Anne-Marie Slaughter (born September 27, 1958) is an American lawyer, political scientist, and author renowned for her contributions to international law, global governance, and public policy. Since 2013, she has served as the president and CEO of New America, a prominent think-and-action tank. Her career spans academia, government, and nonprofit sectors. She was the dean of Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs from 2002 to 2009, where she holds the title of Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs. Previously, she was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School from 1994 to 2002. In government service, she directed Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State from 2009 to 2011, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations from 2012 to 2015. Slaughter's scholarly work emphasizes networked global institutions and international legal frameworks, with influential books including A New World Order (2004). She holds a BA from Princeton, MPhil and DPhil from Oxford, and a JD from Harvard Law School. Recognized as a global leader and public intellectual, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Moreover, she is widely known for her 2012 Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," which sparked national conversations on work-life balance for professional women.