Meet Our Essay Contest Winners

Last year, we issued a call for policy essays offering new ideas to reshape U.S. security policy. We received more than 100 submissions – from across the country and around the world, and from people with a range of backgrounds, employment, and life experiences.

Our essay authors had lots of innovative ideas for how to make U.S. security policy better. A committee of prominent advisors from think tanks, government, and academia anonymously reviewed the top essays and helped us to select the winners.

Read on to learn more about the prize-winning authors and read their published essays: