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Anne-Marie Slaughter
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American lawyer, political scientist, and author; former dean of Princeton public affairs, State Department policy planning director, and president and CEO of New America.
Biography
Anne-Marie Slaughter (born September 27, 1958) is an American lawyer, political scientist, and author. She served as president and CEO of New America (formerly the New America Foundation) and stepped down after June 30, 2026. Slaughter was also named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers (2009–2012).
Earlier she was dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs from 2002 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011 she served as director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton, the first woman to hold that position. She has served as president of the American Society of International Law, received awards including the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law (2007) and the U.S. Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal (2011), and sits on the global advisory board of Oxford University’s journal Global Summitry.
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Books by Anne-Marie Slaughter
The chessboard and the web
In The Chessboard and the Web (2017) Slaughter applies network theory to strategy in the post–Cold War world, arguing many challenges require attention to connections rather than only competitive “chessboard” approaches. Drawing on network science and a taxonomy of strategies, the book offers concise, accessible guidance for thinking about strategy in politics and business.