Who is Michèle Flournoy?
Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, and former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors. Michèle served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012.
Who is Michèle Mulroney?
Michèle served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012. She was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security Council deliberations.
Who is Michèle Furlow?
In January 2007, Michèle co-founded CNAS, a bipartisan think tank dedicated to developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security policies. She served as CNAS’ President until 2009, and returned as CEO in 2014. In 2017, she co-founded WestExec Advisors, a strategic advisory firm.
What kind of media does Michèle have?
Michèle appears frequently in national and international media, including CNN’s State of the Union, ABC’s This Week, NBC’s Meet the Press, BBC News, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered and PBS’ News Hour, and is frequently quoted in top tier newspapers.
Who is Michèle Flournoy?
Other highlights included a conversation on national security issues with Michèle Flournoy, co-founder and managing partner of WestExec Advisors who, as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2009 to 2012, was the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Department of Defense.
What does Flournoy call her time in government?
Flournoy called her time in government “a peak experience” and said she is dismayed by “an anti-government narrative that’s taken hold that somehow government is the enemy, government is feckless, government is corrupt, government doesn’t serve the people.
Battle for Networks
Systems destruction warfare is really the idea that China will try early on to disrupt, defeat and degrade our networks… [The] Pacific is going to be highly contested and it’s going to stay contested. So the traditional approach from the Gulf war and sense where the US comes in, we establish domain superiority.
Battle for Talent
I think workforce comes to the fore on DoD adoption of emerging technologies, and even its adoption of relatively mature commercial technologies.
Battle for Flexibility
In order for DoD to harness emerging technologies and CONOPS, Michele argues that changing the whole acquisition system is a “noble cause” but ultimately not the first step.
Battle for Legacy Weapons
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about whether DoD should divest from “legacy” weapon systems, and if so, what actually defines a legacy system. The Future of Defense Task Force asked for a study on retiring legacy systems, but did not give much guidance on what that meant.
Thanks Michele Flournoy!
I’d like to thank Michele Flournoy for joining us on the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. A compilation of a lot of her recent work is highlighted on the WestExec website here, and some older CNAS reports are here. I recommend Sharpening the U.S.
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Michelle Flournoy was under secretary of defense for policy during the first Obama administration and is the founder of West exec advisors and CNAS where I’m an adjunct fellow.
These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter
In a conversation fresh from the Freakonomics Radio Network’s podcast laboratory, Michèle Flournoy (one of the highest-ranking women in Defense Department history) speaks with Cecil Haney (one of the U.S. Navy’s first Black four-star admirals) about nuclear deterrence, smart leadership, and how to do inclusion right.
Season 9, Episode 34
The U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over. To find out more, check out the podcast from which this hour was drawn: “Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?”
Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?
The U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over.
Season 9, Episode 11
Do economic sanctions work? Are big democracies any good at spreading democracy? What is the root cause of terrorism? It turns out that data analysis can help answer all these questions — and make better foreign-policy decisions.
Speak Softly and Carry Big Data
Do economic sanctions work? Are big democracies any good at spreading democracy? What is the root cause of terrorism? It turns out that data analysis can help answer all these questions — and make better foreign-policy decisions.
