Ben Connable is an American retired Marine Major, military strategist and Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California.
Ben Connable | |
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| Education | University of Colorado Boulder American Military University Naval Postgraduate School King's College London |
| Occupation(s) | Marine, scholar |
Early life
editBen Connable graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado.[1] He received a master's degree in Strategic Intelligence from the American Military University and a master's degree in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.[1] He also attended the War Studies program at King's College London, where he earned a PhD
Career
editHe is a retired Major of the United States Marine Corps, having served in Iraq with the United States Marine Corps.[2][3] He now serves as Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California.[1] He has been published in Foreign Affairs,[4] The Washington Post,[5] CNN,[6] USA Today,[3] etc.
On the United States's defeat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, he has suggested looking at the broader picture, by focusing on a national reconciliation between Sunnis, Shias and Kurds.[7]
Bibliography
edit- How Insurgencies End (with Martin C. Libicki, RAND Corporation, 2010).
- Military Intelligence Fusion for Complex Operations: A New Paradigm (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- Embracing the Fog of War: Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- Assessing Freedom of Movement for Counterinsurgency Campaigns (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- Leveraging Development Aid to Address Root Causes in Counterinsurgency: Balancing Theory and Practice in"Hold" and "Build". (RAND Corporation, 2013).
- Modeling, Simulation, and Operations Analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq (RAND Corporation, 2014).
- Defeating the Islamic State in Iraq (RAND Corporation, 2014).
- The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (with Daniel Egel, Trevor Johnston, RAND Corporation, 2023)
References
edit- ^ a b c RAND Corporation biography
- ^ C-Span
- ^ a b Ben Connable, A Marine sees what defeatists don't , USA Today, May 18, 2004
- ^ Foreign Affairs: Ben Connable
- ^ Ben Connable, The Truth On the Ground, The Washington Post, December 14, 2005
- ^ Ben Connable, Iraq picture may not be as bleak as it seems, CNN, January 30, 2014
- ^ Ben Connable, Defeating the Islamic State in Iraq: Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, RAND Corporation, September 2014