Amanda J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
National Security Strategist, Scholar, and Former Presidential Speechwriter
Research Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, International Security
Twitter: @Rothschild_AJ
Dr. Amanda J. Rothschild is a scholar of U.S. foreign policy, international security, and diplomatic history, a national security strategist, and a 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 has appeared in International Security, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, Forbes, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Examiner, among other outlets.
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. In May 2016, she was named to Sports Blog Nation's BC Interruption "All People's Choice Award Team," as the goaltender, in their article "BC Women's Hockey Dream Lineups: Lots of Familiar Names."
National Security Strategist, Scholar, and Former Presidential Speechwriter
Research Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, International Security
Twitter: @Rothschild_AJ
Dr. Amanda J. Rothschild is a scholar of U.S. foreign policy, international security, and diplomatic history, a national security strategist, and a 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 has appeared in International Security, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, Forbes, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Examiner, among other outlets.
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. In May 2016, she was named to Sports Blog Nation's BC Interruption "All People's Choice Award Team," as the goaltender, in their article "BC Women's Hockey Dream Lineups: Lots of Familiar Names."