CNAS Announces Inaugural Next Generation Class

Source: ForeignPolicy.com
Journalist: Laura Rozen [1]
Original Post: http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/ [1]
Type: Blog Post

August 25, 2009 — August 25, 2009 - The Center for New American Security, the plugged-in Washington national security think tank which has had a slate of associates join the Obama administration, has announced those selected to be in its first class of Next Generation National Security Leaders.

The two dozen under-35 national security up and comers will participate in a series of discussions led by CNAS President and counterinsurgency guru, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Nagl and CNAS board member and Ford's Vice President for International Affairs Steve Beigun, on various national security topics: Afghanistan and Pakistan (CNAS fellow Vikram Singh has become a South Asian special advisor to CNAS co-founder turned Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and has since become DoD's special rep to envoy Richard Holbrooke's team), Asia Pacific security issues (CNAS' co-founder Kurt Campbell has become Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs), the national security consequences of resource dependence, and other topics.

The 24 CNAS NextGen leaders selected out of 450 applicants are:

    * Jasmeet Ahuja, Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
    * Anika Binnendijk, Special Assistant, International Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
    * Barret Bradstreet, Doctoral Candidate, Princeton University
    * Samuel Charap, Associate Director for the Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for American Progress
    * Marissa Doran, Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
    * Guy Filippelli, CEO, Berico Technologies
    * Kelly Howard, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army, U.S. Department of Defense
    * Church Hutton, Minority Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
    * Mara Karlin, Instructor and Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
    * Peter Lohman, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
    * Jim Mitre, Foreign Affairs Specialist, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy
    * Marisa Paul, Senior Analyst, Northrop Grumman
    * Elizabeth Prescott, Professor, Georgetown University
    * Emelia Probasco, Special Assistant, U.S. Navy
    * Adi Raval, Senior White House Producer, BBC
    * Kaleb Redden, Director for Building Global Partnerships, Office of the Secretary of Defense
    * David Rittgers, Legal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
    * Stephen Rubright, Military Legislative Assistant and Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
    * Abby Ruscetta, Congressional Appropriations Liason, Secretary of the Air Force Staff
    * Anthony Russell, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
    * Timothy Strabbing, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, U.S. DOD
    * Tim Sullivan, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
    * Caitlan Talmadge, Doctoral Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Visiting Fellow, Georgetown University
    * Eric Young, Manager of Strategic Development, Boeing Network and Space Systems

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Topic(s): Natural Resources + National Security = Natural Security [2], Iraq [3], National Security Leaders Forum [4], Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime [5], WMD and Nuclear Proliferation [6]
Project(s): Asia-Pacific Security [7], Energy Security and Climate Change [8], U.S. Military Forces and Operations [9], Iran [10], National Security Leaders Forum Event Series [11], Special Operations Forces [12], Iraq [13], Voices from the Field Event Series [14], Contested Commons [15], Civilian Capacity [16], War Game: Clout and Climate Change [17], Next Generation National Security Leaders Program [18]