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Edward King

Founder & President

Edward King is the founder and president at Defense Priorities.

King founded Defense Priorities in December 2015 to promote a U.S. grand strategy of realism and restraint. King previously worked for more than a decade to change public policy through issue advocacy, political activism, and campaign work, including serving as chief operating officer for a Super PAC. King graduated from the University of Florida.

Press ReleaseMilitary analysis

Jennifer Kavanagh joins Defense Priorities as a senior fellow & director of military analysis

By Jennifer Kavanagh and Edward King

July 3, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2024 Contact: press@defensepriorities.org WASHINGTON, DC—Defense Priorities is pleased to announce Jennifer Kavanagh has joined the […]

In the mediaNATO, Grand strategy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign

Featuring Edward King

February 26, 2024

Press ReleaseMiddle East, Afghanistan, Iraq

Drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan are more responsible than staying forever

By Edward King

November 17, 2020

Jennifer Kavanagh joins Defense Priorities as a senior fellow & director of military analysis

Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign

Drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan are more responsible than staying forever

Jennifer Kavanagh joins Defense Priorities as a senior fellow & director of military analysis

Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign

Drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan are more responsible than staying forever

U.S. foreign policy priorities for the next four years

Trump’s campaign talk of troop withdrawals doesn’t match military reality

The president should stop talking about ending the war in Afghanistan and actually end it

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