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Breakwater Strategy Welcomes Chelsea Magnant as Vice President

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 | Breakwater Strategy, a leading strategic insights and communications consultancy, recently welcomed Chelsea Magnant as a new Vice President. Chelsea brings a rare combination of intelligence community experience, corporate strategy, and public policy expertise, significantly deepening the firm’s capabilities in geopolitical risk, technology policy, and regulatory affairs. Commenting on the announcement, […]

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Breakwater Strategy Welcomes Chelsea Magnant as Vice President

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 | Breakwater Strategy, a leading strategic insights and communications consultancy, recently welcomed Chelsea Magnant as a new Vice President. Chelsea brings a rare combination of intelligence community experience, corporate strategy, and public policy expertise, significantly deepening the firm’s capabilities in geopolitical risk, technology policy, and regulatory affairs. Commenting on the announcement, […]
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Breakwater Strategy Welcomes Jessica Schneider as Vice President 

WASHINGTON, February 26 | Breakwater Strategy, a leading strategic insights and communications consultancy, announced today that Jessica Schneider has joined the firm as a Vice President. Jessica brings more than two decades of experience as a broadcast journalist, attorney, and Washington legal and political reporter, significantly deepening the firm’s capabilities in media strategy, crisis communications, […]
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Breakwater’s Steven Weber in The Dispatch: Cold War Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

In his third installment of a series on the Cold War with The Dispatch, Breakwater’s Steven Weber applies strategic lessons from the 1980s to the intensifying U.S.-China competition over artificial intelligence. Steven explores whether AI represents a winner-take-all contest or a more dynamic race. The piece proposes a comprehensive strategy spanning export controls, talent policy, […]
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Breakwater’s Steven Weber in The Dispatch: The Strategy That Won the Cold War–and Why It Still Matters

In his second of a monthly series on the Cold War with The Dispatch Breakwater Partner Steven Weber examines how the strategic approach that defeated the Soviet Union in the 1980s Cold War can inform America’s current competition with China. Steven argues that Reagan-era statecraft intuitively grasped key competitive dynamics about how seemingly inferior rivals […]
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Breakwater’s Joe Carberry in PR Week: Your Corporate Message is Competing with Labubu Videos

In this op-ed for PR Week, Breakwater Partner Joe Carberry explores how brands are increasingly using unconventional tactics—like humor, celebrity messengers, and surprising formats—to effectively communicate serious topics in today’s fragmented media landscape. He cites examples from Vattenfall and Astronomer, showing how aligning messaging with modern platforms can boost engagement and credibility. Carberry emphasizes that […]
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Breakwater’s Steven Weber in The Dispatch: What Military Strategists Can Learn From Buddha

In this op-ed for the Dispatch, Breakwater Partner Steven Weber argues that military strategists too often rely on mental frameworks, which can blind them to critical real-world signals. Drawing parallels to Israel’s 1973 intelligence breakdown, Steven highlights how overconfidence in a guiding concept can lead to strategic disaster. He suggests that adopting a mindset rooted […]
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