
Sabrina Schaeffer
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CA-girl living in DC. Writer/communicator. Women and politics. Nature and art. Mother of 3. VP Public Affairs @RSI.
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Videos of our Real Solutions Summit are now live! Catch up on the different sessions with Eli Lehrer Jonah Goldberg Devin Hartman Lynne Kiesling-Knowledge Problem Nick Loris Emily Chamlee-Wright Eli Lake Alissa Cooper Megan McArdle Nan Swift Katie Harbath Matt Perault Sabrina Schaeffer Spence Purnell


Read my friend Peter Savodnik’s incisive profile if now expat professor Timothy Snyder. Nobody does it better. Peter is the best. thefp.com/p/timothy-snyd…



From Madison’s literary society to today’s campus silencing, we forgot what democracy requires. | Sabrina Schaeffer trib.al/Mp5e7Bt

We’re forgetting how to do democracy. That’s the real lesson of 2020, 2024, the lawfare, the war on civil liberties, the insanity that’s engulfed what used to be called public life. A very thoughtful and timely piece c/o Sabrina Schaeffer nationalreview.com/2025/06/self-g…

New from me in National Review this weekend: Self-Government Takes Practice. We’ve Stopped Rehearsing. From Madison’s literary society to today’s campus silencing, we forgot what democracy demands: the courage to disagree. nationalreview.com/2025/06/self-g…

Smart column from Sabrina Schaeffer of R Street Institute for National Review nationalreview.com/2025/06/self-g…


I served on the National Security Council under President Clinton. I was Joe Biden’s Deputy Staff Director of the Senate foreign Relations Committee. I voted for Kamala Harris and have been a vocal critic of many dangerous and undemocratic actions taken by President Trump. But

Sabrina Schaeffer O.C. Register ocregister.com/2025/07/04/the…

From astronomy to infrastructure, the founders understood that natural knowledge strengthens a nation. This July 4th, it's worth asking if we still do. My latest for O.C. Register and R Street Institute: ocregister.com/2025/07/04/the…"

Following a session at On Think Tanks conference in Johannesburg, R Street Institute's executive director Erica Schoder wrote about the importance of collaborative work with Senzekile (Senzi) Bengu. A key #RealInsight is what kind of think tank culture enables productive collaboration.


First interview with Mark Swidan by Peter Savodnik The Free Press. Unbelievable story. thefp.com/p/the-forgotte…