Nadia Schadlow

Nadia Schadlow is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She served as Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy and Assistant to the President of the United States in the Trump administration.

Nadia Schadlow was a senior program officer at the Smith Richardson Foundation, where she identified strategic issues that warrant further attention from the U.S. policy community and managed and developed programs and projects related to these issues. She has helped to create grant portfolios on key topics, including improving the U.S. military’s approach to stability and reconstruction operations; building and strengthening networks of moderates in key Muslim-majority countries; understanding the challenges posed by Islamist radicalization; and challenging traditional approaches to foreign aid and development by emphasizing models that recognize the importance of local actors. She served on the Defense Policy Board from September 2006-June 2009; and is a full member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Schadlow’s dissertation, “War and the Art of Governance: The U.S. Army’s Role in Military Government from the Mexican War to Operation Just Cause,” examined 13 cases of the U.S. Army’s experiences with political and economic reconstruction. She continues to write on issues related to defense policy and the Army—particularly its role in governance and stability and reconstruction operations. Her articles have appeared in Parameters, The American Interest, the Wall Street Journal, Philanthropy, and several edited volumes. Dr. Schadlow holds a B.A. degree in government and Soviet studies from Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the John Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).