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Aug 18, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on building global support for Ukraine

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On August 18, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote the latest edition of her project “Non-State Actress.” In this edition, Feldman-Piltch breaks down why there is a war in Ukraine and why it is important to continue our commitment to Ukraine. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from […]

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Aug 15, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress Podcast: Episode 2

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On August 15, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch published the second episode of the “Non-State Actress” podcast series in which she interviewed Erica DeKranes—who serves as Councilwoman of Allentown, NJ and a senior resource mobilization officer for Vision Spring—for a conversation on how interconnected the world is and the important role that […]

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Jul 28, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress Podcast: Episode 1

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On July 28, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch published the first episode of the “Non-State Actress” podcast series in which she interviewed Anastasia Williams, a multiple Emmy-award winning producer and booker for Good Morning America. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, whom […]

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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.