| Details: | Kori Schake, Ph.D., Senior Fellow & Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute, presents "Long Arm or Strongarm? Executive Power in Foreign Policy and at Home" in partnership with the Northwestern Michigan College International Affairs Forum and the Central Michigan University Hart-Milliken Speaker Series. This event will take place at the Dennos Museum Center Milliken Auditorium in Traverse City with a moderated live stream in Anspach 155 on the campus of Central Michigan University. The live stream will be moderated by Central Michigan University faculty member Thomas Greitens, chairperson of the School of Politics, Society, Justice and Public Service. The Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics is named in memory of former U.S. Senator Philip A. Hart and former Michigan Governor William G. Milliken. A legendary trait of the careers of Senator Hart, a Democrat, and Governor Milliken, a Republican, was their ability to work together with members of opposing political parties. To honor their distinguished careers and encourage a spirit of political compromise, Central Michigan University established the Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics. About the speakerKori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Before joining AEI, Dr. Schake was the deputy director-general of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. She has had a distinguished career in government, working at the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the National Security Council at the White House. She was also senior policy advisor on the 2008 McCain campaign. She has taught at Stanford, West Point, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and the University of Maryland. Schake is the author of five books: The State and the Soldier: a History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States (Polity Books, 2025); America vs the West: Can the Liberal World Order Be Preserved? (Penguin Random House Australia, Lowy Institute, 2018); Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony (Harvard University Press, 2017); State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department (Hoover Institution Press, 2012); and Managing American Hegemony: Essays on Power in a Time of Dominance (Hoover Institution Press, 2009). She is also the coeditor, along with former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, of Warriors & Citizens: American Views of Our Military (Hoover Institution Press, 2016). Schake has been widely published in policy journals and the popular press, including in CNN.com, Foreign Affairs, Politico, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. She is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and War on the Rocks. Schake has a PhD and MA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, as well as an MPM from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Her BA in international relations is from Stanford University. |
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| Admission: | Open to the public. |
| Sponsor: | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences School of Politics, Society, Justice, and Public Service |
| Contact: | Hart-Milliken Endowment Coordinator and Co-Instructor for the Griffin Endowed Chair Jim Ananich anani1j@cmich.edu 989-774-4503 |
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