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National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2025
2025
National Security Network Participant
Arden Hooper
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Biography
Last updated: Mar 19, 2025
Arden Hooper is the foreign policy aide to Senator Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy. As a member of the senator’s national security team, Arden focuses on Middle East policy and strategic communications in the national security space. Prior to this, she served in the Office of Senator Ron Johnson. Arden holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Barcelona Institute of International Studies and B.A. degrees in diplomacy, international politics, and Spanish from Louisiana State University.