Opinion / Budget, Forces, Strategy

Bad Ideas in National Security Podcast

— H. Andrew Schwartz, Kathleen Hicks, Andrew Hunter, Todd Harrison

In this episode of The Truth of the Matter podcast, host Andrew Schwartz welcomes Kathleen Hicks, Andrew Hunter, and Todd Harrison from the CSIS International Security Program to discuss the Bad Ideas in National Security series. In addition to analyzing their own pieces, they nominate their frontrunners for what might be considered the “worst” bad idea.

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H. Andrew Schwartz, Kathleen Hicks, Andrew Hunter and Todd Harrison, "Bad Ideas in National Security Podcast," Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 18, 2019, last modified December 18, 2019, https://defense360.csis.org/bad-ideas-in-national-security-podcast/.

H. Andrew Schwartz is the chief communications officer at CSIS and is responsible for directing the Center’s media relations, iDeas Lab, congressional relations, events, publications, website, marketing, and other external relations matters.

Kathleen Hicks is a senior vice president, the Henry A. Kissinger chair, and director of the International Security Program at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS, she served as principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy and deputy under secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces. She focuses on U.S. national security and foreign policy, geopolitical trends, and defense matters.

Andrew Hunter is a senior fellow in the International Security Program and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. He focuses on issues affecting the industrial base, including emerging technologies, sequestration, acquisition policy, and industrial policy. From 2011 to November 2014, Mr. Hunter served as a senior executive in the Department of Defense (DOD).

Todd Harrison is a non-resident senior associate for the Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis program at CSIS.

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