diamond |author2=Jenna McLaughlin |publisher=CNN |access-date=2018-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411210109/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/politics/nadia-schadlow-resigns/index.html |archive-date=2018-04-11 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/04/12/ricky-waddell-trump-national-security-stepping-down-518046|title=McMaster's No. 2 to leave White House amid Bolton overhaul|website=www.politico.com|date=12 April 2018 |access-date=2018-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413124526/https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/04/12/ricky-waddell-trump-national-security-stepping-down-518046|archive-date=2018-04-13|url-status=live}} Her departure was seen as part of a larger "cleaning house" that Bolton undertook upon appointment.
Post-NSC career
Following her resignation from the NSC, she joined the Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow and became a Fellow at Schmidt Futures.{{cite web|url=https://pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/|title=U.S. Government|last=Virginian-Pilot|website=Virginian-Pilot|date=29 August 2006 |access-date=2018-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709222458/https://pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/|archive-date=2018-07-09|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://schmidtfutures.com/person/nadia-schadlow/|title=Nadia Schadlow|website=Schmidt Futures|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430193036/https://schmidtfutures.com/person/nadia-schadlow/|archive-date=2019-04-30|url-status=live}} She is also a visiting fellow at Mitre Corporation and the Hoover Institution.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-02 |title=Charting a Different Course |url=https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3038&context=parameters |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=US War College}}{{Cite news |title=Nadia Schadlow Ph.D. {{!}} MITRE |url=https://www.mitre.org/who-we-are/our-people/nadia-schadlow |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240929025758/https://www.mitre.org/who-we-are/our-people/nadia-schadlow |archive-date=2024-09-29 |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=MITRE |language=en}} Schadlow is also an Advisory Board Member of Spirit of America.{{Cite web |url=https://spiritofamerica.org/staff/dr-nadia-schadlow |title=Dr. Nadia Schadlow | Spirit of America |access-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411175558/https://spiritofamerica.org/staff/dr-nadia-schadlow |archive-date=2019-04-11 |url-status=dead }} She serves on the Special Competitive Studies Project's (SCSP) board of advisors. The SCSP was formed in October 2021 by Eric Schmidt to continue the work of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence after its final report was filed.{{Cite web |title=What We Do |url=https://www.scsp.ai/about/what-we-do/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=SCSP |language=en-US}} She is also co-chair of the Hudson Institute's Hamilton Commission on Securing America’s National Security Innovation Base.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Nadia Schadlow |url=https://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/nadia-schadlow/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=National Security Institute |language=en-US}} Schadlow serves on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy as well as the Reagan Institute's Task Force on 21st Century National Security Technology and Workforce.
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External links
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- [http://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=781 Biography page at Army War College]
- [https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/transcript-nadia-schadlow-talks-with-sandy-winnefeld-on-intelligence-matters/ December 2018 interview with CBS News]
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