Brooke Taylor

Biography

Dr. Brooke Taylor provides national security and foreign policy expertise from an extensive combined career on Capitol Hill, in defense sub-contracting, academia, and as a United States congressional candidate. Brooke has published and appeared in The Hill, Wild Blue Yonder, U.S. Marine Corps Press Forging Wargamers, and the United States Air Force Academy Space and Defense Journal among others. 

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Education

• DSL, Strategic Leadership, Regent University, 2012
• MA, Government, Regent University, 2009
• BA, Communication, Centenary College of LA, 2005

Teaching

• DSS 797 Educational Wargaming

Professional experience

• Nuclear Security Working Group Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives, 2020 – 2021
• Congressional Nuclear Security Working Group Manager, U.S. House of Representative, 2020 – 2021
• United States Congressional Candidate, U.S. House of Representatives, 2022
• Defense sub-contractor and program creator, Air Force Global Strike Command, 2018 – Present
• Founder and CEO, Defending Our Country (DOC), LLC, 2023 - Present

Selected Publications

• “Nuclear Deterrence: Actions Speak Louder than Words” (The Hill, August 2022)
• “Whole-of-Government Collaboration: Nuclear Educational Wargaming and Policymakers” (Forging Wargamers, Marine Corps University, July 2022)
• “Environmental Scanning: A Strategists Competency” (Air University, Wild Blue Yonder, June 2022)
• “Assessing Contemporary Deterrence Parallel to Netflix’s Squid Game” (Divergent Options, November 2021)
• “Nuclear Planning in an Uncertain World” (Space and Defense, Summer 2021)
• “Scenario Planning for the 21st Century Military Strategist” (Air University Wild Blue Yonder, 27 April 2020)