How the Next U.S. National Security Strategy Should Include Diversity

Events of 2020 offer a reminder that equal rights and demographic inclusion in America are more than simply of civil or judicial concern. Since January, the activity of U.S. armed forces, federal agents, and uniformed public health officials within state borders have been as consequential and controversial for national security as any operation abroad. The events have also laid bare that U.S. national security leaders fail to reflect the diversity of the nation they seek to secure, and that is a problem.