"'Despite the loss of its former caliphate, ISIS has not been defeated,' warned Michèle Flournoy, who served as under defense secretary for policy from 2009 to 2012. "'We have seen this movie before,' said Flournoy, who was expected to become defense secretary if Hillary Clinton won the 2016 presidential election. 'When a terrorist organization loses territory, it usually goes to ground in order to fight another day. (This was certainly true for Al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS' predecessor.)' "'ISIS is likely [...]

At the Aspen Strategy Group's book launch on January 31, Michèle Flournoy discussed China's rising technological capabilities with Professor Joe Nye, Jack Clark, and Thomas E. Donilon. Watch the full C-Span video here: Full Video

Managing Partner Michèle Flournoy appeared on Meet the Press alongside Michael Bloomberg, Governor Jerry Brown, Craig Fugate, and others to discuss the impact of climate change on national security. Watch the full Meet the Press interview: Full Article

September/October 2018 | By Michèle Flournoy and Michael Sulmeyer Cyberspace has been recognized as a new arena for competition among states ever since it came into existence. In the United States, there have long been warnings of a “cyber–Pearl Harbor”—a massive digital attack that could cripple the country’s critical infrastructure without a single shot being fired. Presidential commissions, military task force reports, and congressional investigations have been calling attention to such a risk for decades. In 1984, the Reagan administration warned [...]