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Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, publishes an article in The National Interest on the President’s second and final National Security Strategy and its focus on specific threats and opportunities ranging from ISIS to cyber security.

Frances Fragos Townsend is an Executive Vice President at MacAndrews and Forbes Incorporated. Prior to Joining MacAndrews and Forbes in 2010, Ms. Townsend was a Corporate Partner with the law firm Baker Botts, LLP. Ms. Townsend served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and…

“We don’t want a new cold war,” says Smith, “We’ve got to walk [Putin] back to the negotiating table.”