Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

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At A Glance:

Nadia Schadlow is a senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute and a co-chair of the Hamilton Commission on Securing America’s National Security Innovation Base. 

Contact:

Research Associate
Michael Dressler

Biography

Nadia Schadlow is a senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute and a co-chair of the Hamilton Commission on Securing America’s National Security Innovation Base. 

She conducts research and analysis on a range of issues at the intersection of strategy, national security, and technology. She writes on topics that include the vulnerabilities of US supply chains in areas such as advanced batteries and energetic materials; the relationship between climate and defense policy; and the disconnects between strategy and operational policies. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Hill, Parameters, the Wall Street JournalPhilanthropy, and several edited volumes.

Dr. Schadlow was most recently US deputy national security advisor for strategy. In that capacity she led the drafting and publication of the 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States. Earlier in her career, she served as a senior program officer in the International Security and Foreign Policy Program of the Smith Richardson Foundation, where she helped identify strategic issues that warranted further attention from the US policy community. She also served in the Defense Department. 

Dr. Schadlow holds a BA in government and Soviet studies from Cornell University and an MA and PhD from the John Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Events
21
November 2024
Past Event
Big Ideas for America’s New National Security Team
Featured Speakers:
Mike Gallagher
Nadia Schadlow
Peter Rough
Shyam Sankar
Marine One carrying Joe Biden flies past US Flags on April 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake via Getty Images)
21
November 2024
Past Event
Big Ideas for America’s New National Security Team

Distinguished Fellow Mike Gallagher will join Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar and Senior Fellows Peter Rough and Nadia Schadlow to discuss what to expect from the second Trump administration and how Washington can change course by returning to hard-power principles and reasserting American dominance on the world stage.

Marine One carrying Joe Biden flies past US Flags on April 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mike Gallagher
Nadia Schadlow
Peter Rough
Shyam Sankar
24
October 2024
Past Event
The Visible Hand: Positioning America to Compete | Political Studies Policy Certificate Program
Featured Speakers:
Nadia Schadlow
Rachel Mackey
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24
October 2024
Past Event
The Visible Hand: Positioning America to Compete | Political Studies Policy Certificate Program

The 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute Political Studies  gathers talented early career professionals for advanced study of American foreign and domestic policy and national security, led by policy experts and experienced government officials.

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Featured Speakers:
Nadia Schadlow
Rachel Mackey
17
October 2024
Past Event
Strengthening the Allied Industrial Base
Featured Speakers:
Representative Rob Wittman
Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho
Steve Brock
Sang-bong Lee
Jim Schirmer
Michael Kuenzli
Mike Smith
Rob Murray
Moderators:
Nadia Schadlow
Timothy A. Walton
An employee checks 155 mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
17
October 2024
Past Event
Strengthening the Allied Industrial Base

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Nadia Schadlow for an event exploring the opportunities and challenges in implementing a more unified allied industrial base with Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho of South Korea, senior US Navy and Army officials, and leaders of major Asian and European defense firms.

An employee checks 155 mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Representative Rob Wittman
Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho
Steve Brock
Sang-bong Lee
Jim Schirmer
Michael Kuenzli
Mike Smith
Rob Murray
Moderators:
Nadia Schadlow
Timothy A. Walton
26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War

This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join 91ÆÞÓÑ for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them. 

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sail in formation in the Philippine Sea, June 9, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sail in formation in the Philippine Sea on June 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)