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The ISW team is dedicated to improving American and allied decision-making on conflict and national security threats by producing the world’s best open-source intelligence and maps and educating the next generation of leaders.
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Kimberly Kagan
President and Founder
Brian Babcock-Lumish
Recanati-Kaplan Chair and Director of the General David H. Petraeus Center for Emerging Leaders
Jennifer Cafarella
Director of Strategic Initiatives and National Security Fellow
Russia and Ukraine Team
George Barros
Director of Innovation and Open Source Tradecraft
Christina Harward
Russia Deputy Team Lead
Veronica Iredale
Defense of Europe Researcher
Grace Mappes
Russia Analyst
Diana Nasreddine
Russia Researcher
Jennie Olmsted
Russia Researcher
Samuel Shafiro
Russia Researcher
Jessica Sobieski
Russia Researcher
Kateryna Shymkiv
Russia Researcher
Kateryna Stepanenko
Russia Team Lead and Deputy Director of the Cognitive Warfare Project
Anna Thacker
Russia Researcher
Justin Young
Russia Researcher
Geospatial Intelligence Team
Benjamin Cordola
Geospatial Researcher
Megan Ewert
Geospatial Researcher
Harrison Hurwitz
Geospatial Researcher
Nathaniel Kramer
Geospatial Researcher
Daniel Mealie
Geospatial Team Lead
Eliana Ornelas
Geospatial Researcher
David Schulert
Geospatial Researcher
Carolyn Weinstein
Geospatial Researcher
Middle East Team
Avery Borens
Middle East Researcher
Kelly Campa
Middle East Team Lead
William Doran
Middle East Researcher
Parker Hempel
Middle East Researcher
Carolyn Moorman
Middle East Researcher
Nidal Morrison
Middle East Researcher
Benjamin Schmida
Middle East Researcher
China and Taiwan Team
Donggyu (Alfred) Han
China Researcher
Jackson Karas
China Researcher
Alison O’Neil
China Researcher
Daniel Shats
China Deputy Team Lead
Karina Wugang
China Researcher
Operations Staff
Andrew Becht
Program Manager, Office of the President
Stefaniia Bern
Communications and Publishing Associate
Cassidy Eissing
Development Associate
Drew Dickson
Human Resources Associate
Sydney Fuqua
Assistant Director of the General David H. Petraeus Center for Emerging Leaders
Emily Galasco
Director of Accounting
Jordan Glynn
Communications and Publishing Associate
Adam Grace
Media and Publishing Associate
Allie Jansen
Director of Human Resources
Quinn Johnson
Program Manager, Office of the President
Alexander Mitchell
Director of External Relations
Denzel Nhunhama
Accounting Associate
Caroline Nicholson
Education Programs Associate
Fiona Noonan
Communications and Publishing Associate
Madeline Shaffer
Director of Development
Nadia Sleiman
Communications and Publishing Associate
Christopher Solomon
Production Manager and Editor
Fellows
Nataliya Bugayova
Director, Cognitive Warfare Project and Modern Warfare Fellow
Mason Clark
Director of the Defense of Europe Project
Lt. Gen. James Dubik (US Army, Retired)
Senior Fellow
Stephen Gordon
Non-Resident Fellow and Technology Advisor
Karolina Hird
National Security Fellow, Adversary Entente
Elsa Kania
Non-Resident Fellow in Indo-Pacific Security
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
General Jack Keane
(US Army, Retired)
Chairman, Institute for the Study of War; President, GSI, LLC
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
Founder & President
Institute for the Study of War
The Honorable Kelly Craft
Former US Ambassador
to UN and Canada
Dr. William Kristol
Director
Defending Democracy Together
Hudson La Force
Former Chief Executive Officer
W. R. Grace & Co
Dr. Jennifer London
Consultant
CACI
Kevin Mandia
Chief Executive Officer
& Board Director, Mandiant
Jack D. McCarthy, Jr.
Senior Managing Director
& Founder, A&M Capital
Bruce Mosler
Chairman of Military and
Veteran Programs at Cushman & Wakefield
General David H. Petraeus
(US Army, Retired)
Partner, KKR and Chairman
KKR Global Institute
Dr. Warren Phillips
Lead Director
CACI International
Colonel William Roberti
(US Army, Retired)
Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal
Edouard Matitia Cohen
Chief Operating Officer
Covalis Capital
James S. Gilmore III
(US Army, Retired)
Former US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Former Governor of Virginia
ISW Statement on the Passing of ISW Board Member Joseph I. Lieberman - March 28, 2024
ISW is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Senator Joe Lieberman, a distinguished member of ISW’s board of directors since 2014, one of the first members of Congress to receive an ISW briefing in 2007, and above all, a dear friend. Senator Lieberman was a moral force in American politics whose four-decade career in public service was marked by his thoughtfulness, his principled leadership, and his extraordinary determination to protect America’s interests and values. In 2012, ISW presented its second annual ISW Award for National Security Leadership to Senator Lieberman in recognition of his exceptional service, intellect, and leadership in national security. The same strategic and moral clarity that defined Senator Lieberman’s career as a legislator informed the essential guidance he provided ISW in support of our mission in the decade since he joined our board. He will be extraordinarily missed.
Frederick W. Kagan
Director
Dan Blumenthal
Senior Fellow
Nicholas Carl
Assistant Director
Brian Carter
Research Manager
Yeji Chung
Korea Research Assistant
Adham Fattah
Iran Analyst
Annika Ganzeveld
Middle East Portfolio Manager
Luke Jacobus
China Research Assistant
Frances Johnson
Program Assistant
Ben Rezaei
Iran Analyst
Alexis Turek
Analytic Team Lead
Zahra Wakilzada
Iran Analyst
Katherine Wells
Iran Analyst
