Politics

Partisanship and the Big Picture: An Interview with DNC Communications Director, Mo Elleithee

Mo Elleithee has been a Democratic Party strategist for more than 15 years. In addition to being an adjunct professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Elleithee became the Democratic National Committee’s communications director in August. With four presidential campaigns and several Senate races under his belt, Elleithee sat down with Executive Interview Editor Cristina […]

OP-ED: Obama’s Tough Decision on Syria: Action over Reaction

By Amer Mahdi Doko I still remember Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s press conference last April when he announced the US had strong evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against civilians. Looking tired and pale, Hagel chose his words carefully, stating “our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the […]