Amy Zegart

About the Author

Amy Zegart is a leading scholar of U.S. national security whose research examines how government institutions adapt—or fail to adapt—to emerging threats. She is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University, where she teaches courses on intelligence and homeland security. Her work draws on extensive archival research and interviews with policymakers to illuminate the organizational roots of policy outcomes. Zegart frequently contributes to public discussions on intelligence reform and the challenges of managing complex bureaucracies in an era of rapid technological change.