Katherine McLaughlin

Katherine McLaughlin joins the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy program from the Department of Defense, where she serves as a foreign military capabilities and strategic issues analyst. In this role, she supports U.S. defense policymaking and military planning, particularly as it relates to the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. At Stanford, Katherine intends to specialize in Cyber Policy and Security to examine the nexus between technology and national security. Her academic interests include the application of emerging technology to modern weapons systems and the impact this technology holds for the global threat landscape. Katherine’s passion for international policy issues stems from her undergraduate research related to gray zone tactics, or the use of nontraditional instruments of power in the space between peace and war. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, where she also earned a minor in Business Economics and certificate in International Security.