The Emerging Voices in National Security and Intelligence Program at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies presents:

“How Diversity Affects National Security: Aspirations and Realities” with Michèle Flournoy and Carmen Medina


Introduction by Merit Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs; Professor of Practice, International Economic Law and International Affairs

Remarks by Mila Tuttle, Sponsor

Hosted by Keren Yarhi-Milo, Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies; Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies, Department of Political Science

and Peter Clement, Senior Research Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies; Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

12:00pm-1:00pm “Contemporary Global Security Challenges”

Michèle Flournoy

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, United States Department of Defense

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors Former Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Moderated by Peter Clement, Senior Research Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies; Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

1:00pm-1:05pm Break

1:05pm-2:00pm “Diversity in National Security: Operationalizing Change”

Carmen Medina

Former Deputy Director of Intelligence, CIA

Former Director of the Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA

Owner, MedinAnalytics LLC