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The National Security Institute regularly engages with Congress, supporting members and their staffs, as well as executive branch officials, on critical national security topics ranging from technology and innovation policy issues to a diverse spectrum of global security challenges.

NSI and our robust network of experts provide actionable policy recommendations and insightful nonpartisan policy analysis to various government stakeholders in a variety of ways. Learn more about us below.

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Our Experts & Staff

NSI has a bipartisan group of over 250 experts who bring decades of experience from public service, including from a wide range of counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence agencies, as well as those who have held senior positions across Congress, private industry, and the technology community. NSI’s experts are available and excited to share their insights with the policymaking community.

See our full list of experts here.

Featured Experts

Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.)

Former Director, NSA

Commander, USCYBERCOM

Dmitri Alperovitch

Co-Founder and Chairman

Silverado Policy Accelerator

Sue Gordon

Director

CACI

Paul Rosenzweig

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

If you are interested in learning more about our Congressional engagement or connecting with one of our experts, please reach out to our team:

Kelly Crowley, Senior Policy Coordinator, [email protected]

Keelin Wolfe, Policy Coordinator, [email protected]

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Recent Congressional Testimony

June 26, 2025

Dan Lips

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good

June 4, 2025

Mark Montgomery

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe: Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

May 15, 2025

Mark Montgomery

House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party: Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions: Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

April 30, 2025

Jamil N. Jaffer

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology: Global Networks at Risk: Securing the Future of Telecommunication Infrastructure

April 1, 2025

Norman Roule

The House Foreign Affairs Committee: A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime’s Malign Activities