美国国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥（Mike Pompeo）宣布任命奇诺·斯金纳（Kiron Skinner）为美国国务院政策规划事务的新主任。

作为国际关系专家及多种专著和学术评论的作者，斯金纳将就长期的政策制定提供独立的战略咨询。她将与国务院各局、其他政府机构、外国有关部门、学术界和民营部门进行协调。蓬佩奥说，“她的眼光和专长将为国务院代表美国人民从事的工作提供丰富的资源。”

国务卿蓬佩奥在华尔街日报（Wall Street Journal）发表声明指出，斯金纳是“年富力强促进国家安全的人物”，“有独到见解的优秀女性，战略思维的杰出人才”。

斯金纳是匹兹堡（Pittsburgh）卡耐基梅隆大学（Carnegie Mellon University）政治与战略研究所（Institute for Politics and Strategy）的创始主任。她从1999年开始在该校任教，另在加利福尼亚州（California）帕洛阿尔托（Palo Alto）的斯坦福大学（Stanford University）胡佛研究所（Hoover Institution）任研究员。此外，她曾在美国国防部（U.S. Defense Department）政策理事会（Policy Board）、海军行动首席主管（Chief of Naval Operations）执行专家组（Executive Panel）和国家安全教育委员会（National Security Education Board）任职。

她曾联合撰写两本专著：《里根：乾坤在握》（Reagan, In His Own Hand） (2001) 和《里根：书信人生》（Reagan：A Life in Letters） (2003)，均被列为纽约时报（New York Times） 畅销书。

她曾为国家网上评论（National Review Online）、 纽约时报 、华尔街日报 和无数其他媒体机构撰写评论文章。

State Department’s new senior adviser is a scholar, author

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced the appointment of Kiron Skinner as the new director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department.

Skinner — an expert on international relations and an author of books and scholarly commentary — will provide independent and strategic views on long-term policy formulation. She will coordinate with various State Department bureaus, other government agencies, foreign counterparts, academia and the private sector. “Her vision and expertise will be strong assets in the State Department’s work on behalf of the American people,” Pompeo said.

In a statement to the Wall Street Journal newspaper, the secretary described Skinner as “a national security powerhouse” and “a one-woman, strategic-thinking tour de force.”

Skinner is a founding director of the Institute for Politics and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She has taught at Carnegie Mellon since 1999 and has also served as a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, California. In addition, she has served on the U.S. Defense Department’s Policy Board, the Chief of Naval Operations’ Executive Panel and the National Security Education Board.

She has co-authored two books: Reagan, In His Own Hand (2001) and Reagan: A Life in Letters (2003), both of which appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list.

She has contributed opinion essays to National Review Online, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and numerous other media outlets.