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Apr 20, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on her upcoming book

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On April 20, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote a special edition blog post in Non-State Actress. She shares a brief update on the Non-State Actress book project and outlines her vision for the substantive focus of her work. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German […]

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Mar 23, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on transnational criminal networks, antiquities trafficking, and US government responses

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On March 23, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote the latest edition of “Non-State Actress,” in which she examined antiquities trafficking and transnational criminal networks; the linkage to terrorism; and US government agency responses. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, whom we […]

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Mar 1, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on the cultural impacts of World War II

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On March 1, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote a special addition blog post in Non-State Actress. She discussed part of Non-State Actress’ own origin story as well as the structural and cultural impacts of World War II. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal […]

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Maggie Feldman-Piltch was 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.