Dr. Nora Bensahel

Biography

Nora Bensahel is a renowned expert on U.S. defense policy and military operations, currently serving as a Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. She has extensive experience including a significant role at the Atlantic Council as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow and previously co-director of the Responsible Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. Dr. Bensahel spent eleven years at the RAND Corporation, where she advanced to the position of Senior Political Scientist. In addition to her research, she has taught graduate classes as an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University's Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, receiving accolades for her teaching. Holding a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, and a B.A. magna cum laude from Cornell University, her expertise spans various defense analyses and U.S. military operations. She has published works and insights featured in numerous reputable publications.

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