4.0
Oct 3, 2025
Former employee
Washington, DC
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
- Allows junior researchers to publish, engage with media, and start building an independent profile as an expert - Is generally well respected as a leading voice on national security issues -
Cons
- Limited room for upwards growth and relatively poor pay, but these are both common in the think tank space - Often subscribes to a hawkish, primacist approach to U.S foreign policy, including a tendency to over-securitize certain issues, engage in threat inflation, and promote defense industrial interests (note that defense contractors give large sums of money to the organization)