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Nora Bensahel

Nora Bensahel
Nora Bensahel is a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University's School of International Service. Bensahel has held senior positions at the Center for a New American Security and RAND Corporation. She also taught in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University for more than a decade.
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Access to Talent: Why Shattering the Military's Glass Ceiling Matters

Future wars will be won far more by out-thinking enemies than by out-muscling them, and including women in every part of the U.S. military makes America’s defenses stronger.

  • Ret. Lt. Gen. David Barno and Nora Bensahel, The Atlantic
Business

Can the US Military Win Wars If It Keeps Losing Talented Officers?

The Pentagon worries its rigid personnel system is driving away the leaders it will need for the conflicts of the 21st century.

  • Ret. Lt. Gen. David Barno and Nora Bensahel, The Atlantic
Ideas

Why 'More' Is Not a Better Plan for US Defense

The NDP missed a chance to help the Pentagon develop innovative solutions to its serious challenges. By Nora Bensahel

  • Nora Bensahel
Ideas

Maliki Isn’t The Problem. Oil Is.

Oil states are almost always autocracies and rarely politically inclusive, and it’s easy to understand why. By Nora Bensahel

  • Nora Bensahel