“In 2023, in coordination with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where I’m a non-resident associate, I helped launch a bi-partisan commission on hostage taking and wrongful detention. It’s an extraordinary group of experts, including diplomats, law enforcement officials, congressional staffers, lawyers, journalists and former hostages. Our co-chairs are former National Security Advisor and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert O’Brien and Senator Jeanne Shaheen. After two years of research and deliberation, we’re launching a report with comprehensive recommendations for how the U.S. government should respond to new hostage cases, support hostages after their release, and deter foreign governments from detaining Americans in the first place.”

Read the CSIS report: Combating State Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention