CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The biweekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and national security worlds discussing top international issues.
Nina Easton spoke with Kathy Warden, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Northrop Grumman for a Smart Women, Smart Power event.
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The Gender Multiplier Effect
Host Beverly Kirk talks to Andrea Conner, CEO of Stevenson Conner Global Strategies and the immediate past president of ATHENA International.
24 min
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The Future of American Democracy
Suzanne Spaulding and Beverly Kirk discuss the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
26 min
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Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: Same Challenges Ahead?
Host Beverly Kirk spoke with CSIS experts Sarah Ladislaw and Stephanie Segal along with Laura Kupe, Counsel on the House Homeland Security Committee.
38 min
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Tech Security, Innovation, and Amazon
Host Beverly Kirk talks to Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector.
33 min
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Exports, Imports, Jobs, and Covid
Host Beverly Kirk talks to Kimberly Reed, president and chairman of the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
29 min
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The Future of 5G
Host Beverly Kirk talks to Bonnie Glick, the former Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Election 2020 Aftermath with Dana Perino
Beverly Kirk spoke with Dana Perino for a Smart Women, Smart Power event.
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Global Maritime Security
Host Beverly Kirk talks to Vice Admiral Linda Fagan, Pacific Area Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard.
28 min
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Investing in Women in the Workplace
Beverly Kirk talks to Charity Wallace about how the 2X Women's Initiative's investments are empowering women economically and helping their businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
26 min
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Vote Girl Vote
Host Beverly Kirk talks to "Vote Girl Vote" co-founder Kate Howard about her organization's effort to tell the stories of all the women who fought for the right to vote so that they are not lost to history.
28 min
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Combating the Opioid Crisis in West Virginia
Nina Easton, CSIS senior associate (non-resident) moderated a panel discussion on the opioid epidemic in West Virginia and the impacts of Covid-19.
51 min
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PONI Pathbreakers: The Nuclear Nonproliferation...
On the final episode of the PONI Pathbreakers series, host Beverly Kirk talks with Ambassador Susan Burk and Dr. Rebecca Davis Gibbons about the future of the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and their trailblazing careers in the nuclear community.
42 min
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PONI Pathbreakers: All Things Arms Control
On the fourth episode of the PONI Pathbreakers series, host Beverly Kirk talks with Rose Gottemoeller and Heather Williams about the future of arms control treaties and the impact current events have had on the relationship between the United States and its allies.
42 min
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PONI Pathbreakers: Breaking the Nuclear Glass C...
On the third episode of the PONI Pathbreakers series, former Sandia National Laboratories Director Jill Hruby and Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden, Senior Engineer in the National Security Analysis Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab talk about being pioneers in their careers, nuclear proliferation, and great power competition.
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PONI Pathbreakers: The Role of Congress in Nucl...
On the second episode of the PONI Pathbreakers series, host Beverly Kirk talked about the role of Congress in nuclear policy with Madelyn Creedon and Augusta Binns-Berkey.
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PONI Pathbreakers: The Cyber-Nuclear Connection
On the first episode of the PONI Pathbreakers series, host Beverly Kirk spoke with Erin Dumbacher and Suzanne Spaulding about cyber deterrence and nuclear security, and their career experiences in a rapidly changing field.
41 min
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The 19th Amendment 100 Years Later: A Conversat...
Valerie Jarrett, board chair of When We All Vote; co-chair of The United State of Women; and senior advisor to former president Barack Obama, spoke with Beverly Kirk about the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the importance of political participation. This conversation is part of the Smart Women, Smart Power speaker series sponsored by Citi.
53 min
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Women in Leadership in British Defense
Host Beverly Kirk chats with British Army veteran Angela Owen, founder of Women in Defence UK, about the importance of female representation and gender balance in Britain’s defense community.
22 min
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Benghazi and Turkey: Lessons in Government Cris...
CSIS senior scholars Dr. Alice Hunt Friend and Shannon Culbertson discuss lessons learned as government officials.
30 min
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Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and Democracy a...
CSIS senior adviser Suzanne Spaulding hosted the discussion on how the pandemic and global responses will impact democracy, privacy, and trust in government across the world.
53 min
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Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and Grand Strategy
Host Beverly Kirk moderated the discussion on how and why this pandemic might change how the United States approaches its foreign policy, relations with allies and competitors.
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The Global Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Women
Host Beverly Kirk moderated a virtual Smart Women, Smart Power event with Jen Klein and Rakeen Mabud of TIME’S UP and Rachel Vogelstein of the Council on Foreign Relations.
55 min
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Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and the Military
CSIS senior fellow Alice Hunt Friend hosted the 2020 Future Strategy Forum discussion on Covid-19's impact on military readiness, ongoing operations, and civil-military relations, including the use of the military in domestic crises.
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Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and National Se...
The Honorable Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, joined CSIS’s Hon. Kathleen Hicks, PhD for a virtual keynote discussion during the 2020 Future Strategy Forum.