Loren DeJonge Schulman

Loren DeJonge Schulman is the Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service. Prior to that, Loren was Deputy Director of Studies and Panetta Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Loren also spent ten years in government in senior staff positions at the U.S. Department of Defense and the White House National Security Council, most recently as the Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Loren is a co-host of the Bombshell podcast, a bi-weekly national security show produced by War on the Rocks, where she is also a senior editor. Loren is a native Texan, with a BA in political science at Trinity University and an MPP from the University of Minnesota. Follow Ms. Schulman on Twitter @LorenRaeDeJ.

Explore some of Ms. Schulman’s recent commentary:

• The Daily Scoop Podcast — FedScoop, 10/27/21

• Data Show Federal Leaders “More than Rose to the Challenge” of COVID-19 — Government Matters, 7/1/21

• Asking Questions is First Step in Transforming Human Resources at Agencies — Government Matters, 4/8/21

• Transition Will Likely Go On Through the End of the Year — Government Matters, 1/24/21

• Make Good Choices! National Security Transitions and the Policy and Process Decisions — War on the Rocks, 11/6/20

• Congress Can Do Far More to Oversee America’s Foreign Wars — The National Interest, 10/18/20

• Congress Must Use Its Tools to Influence The Decisions of War — The Hill, 7/30/20

• CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International Security — Center for a New American Security, 3/23/20

• A Military Straining Against Civilian Control? — Center for a New American Security, 2/24/20

• The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits — The New York Times, 2/12/20

• Rising to the China Challenge — Center for a New American Security, 1/28/20

• Man, I Feel Like A Woman — Center for a New American Security, 1/28/20

• Trump Administration Vacancies Pose Risk to National Security During Iran Escalation, Experts Say — Center for a New American Security, 1/11/20

• Why Did the Pentagon Ever Give Trump the Option of Killing Soleimani? — Center for a New American Security, 1/10/20

• What was the White House strategy on Iran? — Center for a New American Security, 1/8/20

• CNAS: Bold Ideas for National Security — Center for a New American Security, 12/19/19

• The Many Questions Trump’s Pardons Raise About Civil-Military Relations — World Politics Review, 12/2/19

• The Military Needs Immigrants. The Trump Administration Wants to Keep Them Out. — The Washington Post, 11/21/19

• National Security Is Made of People — Defense One, 11/7/19

• Why the Whistle Was Blown — The Atlantic, 9/27/19

• Two Cheers for Esper’s Plan to Reassert Civilian Control of the Pentagon — Defense One, 9/9/19

• Rethinking America’s Approach to the World — The New York Times, 8/18/19

• Bombshell: The One With Mara Jade (Podcast) — War on the Rocks, 7/30/19

• The Key Foreign Policy Questions 2020 Democrats Must Answer, According to 9 Experts — Vox, 7/30/19

• Acting or Not, the Play’s the Thing — Just Security, 7/2/19

• Democrats Face a Defense Spending Conundrum — Center for a New American Security, 6/26/19

• 2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates — Center for a New American Security, 6/26/19

• Renewing the National Security Consensus in Congress — Center for a New American Security, 6/14/19

• Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis — Center for a New American Security, 5/15/19

• Progressives Should Embrace the Politics of Defense — Texas National Security Review, 12/4/18

• Bombshell: Come What May (podcast) — War On The Rocks, 11/20/18

• How the Generals Are Routing the Policy Wonks at the Pentagon — Foreign Policy, 11/15/18

• Civil Servants Can’t Stop Trump. Stop Asking Them To. — The Washington Post, 9/7/18

• Trump’s Secret War on Terror — The Atlantic, 8/10/18

• The Pentagon’s Transparency Problem — Foreign Affairs, 5/2/18

• Frustrations at the White House and the Pentagon — Foreign Affairs, 2/12/18