Amanda J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Senior Policy Director, Vandenberg Coalition
Twitter: @Rothschild_AJ
Amanda J. Rothschild is a foreign policy expert, national security strategist, and former presidential speechwriter. She has served in government at the White House, National Security Council, and State Department. During the Trump administration, she was a Senior Advisor on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a Special Assistant to the President and Senior National Security Speechwriter at the White House. Rothschild is a recipient of the National Security Council's Outstanding Service Award. Her research and commentary on international and political affairs have appeared in scholarly and popular outlets, including International Security, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, Newsweek, the New York Times, Forbes, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, The Hill, and the Washington Examiner.
Rothschild received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the MIT Security Studies Program, and she completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. While completing her doctoral studies, Rothschild received the International Studies Association's Patricia Weitsman Award, which recognizes the best research paper on any aspect of international security studies written by a graduate student. To learn more about her doctoral research, see Sarah Baldwin's profile for MIT, "The Courage to Dissent: Political Science Meets Personal History," or Casey Campbell's for the Belfer Center, "Investigating U.S. Debate and Response to Mass Killings."
Rothschild received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science from Boston College, where she was a member of the Division I women's ice hockey team and a Rhodes Scholar Finalist (Final Selection Round, District 2 MA/CT). At commencement, she received the Finneran Commencement Award, the College of Arts and Sciences' highest award, for the senior who has “achieved outstanding success in studies, while also devoting time and talents to other activities for the enrichment of the College.” She also received the Donald S. Carlisle Award for outstanding achievement in political science and the John McCarthy S.J. Award for the most distinguished "Scholar of the College" thesis in the social sciences. As a student-athlete, she was twice named to the six-player Division I Hockey East Academic All-Star Team in the goaltender's position.
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Senior Policy Director, Vandenberg Coalition
Twitter: @Rothschild_AJ
Amanda J. Rothschild is a foreign policy expert, national security strategist, and former presidential speechwriter. She has served in government at the White House, National Security Council, and State Department. During the Trump administration, she was a Senior Advisor on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a Special Assistant to the President and Senior National Security Speechwriter at the White House. Rothschild is a recipient of the National Security Council's Outstanding Service Award. Her research and commentary on international and political affairs have appeared in scholarly and popular outlets, including International Security, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, Newsweek, the New York Times, Forbes, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, The Hill, and the Washington Examiner.
Rothschild received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the MIT Security Studies Program, and she completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. While completing her doctoral studies, Rothschild received the International Studies Association's Patricia Weitsman Award, which recognizes the best research paper on any aspect of international security studies written by a graduate student. To learn more about her doctoral research, see Sarah Baldwin's profile for MIT, "The Courage to Dissent: Political Science Meets Personal History," or Casey Campbell's for the Belfer Center, "Investigating U.S. Debate and Response to Mass Killings."
Rothschild received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science from Boston College, where she was a member of the Division I women's ice hockey team and a Rhodes Scholar Finalist (Final Selection Round, District 2 MA/CT). At commencement, she received the Finneran Commencement Award, the College of Arts and Sciences' highest award, for the senior who has “achieved outstanding success in studies, while also devoting time and talents to other activities for the enrichment of the College.” She also received the Donald S. Carlisle Award for outstanding achievement in political science and the John McCarthy S.J. Award for the most distinguished "Scholar of the College" thesis in the social sciences. As a student-athlete, she was twice named to the six-player Division I Hockey East Academic All-Star Team in the goaltender's position.