Women in Power

Speaker:  Linda Robinson is a Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she writes about women’s political and economic leadership, the relationship between gender equality and democracy, technology-facilitated violence, and current international affairs. U.S. News & World Report and senior editor at Foreign Affairs, Ms. Robinson provides frequent commentary on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Her books include Masters of Chaos, a New York Times bestseller; Tell Me How This Ends, a Foreign Affairs bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of 2008; One Hundred Victories, about Afghanistan; and Intervention or Neglect, about Central America. She has served as Chair of the U.S. Army War College Board of Visitors and in other government advisory positions, and has testified before Congress on multiple topics, including special operations, the Iraq War, and the Middle East.