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Leah Dreyfuss

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2026 Young Leader at Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
📍 United States

Leah Dreyfuss is the Associate Director for the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at The Brookings Institution. Her work focuses on national security and emerging technologies, drawing on her experience from the Aspen Institutes Homeland Security Program. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins SAIS and Georgetown University.

Outside of her direct professional focus, Leah has a strong foundation in international affairs, demonstrated by her advanced proficiency in both Arabic and Spanish, which she developed during her undergraduate studies.

Leah has co-authored analysis on Chinas strategy for establishing overseas military bases.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
2026 Young Leader
Job Level
Middle
Location
United States
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National Security
Her career at both The Brookings Institution and The Aspen Institute has been dedicated to homeland security, strategy, and foreign policy.
Emerging Technologies
Her work at the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology specifically involves the intersection of technology and national security policy.
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Career

Work history

8-2026 - 8-2026
2026 Young Leader
Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
10-2025
National Security Policy Lead
Scale AI
6-2025
Term Member
Council on Foreign Relations
4-2024 - 1-2025
Senior Advisor & Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
United States Department of Defense
9-2022 - 4-2024
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
United States Department of Defense
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Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles. Featured in Brookings Institution
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
Georgetown University
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