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Nov 14, 2023

Feldman-Piltch featured in The Washington Post on Israel’s campaign in Gaza

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On November 14, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch was interviewed by The Washington Post at the March for Israel demonstration, discussing her views on Israel’s ongoing campaign in Gaza.  

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Nov 14, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Washington Post at the March for Israel demonstration

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On November 14, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch was interviewed by the Washington Post to discuss her views on the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, whom we […]

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Oct 31, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on terrorism and the recognition of Hamas as a registered terrorist organization in the US

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On October 31, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote the latest edition of her project “Non-State Actress.” In this edition of Non-State Actress, Maggie Feldman-Piltch published a story that provides a definition of terrorism and historical incidents around the world. In the post, Feldman-Piltch describes the recognition of Hamas as a registered […]

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Maggie Feldman-Piltch is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and is the founder and executive managing director of Unicorn Strategies, a firm building and supporting intentional innovation in national security institutions through public private partnerships. Unicorn Strategies’s work includes Operation Eagle, #NatSecGirlSquad and its accompanying secure teaching and learning platform Herd Mentality, Project VU—a functional human-centered artificial intelligence program to strengthen and reform the security clearance process—and Kalishnikitty. Feldman-Piltch also enjoyed a fruitful term as entrepreneur-in-residence/senior advisor to the executive at Guidehouse National Security Sector. Prior to Unicorn Strategies, Feldman-Piltch served in a variety of roles at American Security Project including leading the US-Cuba work, the Women in Security and Business Council for American Security programs, and a weekly podcast. Feldman-Piltch is a principal participant at the Munich Security Conference and an instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Institute for Security Governance. She received her MA at Georgetown School of Foreign Service’s Security Studies Program where she earned the Director’s Award and served as a junior centennial fellow. Feldman-Piltch is an exceedingly proud graduate of Wesleyan University.