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Schake Kori

Dr Kori Schake

Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute


Kori Schake is 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 US State Department, the US Department of Defense, and the National Security Council at the White House. She has also taught at Stanford, West Point, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, National Defense University, and the University of Maryland.

Dr. Schake is the author of five books, among them “Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony” (Harvard University Press, 2017). She is also the co-editor, along with former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, of “Warriors & Citizens: American Views of Our Military” (Hoover Institution Press, 2016).

A Member of the Board of Directors, The American Ditchley Foundation

Directors of The American Ditchley Foundation

Participants of the Ditchley Foundation internship programme in 2021

The Ditchley Internship Programme

The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.

Antique chairs and sofas at Ditchley Park

Our Home at Ditchley Park

Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been. 

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