Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

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As a Policy Analyst, Michael Scardaville is primarily responsible for analyzing American homeland defense policy. During his time at The Heritage Foundation, Scardaville has also done research on the United Nations and the Balkans, including the UN and NATO peacekeeping missions in Kosovo and Bosnia.

Scardaville was a key member of The Heritage Foundation's Homeland Security Task Force, which convened shortly after the September 11 attacks. Headed by former Attorney General Edwin Meese and former Ambassador Paul Bremer, the task force developed a detailed plan for the federal government to help reduce the liklihood of future attacks. Scardaville penned a chapter in the final task force report, focusing on infrastructure protection and internal security. He continues to monitor and assess the efforts to create a Department of Homeland Security, including laying out principles to be followed in creating an effective department. He has also analyzed how Congress must reorganize itself in response to the changing threats facing America, gauged the international community's reaction to the terrorist attacks, and looked at actions that other nations can take to show support for the U.S. and the war on terrorism.

In addition to his homeland security studies, Scardaville has written on why the International Criminal Court of the United Nations needs to be reformed, why an open-ended mission in Kosovo was a bad idea for the United States, and how continued ballistic missile proliferation around the world reinforces the need for the U.S. to develop a missile defense system. He has discussed homeland security and national defense with multiple television news outlets and his work has appeared in major newspapers across the country, including USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the San Franciso Chronicle, and the Boston Globe.

Scardaville holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Boston University. He joined The Heritage Foundation in 1999 and was previously employed in the Asian Studies Center and as a Research Assistant in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies.